January/February 2012
by Andy Engel
Codes and design freedom
First 100 Words:
The first code book I owned was the 1983 CABO One and Two Family Dwelling Code. That now seems like a pamphlet compared with today's IRC. Even in those simpler times, the carpenters I worked with were nearly universal in their resentment of the code. In part, that was because of having to deal with the bureaucracy of permitting and inspections, and that's utterly understandable. From the standpoint of most builders, getting a permit and then waiting for inspections costs time and money while adding zero value to the job. That said, projects such as the "Deck Built to Fail"
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