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  • Rick18071
    Rick18071 posted the thread Measuring risers at thresholds in Commercial Building Codes.
    I am curious if you count a threshold as part of the riser at a door or do you measure to the landing on the other side of the door. For...
  • classicT
    classicT replied to the thread Accessory space.
    Correct (kind of). As it is all interconnected, and being that you have no 3-hr fire barriers, you have a single fire area that is well...
  • classicT
    classicT reacted to DwightB's post in the thread Accessory space with Like Like.
    So, if I don't have any 3 hour walls separating the S-1 from other areas, it's basically all S-1 and 24,000 sq ft is the limit without...
  • classicT
    classicT reacted to RLGA's post in the thread Accessory space with Like Like.
    Well, yes, you do. To be considered a fire area separating a Group S-1 occupancy from a Group B occupancy or between Group S-1...
  • DwightB
    DwightB replied to the thread Accessory space.
    So, if I don't have any 3 hour walls separating the S-1 from other areas, it's basically all S-1 and 24,000 sq ft is the limit without...
  • RLGA
    RLGA replied to the thread Accessory space.
    Well, yes, you do. To be considered a fire area separating a Group S-1 occupancy from a Group B occupancy or between Group S-1...
  • DwightB
    DwightB replied to the thread Accessory space.
    I don't have any one S-1 over 12,000 sq ft and the total of all S-1 does not exceed 24,000 sq ft.
  • classicT
    classicT replied to the thread Accessory space.
    @DwightB - Take note that this calculation is does not include the requirements of 903.2.9 that I also posted.
  • DwightB
    DwightB reacted to classicT's post in the thread Accessory space with Like Like.
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    classicT replied to the thread Accessory space.
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  • classicT
    classicT replied to the thread Accessory space.
    2018 IBC [F] 903.2.9 Group S-1 An automatic sprinkler system shall be provided throughout all buildings containing a Group S-1 occupancy...
  • DwightB
    DwightB replied to the thread Accessory space.
    East property line is 25' away from building wall.
  • DwightB
    DwightB replied to the thread Accessory space.
    Seems right to me.
  • DwightB
    DwightB replied to the thread Accessory space.
    ok, If I'm a IIB construction and B occupancy, then as non-sprinklered, I'm allowed 23,000 sq ft on 2018 IBC (applies at this site), and...
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    tmurray reacted to mtlogcabin's post in the thread 4 Day Work Week with Like Like.
    Another option with the scheduling is a 4-day weekend every other weekend, especially where we live, and the summer months are short...
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