Cob: Another article--applicable to cob and codes.

[Amanda Peck]

Heck, I'm trying not to double post here, and am ending up sending to just 
one person.  Charmaine sent us a site from someone in the Georgia mountains, 
talking about disability planning.  Good idea.  On the guy's web-site 
there's another article about codes which is pretty informative.

Both Georgia and North Carolina use the SAME building code, although each 
state has amendments to it.  I'd bet that all the states do this, some may 
upgrade to a later version sooner than others, the amendments may make a lot 
of difference.

But....

All the North Carolina counties have permitting and inspection systems in 
place.  Not so in Georgia, where only some do.

But....

"According to the state (Georgia), all residential construction must be 
built according to the state codes. In counties without local building 
inspection, the only way to enforce the codes is through the courts. This 
means that a builder who violates the state building code can be taken to 
court, even if there is no local building inspection department."

Maybe the question is: Would you rather build according to code to start 
with, or risk having to tear down your building later after a fight with the 
neighbors ends up in court?  Of course if cob-ness is the only problem, then 
ideas about cob may have changed by then.

http://www.mountainhomeshow.com/houseplans/mypagearticle5.htm



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