Fire proofing attached garages

[Curtis Wilson, CCHI]

I was doing a new construction inspection on an attached garage and it dawned on me that the plastic central vac piping was in the party wall between the house and the garage. If I were to compare this with a multi unit housing we as inspectors are to report on any plastic piping through a party wall from one unit to another. Is this a fair comparison as there are more strict building practices when it comes to gas and fire proofing an attached garage?

[Vern Mitchinson]

Local codes may differ so to answer your question we need to know where you are located.

[Curtis Wilson, CCHI]

This home was in Leduc, Alberta. But I have seen many in Edmonton that are the same. Plastic piping through the wall.

[Vern Mitchinson]

OK, Curtis go to the Alberta chapter web site. There is a link to municipal affairs that is responsible for the building code. The 2006 code calls for the interior of attached garages to be insulated, drywalled, taped and mudded.