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1. Posted: 17 Apr 2025 07:53pm - Member's Projects and Photos / YURTS QUEBEC
Quoting: BrettnyI would not trust the word of a real estate agent I don't think I can add to that A real estate attorney generally knows little/nothing of construction laws though. Our building dept is funded locally but answers to the state to avoid the conflicts above. That said, the good old boy system is alive and well. The yurt or the primary residence needs to be the...
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2. Posted: 17 Apr 2025 11:15am - Member's Projects and Photos / YURTS QUEBEC
Quoting: razmichael I have my doubts that any engineering effort will not bring a Yurt up to a building code (even the minimum space regs)and there are no building codes for tents That brings up the fact that they may consider a yurt a temporary structure and dont allo...
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3. Posted: 17 Apr 2025 10:47am - Member's Projects and Photos / YURTS QUEBEC
Imo a yurt will fail every building code for main building; ie, it is a tent. I sympathize with you, we hit the brick wall some years back (for a small cabin) and couldn't even get suggestions fro...
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4. Posted: 17 Apr 2025 09:57am - Member's Projects and Photos / YURTS QUEBEC
foxtrot - don't confuse a permit with building code (although they might be related in some circumstances). The local municipality has likely never dealt with a Yurt and I don't think you or them will find ...
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5. Posted: 17 Apr 2025 09:13am - Member's Projects and Photos / YURTS QUEBEC
...n. I was disappointned how many things I "assumed" i could do I couldnt. I left being assured I could put up an artisan commercial (terasse) and that was the best he could do without a main building, and I was incredibly grateful. He gave me a changement de usage doc. I have an email saying he will permit this which I showed them. I was told he was wrong and he ...
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6. Posted: 16 Apr 2025 03:09pm - Member's Projects and Photos / YURTS QUEBEC
Does anyone think speaking to a real estate attorney may help? I wrote back to the municipal and asked if we could, with the help of an engineer, bring it up to code as a main building, or keep it under code as a tent/gazebo so it wont need a permit. is there anyone out there in quebec who successfully got a yurt permit? thank you
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7. Posted: 14 Apr 2025 02:56pm - Member's Projects and Photos / YURTS QUEBEC
Quoting: foxtrotHowever, you should be aware that your yurt, considered an accessory building, can only be installed if there is already a main building on the property. If there is no existing main building, installing the yurt becomes impos...
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8. Posted: 14 Apr 2025 02:28pm - Member's Projects and Photos / YURTS QUEBEC
... and that maybe it will help others, because I am going to continue to try. I've contacted this company: https://mpmag.com/ and asked if they had Yurt experience. To be clear, I dont have a main building, not even a shed. I'm on a pretty low budget here. I can do 20" yurt ? I'll need to take out a small loan to help and this contributed to why I lost my nerve to put i...
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9. Posted: 13 Apr 2025 07:57pm - Member's Projects and Photos / YURTS QUEBEC
Firstly study the provincial building regs (available online) so you know them well. This is important so if they say you can't do something, you should be able to ask "where does it say that" and unless ...
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10. Posted: 13 Apr 2025 01:57pm - Member's Projects and Photos / YURTS QUEBEC
Hello, I'm in Arundel QC and have 1 acre without any other buildings. I've sent an email to the municiple asking if I need a permit. I said it would be three season, on a regular tent platform without plumbing or electric. I was...
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11. Posted: 11 Mar 2025 06:38pm - Cabin Construction / Is this layout realistic for a 10x12 cabin with loft
Quoting: encounta10x12 doesn't require a permit in my area Are you sure about that? I ask because many jurisdictions like where I am have rules that state something like, " states that a building permit is not required for one-story detached accessory buildings (sheds, tool storage, etc.) that are used for similar purposes an...
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12. Posted: 30 Jan 2025 11:38am - Cabin Construction / Mixed 2x4 & 2x6 windows & doors in 1st Cabin!
Quoting: NorthShoreSLR**Again, checking to see if anyone knows of a good resource to check my plan County Building Inspector, where you get your permits.
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13. Posted: 24 Jan 2025 04:18pm - Cabin Construction / 10x16 cabin plan, I would love some expert advice
...u could just use blocks. Is this in Ontario? (every time I see 10x16 it seems likely). I would separate the deck and the bunkie. Do them as two different things. Once you start attaching decks to buildings a whack of regulations come into effect. Do it as landscaping as you don't need a permit for that. They often let bunkies go... but if you attach the deck i...
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14. Posted: 18 Dec 2024 06:14pm - Cabin Construction / Piers built with block and rebar
Just started building a 28x28' bunkie / dining room as an addition to our summer cabin in NB Canada. I am looking for tips on pier and beam construction. our adjacent 28x28 cabin is on pier and beam...
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15. Posted: 7 Sep 2024 03:52am - Member's Projects and Photos / My New Bunkhouse
Exterior decking is normally counted as non-habitable space and does not count to the building footprint. In every place I've built in that has been the rule; if the space is heated or cooled it is habitable. Porches, decks and garages do not count. But locals can conjure...
