Brian2147
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If someone could point me to some building codes and/or requirements for drywall in California for garages.
Garage drywall requirements
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wwhitney
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. . . then you'd be happy? : -)
Try R302.5 and R302.6:
Cheers, Wayne
Try R302.5 and R302.6:
Cheers, Wayne
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Brian2147
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Perfect thanks!
Taylorjm
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You need to remember something about codes like this. At least in Michigan, a building inspector can require you to use materials above minimum code. While at my last refresher builders license class, the instructor asked "what size drywall do you need in an attached garage?" everyone answered 5/8" drywall. The instructor asked why? Well because that's required. He said "actually, code requires 1/2" drywall to meet fire code, so why does everyone think it's 5/8"? Because that's what most inspectors want you to have.
wwhitney
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While that is often true in practice, I would be surprised if that's true in law.
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Taylorjm
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The law is in the Michigan Bureau of Construction Codes, but the inspectors can require anything above that. Sure you can tell them no and point at the code book, but do you really want to do that? Most builders know what the inspectors in the area want, and it's easier to just comply with them then have them make your life miserable. In Michigan homeowners are also able to perform their own electrical, plumbing and building as long as it passes inspection. I remember one electrical inspector that hated to inspect homeowners work and would discourage it whenever possible and make the homeowners life miserable. For one renovation, he told the homeowner he didn't want the green ground screws on the receptacles, he wanted them replaced with gold. The guy went to an electrical supply place, told them what he wanted, the guy behind the counter looked baffled and told him yeah, they can order them, but you need to get 5000 of them, why do you want them? The homeowner told the counter guy why, the guy went to the back office and made a phone call, came back and told the homeowner that it's ok to use the green screws, he talked to the inspector. It's unfortunate that the inspectors can do that. You would think the code books are there for a reason, not just as guidance, but in Michigan, that's how it is.
John Gayewski
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He probably just told the inspector that the ground screws come in green now and they don't ship them in gold anymore.
There are any number of reasons an inspector could ask for any number of things. Maybe the inspector was an installer and in his day things were one way and it may take them time or a good reason to be ok with changes that are made. There are a lot of inspectors who don't want to spend time teaching home owners how to do things. In which case they should fail the inspection and refer to the code which has been violated.
