Question regarding free height in residential buildings(?)
Question regarding free height in residential buildings(?)
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This is sort of an odd question, what part of the code regulates the allowable min. height between floors (I'd refer to it as free height, although I'm not sure exactly how they refer to it in english). In my country we have a required min. height in residential buildings of 2.20 m meaning that the distance from the roof or joist's bottom to the floor must comply with this. Anybody knows what entity or part of the code regulates this and what are the required values?





RE: Question regarding free height in residential buildings(?)
Under the IRC the tables control the wall height, but you can still do an engineered design for higher.
The ASCE does not state a maximum allowed wall height.
Garth Dreger PE - AZ Phoenix area
As EOR's we should take the responsibility to design our structures to support the components we allow in our design per that industry standards.
RE: Question regarding free height in residential buildings(?)
RE: Question regarding free height in residential buildings(?)
I do know that on a stairway you can go down to 6'-8" off the tip of the tread up to the ceiling.
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RE: Question regarding free height in residential buildings(?)