4thorns
Structural
- Jan 22, 2009
- 152
Not sure this is the right place for this post but here goes. I'm designing a log cabin for a customer that has a loft. This cabin is not designed for and cannot be considered a permanent residence(it's primary use may be a hunting camp or family retreat). Normally the loft in this type of cabin would be accessed via a ladder designed and constructed on site. This customer wants to put in a set of stairs that cannot be built to IRC code in his state. According to Codes in the IRC I've determined that the loft is not considered a "Habitable Area" due to area restrictions. The next term that came to mind was "Attic". If a pull down ladder is acceptable to access an elevated area then is there some exception for a none code set of stairs?
Doug
Doug