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I have a deck on our house, built 5 years ago, over the walkout from the basement. No stairs. Inspected, and met code. YMMV.
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Gary- thanks but I am not in the city of Traverse City. I have talked to the township and county. The county has a hand out, but I do not see anything that answers my question. I will talk to the county permit office next week, applying for my permit. I was hoping to get a step ahead if I need to add a stairway
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(07-06-2018, 10:46 PM)goaliedad Wrote: Gary- thanks but I am not in the city of Traverse City. I have talked to the township and county. The county has a hand out, but I do not see anything that answers my question. I will talk to the county permit office next week, applying for my permit. I was hoping to get a step ahead if I need to add a stairway
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(07-01-2018, 11:10 AM)goaliedad Wrote: I will be putting a deck up soon- 10 feet off the ground. It is over our walk out basement
Does code require an stairway? We really don’t want one. Will code require one?
Call the addition a balcony. Might need a fire escape ladder.
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(07-10-2018, 07:13 PM)K. L McReynolds Wrote: Call the addition a balcony. Might need a fire escape ladder.
A balcony doesn't have posts and rests on a cantilever. They'll want to inspect the cantilever.
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I used to live where Black bears were a problem. Stairs were just another entrance into the house. You could not have a tree too close to the deck, they had no problem climbing the tree and getting in the house. This was in Mammoth Lakes, California code did not require stairs, is was California where everything is known to cause cancer.
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