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16. Posted: 6 Sep 2024 05:35pm - Member's Projects and Photos / My New Bunkhouse
Hi Folks, I have 10.5 acres of recreational mountain property that is not (and won't be anytime soon) zoned for cabins. The county won't issue any kind of building permits for up there. We have used an old trailer for years to camp there but it has seen better days. I have long planned to put a shed up there to use as a bunkhou...
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17. Posted: 4 Aug 2024 06:15pm - Member's Projects and Photos / Central MN cabin build
It has been a few years since I have made an update to this building thread. I am still on this forum reading and collecting ideas fairly regularly, but I don’t often have the time to contribute to other posts. We now have a functional solar powere...
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18. Posted: 26 Jul 2024 06:38pm - Cabin Construction / planning elevated 16x20
Your county building permit office will have more accurate information than we can provide.
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19. Posted: 28 Jun 2024 06:39pm - Cabin Construction / Build a cabin later on a cabin-worthy deck I build now?
What gcrank1 said. If that 10x12 is because "no permit" is required <p to 120 sq ft, a careful reading of the rule will likely reveal the phrase "accessory building" which means the must be an approved residence built under s permit on site first. Check that. Post a link to the online source if you can.
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20. Posted: 8 May 2024 01:45am - Cabin Construction / Exterior insulation only—follow up conversation
...price is comparable or at least in the neighborhood, and the R-value per inch I think is comparable to most other products (3.4-3.7 per inch for the exterior product), not quite as good as xps. Our building site is the kind of place that I don't see too many people wanting to ever put a house on (it's a bit steep and has a small cemetery awkwardly placed in the middle of our 1...
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21. Posted: 7 May 2024 11:30pm - Cabin Construction / Exterior insulation only—follow up conversation
Every jurisdiction I have worked in constructing structures for others has wording in the regulations that limit buildings that do not require a building permit in some ways. One very common thing is to limit the permit-free building ...
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22. Posted: 22 Apr 2024 12:58pm - Properties / Recreational cabin
Build to code with a building permit...problem solved.
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23. Posted: 15 Feb 2024 07:54am - Properties / Building a cabin in Quebec
I'll repeat what I and others have noted about all this - there are country/province building codes and then local by-laws. Quebec has some really tough rules (province wide) regarding anything near waterfront and what I would consider fairly normal building...
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24. Posted: 4 Feb 2024 08:33pm - Cabin Construction / building a cabin, need help deciding on foundation
Quoting: gcrank1 Building inspector going to be an issue? Building as a recreational cabin, no codes enforced or inspections required, other than sewage. Just got my permits ...
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25. Posted: 31 Jan 2024 01:14am - Cabin Construction / Advice for a new build
...e we won't have water or septic for a few years, which are both required for a permit. Structures on wheels don't need a permit in this county, and we are only camping out there a weekend or 2 a month. My plan is a 10x20 building with an 8 foot back wall and 13 foot front wall with a shed-style roof. There will be a loft in the back 8 feet o...
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26. Posted: 24 Jan 2024 08:38pm - Off-Grid Living / Off Grid Living - Cabin Solar Power Setup
...untain in West Virginia to see how much it would cost to have power hooked up. Power poles just across the road. He said do you know how the tariff system works here? I said no. He said if you get building permit, septic and water permits, it's free. If no permits, it's $7000+. Quoting: turkeyhunterwhat if you cleared ...
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27. Posted: 21 Jan 2024 05:08am - Cabin Construction / Using unconventional thin lumber to build a cabin
...ver have any of this gargoylic shit. But I still think you can make a wall just as sturdy using more reinforcement. Think like the original WTC Twin Towers -- using thinner materials than most other buildings at the time but with more reinforcement. Quoting: ICCMost walls do not need any diagonal bracing. The anti-racking strength usually comes from 7/16" or thicker 4x8 panels pr...
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28. Posted: 1 Jan 2024 11:27am - Member's Projects and Photos / Cabin projects for the New Year
...sters done ( an advantage to being one armed! ) Finish my lower access road and gravel it Clear down trees.... ~ 5 aspen trees, maybe cut/remove 2 more dead aspens. Hopefully... build a small pole building <200sqft to slip under county permit requirements to house the JD1025R/ attachments, Tracker tracks and the snowmobile. Maybe... replace the square beams (prim...
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29. Posted: 17 Oct 2023 07:01pm - Cabin Construction / Wondering if We Should Start Over
Quoting: gcrank1we can 'build' the new with the old one in place then tear it down. All I have to do is pick out what we want to do, show him what it is and get the building permit. This sounds like the best option. Can you keep the current cabin and use it as a shed or something later? What kind of cabin are you shopping for?
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30. Posted: 17 Oct 2023 03:40pm - Cabin Construction / Wondering if We Should Start Over
...a hunting/fishing/recreational place and we can 'build' the new with the old one in place then tear it down. All I have to do is pick out what we want to do, show him what it is and get the building permit. Now to shop
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