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Cob: Flooding questionsShannon C. Dealy dealy at deatech.comSat Aug 23 13:53:13 CDT 2003
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Dorothy Bothne wrote: > Shannon, > code now requires that any building that is built in the hundred year > floodplain must have a finished floor elevation at 1 foot above the > flood plain. Also, any portion of the building (ie storage rooms, > garages, crawl spaces etc. that are below the floodplain are required to > have 1sq in. opening in the wall at less than 12" above grade for every > sq ft of floor space. > Dorothy Bothne I think the above was probably meant for the list. Of course, the standard recommendation for building with cob is never build in or near a flood plain. Shannon C. Dealy | DeaTech Research Inc. dealy at deatech.com | - Custom Software Development - | Embedded Systems, Real-time, Device Drivers Phone: (800) 467-5820 | Networking, Scientific & Engineering Applications or: (541) 929-4089 | www.deatech.com
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