This is turning out to be complicated build
I just got off the phone with the architect with some fun news. It seems that Ma. just started new building code for my area. Sense I'm within 20 miles of the coast I need an engineer to stamp the plans. Were in a 110 mph zone. Not bad $250 I can live with that. But when he checked it out they decided with my wall height of 11'3" that I need shear walls. specifically for my wall height. More money , not sure how much. Their going to see if I make the foundation taller if it will let me scrape by on the wall type. The ones their talking about have metal in them plus different bolts to hold it down on the foundation. I figured it must be like Cali. standards. Plus sense my door isgoing to be 16x8 its a specific door because of the hieght over 6'8" It just gets better and better!
|