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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance

03-01-2022, 06:30 PM

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Island Cottages/Camps

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Posted By John Mercier

International RESIDENTIAL Code is 24 inch at the...

International RESIDENTIAL Code is 24 inch at the sill. For a change of use to COMMERCIAL, the IBC is 36 inch at the sill.

JeldWen and Silverline have the WOCD built into the top sill.
Mathews...

Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance

03-01-2022, 12:00 PM

Replies: 23

Island Cottages/Camps

Views: 5,827

Posted By John Mercier

Architects design windows to be above the 2'...

Architects design windows to be above the 2' floor to sill threshold... since they have no idea whether you will use the window manufacturer as prescribed in the plan. So unless someone renovates the...

Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance

02-28-2022, 10:23 PM

Replies: 23

Island Cottages/Camps

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Posted By John Mercier

The second floor latches are not really required...

The second floor latches are not really required by code in a residential application. For a rental unit, they must be included. And for vinyl windows, they can actually be a later upgrade... the...

Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance

02-28-2022, 09:04 PM

Replies: 23

Island Cottages/Camps

Views: 5,827

Posted By John Mercier

Electric is not really easy to overcome. Wire...

Electric is not really easy to overcome.
Wire cost is just outrageous at this point.
Sheetrock has some other options, but I would need to do a price comparison.
In the past the nickel gap was...

Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance

02-28-2022, 07:08 PM

Replies: 23

Island Cottages/Camps

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Posted By John Mercier

T-111 in a 5/8 fir would be a normal goto. It...

T-111 in a 5/8 fir would be a normal goto. It covers the shear rating requirement and acts as siding; but it is currently around $80/sheet.
Shear bracing along with a board and batten made from 1x12...

Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance

02-28-2022, 06:26 PM

Replies: 23

Island Cottages/Camps

Views: 5,827

Posted By John Mercier

It is important to let the window designer know...

It is important to let the window designer know when a window must be egress or tempered for code.

The item I am looking at is not signified in the IRC.
It can be done may different ways. The...

Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance

02-27-2022, 02:44 PM

Replies: 23

Island Cottages/Camps

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Posted By John Mercier

Older camps and cottages were... I just wasn't...

Older camps and cottages were...
I just wasn't sure that the newer camps/cottages were/were not having problems with the local building code enforcer.

The reason that we went to 2x6 framing for...

Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance

02-26-2022, 10:51 PM

Replies: 23

Island Cottages/Camps

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Posted By John Mercier

I asked because engineered and dimensional lumber...

I asked because engineered and dimensional lumber is becoming a bit expensive.
So with shear bracing on framing - an older technique - we could help owners looking to build new camps with some cost...

Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance

02-26-2022, 06:35 PM

Replies: 23

Island Cottages/Camps

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Posted By John Mercier

Island Cottages/Camps

Are there many island cottage/camps that still exist with siding direct-to-stud construction?

I know one of the POH properties had to be upgraded while keeping the look... but was not sure if it...

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