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Clearance Sheet R2025-000926

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Please have engineer of record review the truss package and apply his signature as confirmation.

The truss details provided list a top chord dead load of 4.7psf,however the engineering provided list a top chord dead load of 7.0# psf.,therefore the most restrictive shall apply. Please either amend the truss details and their manufacture to meet or exceed the provided structural engineering or amend the engineering to meet the #psf listed in the truss details.

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It appears the personnel door between the garage and residence is listed as a standard door and does not designate it as a fire rated door. Please clarify.

 

R302.5.1 Opening protection.

Openings from a private garage directly into a room used for sleeping purposes shall not be permitted. Other openings between the garage and residence shall be equipped with solid wood doors not less than 13/8 inches (35 mm) in thickness, solid or honeycomb core steel doors not less than 13/8 inches (35 mm) thick, or 20-minute fire-rated doors.

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Please list separation from garage to residence, as well as under stair protection in accordance with table 302.6

 

TABLE R302.6

DWELLING-GARAGE SEPARATION

SEPARATION MATERIAL
From the residence and attics Not less than 1/2-inch gypsum board or equivalent applied to thegarage side
From habitable rooms above the garage Not less than 5/8-inch Type X gypsum board or equivalent
Structure(s) supporting floor/ceiling assemblies used for separationrequired by this section Not less than 1/2-inch gypsum board or equivalent
Garages located less than 3 feet from a dwelling unit on the same lot Not less than 1/2-inch gypsum board or equivalent applied to the interiorside of exterior walls that are within this area

For SI: 1 inch = 25.4 mm, 1 foot = 304.8 mm.

R302.7 Under-stair protection.

Enclosed space under stairs that is accessed by a door or access panel shall have walls, under-stair surface and any soffits protected on the enclosed side with 1/2-inch (12.7 mm) gypsum board.

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Please review the architectural plans for compliance with smoke and carbon dioxide detectors in accordance with 314.3 and 315.1

 

 

R314.3 Location.

INSIGHTS

Smoke alarms shall be installed in the following locations:

  1. 1.In each sleeping room.

  2. 2.Outside each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms.

  3. 3.On each additional story of the dwelling, including basements and habitable attics and not including crawl spaces and uninhabitable attics. In dwellings or dwelling units with split levels and without an intervening door between the adjacent levels, a smoke alarm installed on the upper level shall suffice for the adjacent lower level provided that the lower level is less than one full story below the upper level.

  4. 4.Smoke alarms shall be installed not less than 3 feet (914 mm) horizontally from the door or opening of a bathroom that contains a bathtub or shower unless this would prevent placement of a smoke alarm required by Section R314.3.

 

 

 

R315.1 Carbon monoxide protection.

Every separate building or an addition to an existing building for which a permit for new construction is issued and having a fossil-fuel-burning heater or appliance, a fireplace, an attached garage, or other feature, fixture, or element that emits carbon monoxide as byproduct of combustion shall have an operational carbon monoxide alarm installed within 10 feet of each room used for sleeping purposes.

Exception: This section shall not apply to existing buildings that are undergoing alterations or repair unless the alteration is an addition as defined in Section R315.1.3.

R315.1.1 Carbon monoxide alarm.

The requirements of Section R315.1 shall be satisfied by providing for one of the following alarm installations:

  1. 1.A hard-wired carbon monoxide alarm.

  2. 2.A battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.

  3. 3.A hard-wired combination carbon monoxide and smoke alarm.

  4. 4.A battery-powered combination carbon monoxide and smoke alarm.

R315.1.2 Combination alarms.

Combination smoke/carbon monoxide alarms shall be listed and labeled by a nationally recognized testing laboratory.

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