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I guess a better way of putting it is we have no authority over the building code in my area. You can hire a private inspector to come inspect, but there is no county/city/state authority you could call to inspect / approve what you are doing. There are electrical inspections, and plumbing...

So the issue becomes for me, that my garage is no longer considered a single building when it is "connected" by a breezeway to my house. If I'm following everyone correctly, the definition of what is considered connected, is not in the NEC stuff, but is a building code related item - which may...

Tennessee

I guess I'm struggling to understand this, it must be going right over my head. I get that two services are not allowed at one dwelling. Are you saying that the electrical code requirement should not be considering a detached garage connected in some fashion, one dwelling, or that that...

100% certain - He is solely a state electrical inspector, nothing else.

I am honestly not trying to ignore any codes. I don't want to be breaking any rules, otherwise I wouldn't think twice about just putting the breezeway up after the electrical stuff is connected. I have this "fire issue" in my head, as that is what the electrical inspector had told me the issue...

Thank you for this. I think where I am struggling is the following. Where I live, out in the country, there are no building codes that are enforced. For example, if I build a new home, no one is required to inspect the foundation, or construction to a specific code. There are no ,permits that...

If funds were not an issue, I think would divert to the 400A panel in the garage option. I am just so far down the road, and the money saved for this project is almost gone. Hindsight is always 20/20. I had spoke with the electrical inspector while he was at my house, and his focus was solely...

That would certainly be a nice option, I don't think that would work for my setup, as both the garage and house are basically two stories tall, unless I am not understanding what you mean.

As far as I am aware, there is no building codes for where I am located. An electrical inspection is all that is required for my location.

What would a fire separation look like between a house and garage with a breezeway? I tried looking up some stuff on google, but wasn't finding a good visual to understand.

The house is all electric. It's a decent sized home, 2000+sqft, we have a barn and pool that also utilized for electric, so it's pretty utilized. The electrician didn't run a load Calc, he was fairly confident there wasn't enough wiggle room to make it work

Thanks for the response. The house is an older home, and has a 200amp service that has one breaker available. If I had not planned on having minisplits in the garage it may have worked out, but due to those needs, a new services was needed. The house electric is on the opposite side, compared...

Hello all, I am just looking for others thoughts, as I have never dealt with something like this before. I am located in eastern TN, and started a garage build a three car garage 4 months ago. The plan was to have a detached garage 30x50, that connected to my primary house with a breezeway. The...