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511. Posted: 18 Jun 2013 14:55 - Properties / Ontario Building Permits
...minimum square footage for a dwelling is be 800 sq. ft. (I'm not 100% sure on that number.) Seeing as this is larger than what most tiny homes are, it would seem that we are out of options in Ontario except for building a something that is 108 sq. ft. I'm not even sure that technically allowed because it's supposed to be used for tool sheds and things like that. If they sa...
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512. Posted: 14 Jun 2013 14:15 - Properties / Building a cabin in Quebec
...r PDF's for information on the following: If you can't read French copy/paste into translate.google.com to get the gist. "Construction" = construction or "bâtiment" = building to know what rules are regarding construction. You may also need "Zonage" = zoning – to read about specifics to your area Landslide risk can be in a document about "...
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513. Posted: 14 Jun 2013 13:41 - Properties / Building a cabin in Quebec
... check with the municipality first though. Quoting: RakosThanks Avan. I do have a house, but the problem is they feel the gazebo is too close to my lake. And it was built by the contractor without a building permit (he said none was needed, it is not 'habitation'!).
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514. Posted: 14 Jun 2013 13:33 - Properties / Building a cabin in Quebec
...et for 2 stories. Also note that if your area is at risk for landslides (eg. a good slope present on your lot in an area with a lot of clay), they may require a geotechnical assessment prior to any building permit. If you border water (river, lake) this assessment is good for only 1 year! Everything you build will pretty much require a septic system (not just a tank)....
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515. Posted: 14 Jun 2013 13:31 - Properties / Quebec properties -- some (maybe dumb) questions
...et for 2 stories. Also note that if your area is at risk for landslides (eg. a good slope present on your lot in an area with a lot of clay), they may require a geotechnical assessment prior to any building permit. If you border water (river, lake) this assessment is good for only 1 year! Everything you build will pretty much require a septic system (not just a tank)....
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516. Posted: 10 Jun 2013 13:24 - Cabin Construction / Move a Cabin or build? recommendations please
Building mine, I sub'd out the concrete foundation. Then hired a professional builder by trade with 30 yrs+ experience. I paid him $40 per hour and he only charged me when he was ac...
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517. Posted: 10 Jun 2013 11:49 - Cabin Construction / Move a Cabin or build? recommendations please
Hello all, I am wondering if anyone could offer opinions on my dilemma...I am ready to start planning a new cabin, but unfortunately I am really not very good at building things myself. I often see full cabins for sale that need to moved for pretty good prices. I was wondering if anyone on here had advice about how hard they found it obtaining ...
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518. Posted: 6 Jun 2013 19:18 - Cabin Construction / ventilation
Moving Pictures: Realize this thread is a bit old but as I get closer to building our off grid residence I ended up finding this HRV which is only 13.5W or some such... http://www.venmar.ca/39-air-exchangers-eko-1-5-hrv.html Did you ever come to a better solutio...
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519. Posted: 2 Jun 2013 12:49 - Cabin Construction / Ground support, and insulation of joists
...erlap and screw down 7/16 osb over the poly. Giving me a sealed and stiff floor with no bounce. I figured the open bottom, and the layer of poly would, both do their job, just like in a ceiling. The building permit, inspectors here, are just not helpful, and hate to answer questions. I guess they think everyone should just hire a general contractor.
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520. Posted: 27 May 2013 15:35 - Member's Projects and Photos / Our Hand Hewn "Cabin"....in the making
Quoting: bldginsp Totally cool building. I'd think long and hard before removing that rear addition, funky as it may be. It's 'grandfathered in' so to speak with respect to the building...
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521. Posted: 27 May 2013 14:17 - Member's Projects and Photos / Our Hand Hewn "Cabin"....in the making
Totally cool building. I'd think long and hard before removing that rear addition, funky as it may be. It's 'grandfathered in' so to speak with respect to the building...
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522. Posted: 24 May 2013 13:59 - Properties / Can you avoid building permit by parking an "rv" on your mountain property?
Use of RVs on your property will be covered in the local planning ordinances, not building codes. Where I am they will allow only a certain number of RVs on a given lot, without an RV park license, which you won't want to do. RVs don't hold up well to snow or be...
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525. Posted: 15 Apr 2013 14:46 - Cabin Construction / Poop in the Adirondacks
Well, check that solution off your list then! Lol. Are you sure you can get building permits if you can't install a standard septic system? They don't consider your land un-buildable do they? I hope not
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526. Posted: 15 Apr 2013 02:12 - Member's Projects and Photos / 20 x 24 getting started Northern WI
...ng down the road. A deck and patio will come off the south side and a 3 season porch off the north side (facing the best view of the property). I am planning on starting the slab sometime in May and building in late July and early Aug. After seeing all the tops of the trees that were cut, all 8 to 12 footers, and 4 to 8 inches across. I'll be stacking those for later and will possib...
