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allowable area of openings

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    Interpolation of IBC Table 705.8

    It seems that IBC Table 705.8 does not permit interpolation. It doesn't explicitly allow for it (I'm looking at 2018) and I don't find any discussion of this online. But it seems odd to me that, for example, a story with a fire separation distance of 9'-11" is allowed 25% protected openings...
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    Allowable Area of Openings On Diagonal Wall

    We have a wall that is running diagonal to the property line, and so various points of the wall have different allowable areas. How do you go about calculating the total allowable area of openings for the wall? Would we simply add together the allowable area for each segment? It is worth noting...
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