The decking must be tightly affixed to the joists with nails or deck screws.
Chicago roof deck code.
Intended to provide the sole method of porch and deck design and construction necessary to meet the requirements of the chicago building code.
Unit excluding the roof deck is required to comply with the exiting requirements of the section 13 160 050.
City of chicago department of buildings porch deck supplemental check sheet c a supplemental porch form doc page 4 of 4 8 4 04 decking deck boards are supported by joists.
7 1 15 12 030 use of combustibles in type iii construction roof assemblies.
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Per ordinance all elements of porches and decks must be able to support 100 pounds per square foot live loading.
In other words a roof deck directly off of an enclosed space is not required to have 2 exits but the enclosed space may require 2 exits per section 13 160 050.
As there are innumerable porch configurations in the city of chicago the load tables details and examples cannot be expected to address every possible condition.
All construction must be code compliant.
Mike has been a licensed architect here in chicago since 2002 with a specialized interest in the codes that apply to roof decks and great relationships with the top city officials in the department of buildings.
This does not constitute a waiver from the regulations of titles 13 14c 14e 15 and 18 building construction and title 17 chicago zoning ordinance of the municipal code of chicago.
Decking can be either tongue and groove or individually spaced boards.
The accessibility provisions of the 2019 chicago construction codes primarily chapter 14b 11 and section 14r 3 305 apply to all permit applications started on or after december 1 2019 regardless of whether the project is electing to follow other provisions of the 2019 chicago building code or chicago building rehabilitation code links above.
We adopted some of the roof designs and standards long before the code was instituted so our customers need not be concerned about being compliant.
Inspectors inspect all elements of the porch including joists beams columns stairs hand guard rails ledger boards connections and footings.
Code section 15 12 030 use of combustibles was revised on may 17 2000 in conjunction with other code sections to allow the use of exterior insulation finishing systems eifs on buildings.
Building inspectors perform porch and deck inspections according to this check sheet.
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