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    Adding fourth unit to Apartment house

    I live in Michigan and my city follows the 2015 Michigan Building Code I currently own a house that is split into three apartments. One of the units has a basement attachment that I want to split into a new unit. However, my house was grandfathered in and currently does not require a sprinkler...
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    A way to make a 42" spiral work rather than 60"?

    Hello - we are adding a second story above our single-car garage. The lot is very tiny and we have a very tight building envelope due to setbacks and other requirements. The garage and the new space above it will become one living unit for a total of 302sf. We had it designed with a 42" diam...
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