Course Description & Details
This course is the first of four parts in the Building Codes for Building Decks series and focuses on how a new deck will interact with an existing site and house. Building, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and fuel-gas systems and codes must all be considered when designing a deck to effectively work with a home.
Course Objectives
- Know how to identify building systems and components located on the exterior of a typical home.
- Learn how to safely design a deck that will work with emergency escape and rescue windows.
- Understand the various ways an improperly designed deck can negatively and hazardously affect building systems of the existing structure.
- Realize how a deck can affect requirements for windows.
Course Length & Approvals
Approximately 3 hours
ICC approved for 0.3 Preferred Provider CEUs
Course Instructor
Glenn Mathewson, MCP
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Course Lessons
- Code Administration
- Research & Planning
- Landings at Doors
- Obstructions at Ledgers
- Safety Glazing
- Electrical Equipment
- Escape & Rescue
Decks: The Existing Structure
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Decks: The Existing Structure
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