lowered ceiling dotted line

[lbuttery]

Neal:

Your posting isn't legible.

Maybe try as a .doc ?

Lew

[Allen42acj]

I have talked to the inspector about it before,more or less=grandfathered in..Was just kidding..
Do they really deduct living space on the capes?I see the tax man trying to get blood from a stone here..

[slatta]

Lew, sorry about the poor scan, see the appropriate section R304 in your irc

[lbuttery]

Neal:

The standard used to be 6'8" now it seems to be 7'

That's going to make it harder to remodel basements and attics etc.

Lew

[slatta]

Lew,
I think you would be granted an exception for most existing cases, if not just don't get a permit

[lbuttery]

Neal:

So the 7' code only applies to new construction ?

I thought it applied to remodels as well ?

Not getting a permit is "dangerous", If a fire or some other
"disaster" should occur later and the project wasn't permitted
then the liablilty would be horrendous

Lew

[slatta]

I have not had any problems permitting an existng area, I do not have a problem with non-permitted work,

[lbuttery]

Here's an example of setting the ceiling height to 6'8" and then setting invisible walls at those lines and then changing the room fill for those "rooms" to lllustratge where the usable headroom is.

Lew