Building Height & Area Allowance 17-0

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Published 2012-12-25

IBC table 503 has a direct relationship to table 601. Where table 601 talks to construction type, table 503 talks to occupancy type and construction type and how they relate. So looking at this table it speaks to how large a wood structure could be and what building types it's allowed to serve. These videos are to understand building code

All Comments (19)

@HCVProgramDiva 4 years ago

Thank you for illustrating this, your presentation is far better than reading it from a text book.
@sophriniacassell4192 1 year ago

Thank you for making it simple! God bless you
@ruthiegould7385 7 years ago

Thanks for all your great videos! They are very informative. I was wondering if you might do a video on area modifications. Specifically, the I(f) equation 5-2 from section 506.2 Frontage increase with emphasis on the W (width limits). I find this rather complicated.
@shawn246344 5 years ago

Man thank you for explaining the chart to me.
@nicoleforero-trautman9542 8 years ago

This is an AWESOME explanation! Thank you for this. I'm still having trouble understanding though what the "A" and "B" represent under "Type I", "Type II" etc. Can you help?
@bearsinbrazil 6 years ago

This is great, thanks!
@carlosgrider2106 3 years ago

I would like some clarification on the height that you spoke of toward the end of you presentation, you explained it as the number that will determine the height of the building, isn’t the number speaking to the maximum height that, that particular occupancy can be above grade under that construction designation type? Not the height of the building.
@CR3DT 7 years ago

+Marty Huie, I find your videos very information. So what dictates if a building need to be sprinkler or not? did you ever make a video on that?
@heavyface8577 7 years ago

thanks that really help
@Infinityway1 6 years ago

Thank you We need video about how to calculate the fire separation distance between two buildings. Plz
@suliman9058 4 years ago

WHAT IS A and B for type 1 or 2 ??
@airforce1747 6 years ago

Marty, Can you please do a video about how to calculate building area modifications? Thank you. :)
@Hsinkuang 5 years ago

Could you please explain the basement allowable area? Thank you 506.1.3 Basements. Basements need not be included in the total allowable floor area of a building provided the total area of such basements does not exceed the area permitted for a one-story above grade plane building.
@MartyHuie 8 years ago

Really it is much simpler then you potentially are thinking about. It could be building type 1,2,3 or 4 instead of 1A, 1B, 2A or 2B. it is just how they labeled them, it's not difficult not complicated they were just trying to apply some similarities. I too tried to make it more complicated then it is.
@RusticTrini57 2 years ago

Hello Marty, I am struggling with "story above grade plain." I have a building on a site that is not flat. Please show how to calculate the average of the finish ground level, (grade plain) and how to determine if a story should be counted toward what is allowed with respect to it classified as a basement or not. Thanks.
@Designitjosh 5 years ago

Can you do a video of how to properly calculate frontage increase per IBC 2015 section 506.3? Maybe utilize Education Type IIIB construction with streets on two sides.
@nomanakbarofficially5366 3 years ago

which book is this because I have IBC 2015 but I don't see the table 503 please advice me thank you
@MartyHuie 11 years ago