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  1. W

    BUILDING CODE/EGRESS LAWS QUESTION

    I've been looking all over the internet for an answer to this and cannot find answers. Is it legal to have something like this but permanently setup as a main entrance to a raised/stilted house? (In Georgia, USA)
  2. M

    Wanting to build a large pirate ship replica for an escape game.

    So I've already made multiple escape games in the past and manage to meet all the normal code requirements for stairs, doors, hallways etc... But for our next project we are wanting to make a big pirate ship game. It would be a large freestanding "ship" that's inside a large room. We want the...
  3. 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...
  4. indyarchyguy

    Roof Access in TAAAALLL S-Occupancy

    Good afternoon. I am working with 2012 IBC. I have a client who has been asked to design a new addition to an existing F-Occupancy. The new building will be an S-Occupancy and consists of one-story, 100-feet to the bottom of the deck. This facility will house rack storage of materials used to...
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