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    How do you treat requests to add a bedroom onto a side of a dwelling unit but separated from the dwelling unit by a garage?

    To further explain, the bedroom would not have direct access to the dwelling unit without going outside and around the garage. The garage is a different occupancy classification than the residence and obviously has a fire wall. This would mean the bedroom would be outside the residential...
  2. Chop

    Mechanical Room adjacent to Bedroom

    In designing a floor plan, I'd like to place both a bedroom and a mechanical room in the basement, and ideally sharing a wall. Attached images shows my basic plan. Is there any code compliance rules that would prevent me from using the plan as shown? I suspect that I will need 1/2" or 5/8"...
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    Storage Room va Bedroom

    Hi all, I am planning on finishing a small room in my basement approximately 13’ x 13’. The plan right now is to use it as an aquarium room where I can store my aquariums. In the area where the room will be, there are no windows. One side of the room is against the slab with my garage above...
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