General information

• A guide to wheelchair ramps
• Building permit Q&A
• Changing occupancy - what does it mean?
• Free floor plan creation tools
• Garage construction
• Non-traditional building
• Secondary suites and Code
• Snow loads
• Use of milled (unstamped) lumber
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Framing

• All about stairs
• Building beams
• Deck building guide
• Drilling and notching
• Earthquake resistance construction under NBC 2015
• Guards and guard heights
• Lintel construction
• Nailing Code
• Rafter framing
• Sheathing: thickness and nailing info
• Use of milled (unstamped) lumber
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Fire/Life safety

• All about spatial separation
• Bedrooms in basements
• Carbon Monoxide alarms
• Egress windows (bedrooms)
• Exit basics
• Fire-rated drywall and fire separations
• Firestops and firestopping
• Foam must be covered
• Handrails
• Smoke alarms
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Roofing/Cladding

• Eaves protection
• Metal roofing: Ending the “where does the screw” go debate
• Shingles: drainage gap required
• Window installation

Concrete

• A guide to slabs
• Cold-temperatures & cement
• Footings and frost walls
• ICF information

Health/Environment

• Building for flood
• Building for wildfire
• Building for wind
• Radon pipe
• Required insulation