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527. Posted: 5 Apr 2013 21:59 - Properties / Cheapest route for a 'legal', livable cabin in Ohio?
...st wanted to inject a dose of reality. Loans for vacant land will likely require 40 to 50% down. A construction loan can be difficult to impossible for a landowner with no proven track record of building to obtain at any cost. That's where an established GC comes in; you are buying his expertise not only to build but to obtain financing. There's a recent thread here that il...
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528. Posted: 5 Apr 2013 18:47 - Properties / Cheapest route for a 'legal', livable cabin in Ohio?
... their money they are loaning. So my best guess is they will insist on the project being built by a licensed contractor. You might be able to work with the GC if that suits him. The local zoning and building department will also have a say in the time frame for completion. Best answers are going to come from the local lenders and the local zoning and building officials....
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529. Posted: 3 Apr 2013 00:09 - Cabin Construction / Help with my 24 ft wide plan
... exteror siding was 4x8 exteror 1\2 in plywood stained . this gave us a 3 bedroom cabin on grid with septic and hot and cold running water for 20000$ fully inspected and passed by the local building inspector .at the time the building permit was 50$ I have no plans i gave the only hand drawn plans i had to the building ins...
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530. Posted: 31 Mar 2013 22:39 - Cabin Construction / cabin siding
New to this forum. Plan to start building soon. Still in the planing stages and getting the permit to start. Thinking about treated t1-11 for the siding. Seams cheaper than vinyl due too the price of vinyl a...
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531. Posted: 29 Mar 2013 13:02 - Properties / Ohio: what is a permanent dwelling?
What causes it to go from a shed to a home, from a building codes perspective, is what occupancy classification the building dept. thinks it is. The codes give them the authority to declare a building an ...
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532. Posted: 28 Mar 2013 21:58 - Off Topic / This thread will be long..........
...r goes. I wish we had the income we use to have...I would do things so differently-I cringe at the way we use to spend without really even giving it much thought When we bought our land and started building it was 2007 and I remember saying " if we can't do it now, we never will be able to" I think we jinxed the economy! It's been hard to build once we started becaus...
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533. Posted: 25 Mar 2013 14:32 - Properties / No building permits? Where?
... meet minimum code requirements to the best of the jurisdictions ability. When you buy a house that was permitted you know it was inspected to the codes in place at the time, and inspected before it was closed up. Building inspectors don't dissassemble large parts of the building to determine if it meets code because they see it before it gets clo...
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534. Posted: 25 Mar 2013 09:24 - Properties / No building permits? Where?
... it is up to code because the concrete hides the rebar and the sheetrock hides the plumbing, elec, structural, venting, etc. So they can't possibly tell what they are getting without ripping the building to shreds. This is true is ALL cases even where permits were pulled! I have seen no end of house buying shows where ppl buy a city house that's been inspected...
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535. Posted: 24 Mar 2013 21:47 - Properties / No building permits? Where?
Quoting: AnonymousAll buildings built by whoever will be used by others My problem is I guess that this isn't true though. If some dude wants to go off and be a hermit and live in a shack on his own land an...
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536. Posted: 24 Mar 2013 14:09 - Properties / No building permits? Where?
I agree that things have gotten out of hand with respect to regulation, but that's no reason to throw out the baby with the bathwater. All buildings built by whoever will be used by others, and most of those others have no idea what they are walking into when they walk in the door. Poorly built buildings can and...
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537. Posted: 24 Mar 2013 11:30 - Properties / No building permits? Where?
...ffected by this but the property owner. If the property is later sold there is nothing obliging the next owner to do anything with the structure, they do not have to use it. I'm not advocating building without a permit of anything of the sort I just things have gotten a little out of hand in terms of regulation.
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538. Posted: 22 Mar 2013 18:44 - Properties / No building permits? Where?
...ervous as this was my first time ever pulling a permit. Not nervous because I was trying to slide something by, just nervous because I didnt know what I was doing or if I was doing it right. Not the building part, just the permitting process. I learned a lot before doing it, ie got my mailing address, did my site plan, then submitted my plans for review,...
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539. Posted: 17 Mar 2013 22:10 - Properties / What is a "hunt camp"?
Well same deal for me. I'm zoned recreational forestry and in Michigan. I'm allowed 200 sqft no building permit. 500 sqft hunt/fish cabin. 750+ for residential. I have had a few conversations with zoning & building dept. Here's what i was told....
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540. Posted: 17 Mar 2013 19:21 - Properties / What is a "hunt camp"?
...eople have properties with hunt camps already on them (some up to or more than 12'x20') but did not see any posts on, f.ex, DIY/setting up your own hunt camp and what that entails. Is this building permit territory, or perhaps there is some more discretion here for someone who only wants to use their property part time like myself? Any advice would be apprecia...
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