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    Balloon Parapets and condensation

    So I lease an office/warehouse space and in the warehouse space that is 27.5' x 60 ' with a single slope roof 14'-18'. It is a steel-framed building with a brick facade and sidewalls. My space is the first one so I have 3 exterior walls. The building has parapet walls along the front...
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    What is the Fire Rating for a low roof?

    Existing 3 story 12 inch thick brick bearing wall, wood framed- mixed use - 2 floor residential over commercial space under going change of occupancy Mercantile to Business. Under IEBC, change to lower hazard, the existing rating of exterior walls is ok. Low roof rating? The first floor...
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    Existing Building - Parapet Construction

    I have an adaptive reuse project where the building is located 4'-5" from the property. The glu-lam roof structure is exposed inside and it is important to the client to keep it that way. The Glulam tails and roof overhang extend past the exterior wall in question to the property line. We...
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    Allowable Building Height - Parapets?

    In the 2015 IBC on chart 504.3, does a parapet count as part of the allowable building Height? When I look at the definitions for building height it talks about "the highest roof surface", I would not consider the top of a parapet as part of "the roof surface" but I could see how it might be...
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    Parapet Fire Rating: 705.11

    Existing building is Type 1A, low-slope roof, parapets vary, but most are less than 30". Existing construction dwgs show FRT plywood on roof side of balloon framed steel stud wall/parapet. Existing roof membrane extends up and is adhered to FRT, lapping over top track, and then covered by wood...
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