Pop wrote:




"G Henslee" wrote in message
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Percival P. Cassidy wrote:

The roof space of our 30-yr-old house is continuous.
I.e., there is no wall at all between the part above
the garage and the part above the living area.

Is that a Code violation? Should we think about
constructing a fireproof/fire-resistant barrier in
the roof?

Perce


To provide a one-hour fire resistive seperation
between the garage and the dwelling, install drywall
(5/8" type X) on the dividing wall between the garage
and house on the garage side extending up to the roof
sheathing, or drywall that same wall up and out on
the ceiling of the garage. Tape the joints.

Btw, openings between the garage and dwelling shall
be provided with a 1-3/8" solid wood or metal clad
door installed with a self-closing device. Openings
in one-hour resistive ceilings are permitted if
protected by a UL listed fire door.




top posting corrected


Careful, this thread has gone into areas of techincally
correct but unnecessary "requirements" in more than one
post. Best thing to do is get the answer from the
horse's mouth, and begin at the local Code Enforcement
Office. Some things will be grandfathered, some won't,
sometimes IF you work on it you have to upgrade and
maybe something else, or if you sell it then ... and on
and on and on, and I forgot the Homeowner's Insurance
get involved, too if it's not to code. Only your CEO
will know for sure or at least have access to be able
to know for sure.

Pop


Pop,

What do you think the "local Code Enforcement Office" uses to administer
and enforce the codes 'locally'? To mention a few, ever heard of the
Uniform Building Code, International Building Code, International
Residential Code?

Among others, I've got all of those code books sitting on my desk for
referral. They *are* the horses mouth and are all or in part adopted by
governmental agencys/building departments/code enforcement departments
nationwide with regards to building codes and their enforcement of them.

When it comes to the "requirements and technicalities" regarding
housing, zoning, or public nuisance codes, as an ICBO, IBC, and CCEO
certified building, zoning, and code enforcement inspector I believe I
can give it from the horses mouth.

OTH if all I had to offer for advice was "maybe this or maybe that and
call your local inspector" then I would really have nothing to offer
here and I wouldn't.