Garages and drywall.
In our village we require 5/8" drywall throughout the garage and 5/8" typ X on the ceiling if a habitable space is above.
It has now become a debate in our group whether or not a two story house with a garage on an outside corner would require any drywall on the exterior wall, if that wall was not a load bearing wall. Technically the code section reads "where a separation is a floor-ceiling assembly, the structure supporting the spearation shall also be protected by not less than......."
And yes we do in fact have the condition where the floor/ceiling joists run so they do not bear on the one exterior wall and the trusses on the 2nd floor roof run the same direction. So the exterior wall does not support any weight other than its own. There is a steel column supporting a steel beam in the exterior wall. This would be required to be protected by drywall.
Any thoughts.
In our village we require 5/8" drywall throughout the garage and 5/8" typ X on the ceiling if a habitable space is above.
It has now become a debate in our group whether or not a two story house with a garage on an outside corner would require any drywall on the exterior wall, if that wall was not a load bearing wall. Technically the code section reads "where a separation is a floor-ceiling assembly, the structure supporting the spearation shall also be protected by not less than......."
And yes we do in fact have the condition where the floor/ceiling joists run so they do not bear on the one exterior wall and the trusses on the 2nd floor roof run the same direction. So the exterior wall does not support any weight other than its own. There is a steel column supporting a steel beam in the exterior wall. This would be required to be protected by drywall.
Any thoughts.