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Old 4/28/08, 2:49 AM
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Default Wood Decks and Balconies section added to Commercial SOP.

www.nachi.org/comsop.htm Section 6.5.3.



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Default Re: Wood Decks and Balconies section added to Commercial SOP.

Hey Nick;

6.5.3 J Commercial codes up here require that wall rails can be installed from
34"-38".
Guard rails need to be at 42" in height.

Possible to check this?

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Default Re: Wood Decks and Balconies section added to Commercial SOP.

We dug up a bunch of codes and 36" seems to be the defacto #:

CABO 1995... 36"
Fairfax County 1998... 36"
ICC... 36"
IRC and IBC 2003...36"
And we looked at a variety of Township and Cities... all 36"



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Default Re: Wood Decks and Balconies section added to Commercial SOP.

IBC is 42" Nick.



Commercial is 42, residential (IRC) is 36"
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Default Re: Wood Decks and Balconies section added to Commercial SOP.

Would you consider a 5 or more residential unit apartment building commercial or residential?



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Default Re: Wood Decks and Balconies section added to Commercial SOP.

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Would you consider a 5 or more residential unit apartment building commercial or residential?
"Residential" is a use and occupancy classification. "Commercial" is not.

For the purpose of this discussion, we have to re-define the "residential" inspection as one for a structure that is for "personal use" as opposed to "commercial use", or you will consitently be butting heads with IBC.



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Default Re: Wood Decks and Balconies section added to Commercial SOP.

IRC- One and two Family ONLY

IBC- Three or more residential units or any other non-residential building



Therefore, for purposes of a "Commercial" railing question, IBC says 42"
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Default Re: Wood Decks and Balconies section added to Commercial SOP.

Actually, if you will simply read the 2nd paragraph of the IRC and the IBC (101.2 Scope) it makes it pretty clear.
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