I have a single car garage with a sectional overhead door, I have space on one stucco wall for a 24 x 75 pedestrian door. will that size be acceptable since it is not the main egress door?
Because this garage is over 1,000 SF it falls outside the scope of a "private garage" and is, for code purposes, a "public garage". Section 311.3 Classifies "Parking garages, open or enclosed" as a group S-2 Occupancy. Because the Business Occupancy is a hazard to the S-2 occupancy, a fire barrier wall must be constructed between the two.
Re: Garage distance separation from dwelling - Section R309 Uncle Bob, That's how I see it (I just don't believe it). I would not interpret measuring from overhang. Any other comments on that? I'll probably stay 5' back. The area where the two structure meet is only about 30" of wall length, but there is a window in the garage in that 30".
In the picture provided, I would say that is still a single portal frame opening. I think the intent was to prevent two portal frames immediately adjacent to each other using a common header. Example would be at the garage, where for example, multiple garage door openings are on the same wall plane and configured to use a common header over 2+ portal frames - that would be prohibited.
I am designing a garage, and trying to achieve natural ventilation. I think I have achieved the required 20% open, as well as 40% perimeter open as per IBC 2006, but what if your garage is really deep? It seems like if you have a very large garage, if you're 150' from the perimeter, air is not...
Ran across something yesterday. Noticed they had a HVAC direct vent furnace in garage to feed a portion of a house. No takeoffs for garage from this system, however was curious if it can be mounted in a garage without being boxed in? My initaial thoughts are no because what if a car was running...
I am inspecting what looks like a mother-in-law apartment being built above an attached garage. This was an existing empty space above the garage. They don't want a landing on top of the stairway that goes to this space.. The stairway is being built in the garage but will have a wall built...
Parking garages, other than private garages, shall be classified as public parking garages and shall comply with the provisions of Sections 406.4.2 through 406.4.8 and shall be classified as either an open parking garage or an enclosed parking garage.
Typically an exit access stair is locate inboard with the exit travel distance continuing beyond the stair to the exit door, but not in this case due to the open parking garage exception.
