Building Consistency Meeting
Residential
Date: 6/1/2005
Recorder: Danny Wooten, minutes prepared by: Jeff Griffin
Staff present: Jeff Griffin; Gene Morton; Danny Wooten; Steve Kellen; David Morton.
Public present: Mike Mcgee (Mcgee Bros); Frank Burke (Grimmer-Kempf & Assoc);
David Schwiemon (Public); Hans Kasak (Ryland Homes); Daniel Mcbridge (The
Cunnane Group); Bob Mckee/Scott McCracken/Darron Gentile (Ryan Homes); James
Welsh (BRI of CLT); Evan Weiss (Meeting Street); Chad Nelson (Shea Homes); Bill
Green (Barefoot & Company); Jack Glunt (Westfield Homes); Tony Smith (Hobart
Smith); Dan Smigelski/Joanne Grus (NVR Architectural Services); Rob Merrell
(Griffin Masonry); Wayne Carter (Mulvaney Homes).
Topics/Subject
Decisions/Conclusions/Actions
Old
Business
None
New
Business
Sheathing
inspection
requirements
Issue has been discussed about the requirement of a sheathing
inspection for nail pattern check. There is no requirement for this to be
visible as listed in the Administrative code similar as no requirement for
roof sheathing nailing check. There is a requirement for the builder to
comply with the fastening schedule and certain items to be visible at
frame check per the NC Administrative and Enforcement code.
Although no sheathing inspection will be required the finished exterior
wall coverings cannot be installed until the frame check has been
conducted and these items visible checked. This would allow for a
builder to use a house wrap, set all window and door openings and then
flash these wall openings for frame inspection as required in section
306.6 above.
Fastening table Passed out a new table on fastening requirement for treated lumber that
for treated
will be adopted in the next version of the code. This is specifically
lumber
designed to deal with newer chemicals that are on the market today:
Sub-grade form
Reinforcement
steel in slabs or
footers-not
required
Bolt placement
through
mudsill-edge
clearance
Slab inspection
during poor
weather
conditions
Wall tie
inspection
Updated Subgrade verification form is now posted on our website
www.meckpermit.com. Special care should be taken not to modify any
of the language listed on this form. Field inspectors have been instructed
to turn down any form that has been modified or doesn’t have current
date on form.
Question asked about steel/rebar in footer or slabs that are not required
by code. Inspectors are required to inspect per code and design
documents. If a site condition doesn’t required reinforcement to meet
minimum code but the plans call for it, an inspector should ask for a
change in the design or letter from the designer before approving. If the
plans don’t call for the reinforcement to be installed and it is installed or
not completely installed an inspector should not turn down a builder
when not a requirement unless installation would cause a problem.
Question was asked about bolt location on a mudsill and how close a
bolt could be located to the edge of the sill plate. Standard rule for
placement should be similar to that of a hole in a stud and edge
clearances. To properly tie down a plate section the bolt hole should not
be drilled any closer than 5/8” of inch from the sill plate edge.
This question has come up before in consistency meetings related to site
conditions and the ability of a field inspector to perform a slab
inspection during raining conditions. Basic requirement is that if an
inspector feels like a slab is well protected and he can walk and see all
bearing locations then an inspection can be performed. Non-protected
slabs would not be approved and should be called back when weather
conditions allowed proper inspection.
Question asked pertaining to if there was a veneer wall tie inspection
requirement. There is no requirement by County or under the State
Administrative Code for a special inspection on wall ties however an
inspector can request an extra inspection if he has concerns related to
any installation and compliance to Code. Per NC Administrative Code
section 306:
Proposed code
changes
Additional code changes proposed:
• Braced wall line changes- There is a significant change coming
up in regards to the use of Table R602.10.5 which talks about
continuously sheathed walls. APA in working with ICC has
corrected the language as it relates to this table. The intent of
this option was to not just fully sheath the braced wall line but
the entire house had to be sheathed with OSB or plywood. This
means in many cases that if you don’t have a 4’ garage lug then
you must fully sheath your house with OSB or plywood to
reduce values or use alternate method that the Building Code
Council has already approved (see attached) or have engineered.
Remember that the use of this table requires a fully sheathed
house-see new text:
•
Cement siding and fastening schedule has been added to table
along with fasteners. Noted that as currently being enforced, this
table will require felt or house wrap behind it.
•
Veneer ties spacing decreased (requires more). Each tie is
required to be no more than 24”o.c. spacing both horizontally
and vertically and shall support not more than 2.67 sq.ft.
Townhouses require additional ties due to seismic which is 2.0
sq.ft.
Next meeting is on July 6th in Woods room 1st floor at 8:00am, 700 N. Tryon St.
The County office will be closed on Monday the 4th of July
Looking to be renumbered as a stand alone option for garage lugs.