jar546
CBO
If the IRC has section R507 that is specific to decks, what section of the IBC has that information?
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Deck Section of IBC
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fatboy
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I don't know that it is?
Hard to get excited about decks. A deck of any consequence requires an engineered plan. All the other decks are inconsequential..
Well Mother Nature isn't out to ruin us here on the left coast so perhaps your decks are all consequential....get an engineer every time.
Well Mother Nature isn't out to ruin us here on the left coast so perhaps your decks are all consequential....get an engineer every time.
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TheCommish
SAWHORSE
2015 IBC
table 1607.1 item 5
note h see section 1604.8.3 for deck attached to exterior walls
S1810.3.9.4 number 2, isolated deep foundations
S2304.12.2 durable or pressure treated wood
S2612.1 plastic composits
table 1607.1 item 5
note h see section 1604.8.3 for deck attached to exterior walls
S1810.3.9.4 number 2, isolated deep foundations
S2304.12.2 durable or pressure treated wood
S2612.1 plastic composits
There are no prescriptive design provisions for decks in the IBC. As ICE mentioned, typically commercial decks are engineered with the building. It's the small buildings (coffee shops, restaurants, old downtown boutique stores, etc) that get left out with no prescriptive design criteria. The IRC includes up to a 70 psf snow load which works for a 60 psf live load. So there are not span tables in the IRC that could be used for a 100 psf A occupancy load.