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


On 05/13/05 06:55 am tossed the following
ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

International Residential Code, a reasonable index of what is
acceptable to code officials, says:
Separate the garage from the house with at least 1/2 inch gypsum board.
This holds for walls or ceilings.
Since the area above your particular garage appears to be more nearly
part of the garage than part of the house, an inspector might accept
gypsum board on the wall of the attic that connects with the house. I
won't predict what any given inspector willl do.