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  1. J

    2012 nfpa 101 - Table 18.3.2.1 - Hazardous Area Protection

    in the olden days, i often heard people say..."storage room over 100 sf...1 hour" I'm working on a nursing home and with various sized storage rooms I'm looking at the 2012 NFPA 101...table 18.3.2.1. I have some storage rooms > 100 sf = 1 hour separation.... I also have smaller ones: over 50 sf...
  2. M

    Restroom Facilities in Storage Building

    Florida Building Code 6th Edition Plumbing (2017) I have an existing 10,000 SF storage building that includes a 2,000 office area and 8,000 SF for storage. Inside the office I have men's and women's restrooms of adequate size. I want to build another 4,000 SF storage building on the same...
    • MetalBuildingGuy
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    • 2902.1 403.1 building facilities florida ipc minimum plumbing restroom storage
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    • Forum: Plumbing Codes
  3. S

    Mini / self storage doors, storage Doors

    12’x 60’ storage (3 occupants) with only (1) rollup 8’x8’ door exit from space. Exception #1 applicable and Exception #6 not applicable? No requirement to apply #6 or take additional exception? 2015 IBC 1010.1.2 Door swing. Egress doors shall be of the pivoted or side-hinged swinging type...
  4. I

    Wedding Equipment Rental Classification

    Looking at IBC 2015 here. I have a wedding/party rental tenant that is wanting to use the upper level of a 2 story building as display for their merchandise, so I'm calling this Mercantile (M), and the lower level of the building as storage and loading/unloading. Where I get confused, though...
  5. LGreene

    Storage in an Egress Corridor

    In an effort to teach the readers of my website about using the codes and knowing where to find things, I posted some photos today which show stored goods in an egress corridor: http://idighardware.com/2016/11/ww-egress-route-or-storage-space/ If any of you want to share your expertise about...
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