Recent content by CaptainYARRR

I'm just looking for anything that'll get by the city planners, had a few people raise a lot of concerns about building in the city and the city just says it has to pass that code with certain set back requirements. Doesn't sound crazy but I have builders acting like it is. So that's why I'm...

Does anyone here know if having a red iron weld up building would meet the Residential Building code if done properly? Or is it simpler just to buy an engineered building?

My mistake, didn't cover that part fully. Lots of moving parts to this! The builder I'm talking to is concerned about the slab. The only information that the city will give me is the building codes. Is this building code unusual or is that pretty much standard practice for pouring any slab...

I e-mailed the inspection department and he won't give me a straight answer on the foundation. He only says go read the 2012 Building Codes and gave me that link. So I'm caught between the city that won't give me a direct answer and a builder that is scared of working with the city's parameters.

Yes I spoke to zoning and the only limits that seem to be an issue for my design are height. I wanted 16' tall and they can only allow 15'. So it looks like mostly good as far as zoning is concerned.

Hey all, I'm shopping around to have someone install a 40x50 shop at my new home in Cedar Park TX within the city limits. So far it seems that the couple barn builders that can handle the entire job are afraid of building in city limits. Cedar Park seems very reasonable on their requirements...