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Vehicle Impact Load on Deck Posts

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Respawn

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Does anyone know if you need to apply a vehicle impact load to a deck post? I ask this question because I have a home with a garage on the ground level and there is a deck surrounding the perimeter of the structure. I have been trying to find an exemption to this in code, or if it is even necessary.
 
I recently asked this question to a code enforcement official regarding guardrail posts around a retaining wall (NC - USA). His response was that it is not required by the residential code – only commercial.
 
Agree with XR250. There is no such requirement in the IRC that I am aware of.
 
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