Occupancy Category for private owner's passenger vehicle garage/carport
Occupancy Category for private owner's passenger vehicle garage/carport
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I am trying to get a retro-active "garage" building permit approved through the city of Dunsmuir CA. See attached pic for "garage." I am trying to figure out what Occupancy Category > Importance Factor to use for snow loads of 70 psf on a garage roof. The structure needs some modifications for shear loading as well since the blocking is toe-nailed between the 4x4 studs, but only serves compression in one lateral direction per wall with no lateral resistance along the entrance to the structure.
The owners built the structure with torque type star head screws, not nails, so I don't know if I need to tell them to rebuild the whole thing with nails or not.
Any structural modification suggestions are welcome.
The owners built the structure with torque type star head screws, not nails, so I don't know if I need to tell them to rebuild the whole thing with nails or not.
Any structural modification suggestions are welcome.






RE: Occupancy Category for private owner's passenger vehicle garage/carport
Dik
RE: Occupancy Category for private owner's passenger vehicle garage/carport
In ASCE 7-10 this structure would fall under Occupancy Category I?
RE: Occupancy Category for private owner's passenger vehicle garage/carport
Dik
RE: Occupancy Category for private owner's passenger vehicle garage/carport
RE: Occupancy Category for private owner's passenger vehicle garage/carport
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RE: Occupancy Category for private owner's passenger vehicle garage/carport
RE: Occupancy Category for private owner's passenger vehicle garage/carport
Only if they were overtightened so that the wood threaded part was stripped... a problem with installing lag screws with a hammer... on one of the Mike Holmes shows, one of his crew can clearly be seen using this type of installation.
Dik
RE: Occupancy Category for private owner's passenger vehicle garage/carport
RE: Occupancy Category for private owner's passenger vehicle garage/carport