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    bill1952 replied to the thread Multi-story decorative stairs code requirements.
    If a portion of the stair can be occupied - meaning and occupant can use them - the rest of the stair is a required means of egress.
  • ICE
    ICE replied to the thread Only In NJ?.
    You don't always get a header.
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  • steveray
    steveray posted the thread Area Separation Walls in Commercial Building Codes.
    Trying to start this as far as where the real rating is, whare penetrations are allowed and how they need to be protected...
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  • Joe.B
    Joe.B reacted to BN4537's post in the thread Blower Door testing with Like Like.
    These posts are dead on. Sorry about thread drift. I support building better, more comfortable houses with good ventilation. The...
  • BN4537
    BN4537 replied to the thread Blower Door testing.
    These posts are dead on. Sorry about thread drift. I support building better, more comfortable houses with good ventilation. The...
  • ICE
    ICE replied to the thread And So It Begins.
    "receive structured feedback—flagged issues, precise code citations and clear corrective actions—in hours, not weeks or months." Clear...
  • Paul Sweet
    Paul Sweet reacted to tmurray's post in the thread Downspouts into Footer Drain with Like Like.
    I ask them if it wouldn't be more efficient to run the downspouts directly into the basement. I mean, they are trying to get that water...
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    tmurray replied to the thread Blower Door testing.
    If the response is not "thanks for the heads-up, I'm heading to site to check it out", my next call is to the engineering society. I...
  • mtlogcabin
    mtlogcabin replied to the thread Blower Door testing.
    The fire department has one. They provided a camera and a firefighter to operate it for us a couple of times when we asked
  • Paul Sweet
    Paul Sweet replied to the thread IBC Table 506.3.3 (2021 and later Editions).
    I'm with you, RLGA. I find it easier to do a little arithmetic than to try to comb through multiple tables. The revised height & area...
  • Paul Sweet
    Paul Sweet reacted to steveray's post in the thread Nomenclature with Like Like.
    We call the thrust rebar at a PEMB "column" base hairpins but never heard it for the corner bars...
  • BN4537
    BN4537 reacted to tmurray's post in the thread Blower Door testing with Like Like.
    I would disagree that a building can be too tight. It can be so tight it requires mechanical ventilation, but that is not "too tight" in...
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    Inspector Gadget replied to the thread Blower Door testing.
    Each of our full-time guys has a cellphone with a built-in infrared/thermal imaging camera system. It has been ... interesting. I had...
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    tmurray replied to the thread Blower Door testing.
    Yes. I think at the time we were the only one in our province. Much larger jurisdictions were shocked when they found out, but our...
  • steveray
    steveray reacted to Inspector Gadget's post in the thread Only In NJ? with Like Like.
    That there post smells like job security. For me, not him.
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