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    Rated Balconies-Is Soffit Required?

    Hi all, I've been racking my brain for a few days and need some help. I'm working on a Type V-A affordable housing development and am trying to avoid a soffit at the underside of the balconies. Can a balcony assembly be rated without a soffit? I am assuming yes, because I see exposed wood...
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    FBC 2020 (Florida) 705.8 Inset or recessed balconies considered openings in an exterior wall

    This topic pertains to a buidling in Florida. The building code official for our project is interepreting the opening for an inset balcony as the opening in an exterior wall and thereby limiting size of openings based on fire sepration distance. We specifically recessed the exterior wall so...
  3. Harrison Staab

    Dwelling unit separation at balcony

    Five story multi-family R-2 Type VA sprinklered building. [edit: 4 stories VA over 1 story IA, IBC 2015, Colorado, with no relevant local amendments] Some units have "shared" balconies, designed with a non-rated privacy wall provided between them. This privacy wall stops short of the edge of...
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    2018 705.2 Projections

    Section 705.2 Cornices, eave overhangs, exterior balconies and similar projections extending beyond the exterior wall shall conform to the requirements of this section and Section 1405 respectively. There is no explicit definition for an exterior balcony in the code. How does Section 705.2...
  5. Harrison Staab

    Fire Walls and Horizontal Projecting Elements

    I'm in need of review and possibly some learning about Fire Walls and horizontal projecting elements (706.5.2). I have two interesting conditions for which I would appreciate comment. Condition 1: Fire Wall terminates at exterior wall (inside corner) with a horizontal projecting element without...
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    Lock on Balcony Door in R-2 Apartment

    In a new construction (IBC 2015) R-2 residential apartment building, there are balconies with dividers to prevent occupants from accessing the neighboring balcony. The dividers can be circumvented by occupants, so locks are desired for security purposes to prevent others from entering the...
  7. S

    Is it a fire escape or is it a balcony in New Jersey

    I live in my second floor condo in a garden apartment complex (8 units/one building) in New Jersey. My unit has a cast iron structure attached to it, that is accessible from a full size sliding patio door. It as a solid bottom and a decorative railing and a decorative outdoor light next to it. I...
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    Balcony location

    If an "L" shaped building has a balcony terminating at the inside leg of the building portion that extends past the balcony edge at a right angle, then the balcony complies with 1021.4 If an "L" shaped building has a continuous uninterrupted balcony at the perimeter, then the balcony complies...
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    Egress Balconies 1021.2 Wall Separation

    Balcony with stairs at each end, no protection required for adjacent windows to the balcony & stairs for a building not more than 2 stories....correct? 1021.2 Wall Separation exception, if an exterior balcony has stairs at each end no separation or opening protection is required. The balcony...
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    Egress Balconies IBC SECTION1021

    Building has all required exits, plus; exiting is possible from balcony. Does IBC SECTION 1021 apply to a balcony that is not a required exit?
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