Julia Tang
07-10-2011, 08:28 PM
Hi there,
I would seek help and advice for the following situation:
We are building a new house with a walk out basement. We asked builder to put a garage side service door behind garage wall -- see attached picture in the link: http://www.best-internet-businesses.com/garage-service-door.html
We just found that the side door was built on the cliff - right above retaining wall. We cannot get in or get out through that door - there is about 10 ft above the ground - basically you cannot step out. The architect or engineer designed the house made mistake by not considering extension of driveway in order to get access the side entrance. We asked builder to fix the problem. But builder told us that we need find ways by ourselves to get the access to the door. Builder suggested to move side door to the garage door side, but there is not enough space to put a door there.
My question is whether there is a building code builder should follow: if there is side door on garage, is builder responsible to make sure they build it for people to access once the house is built? How can ask them to make extension of L-Shape of retaining wall to fix the problem by a convincing reason or regulations?
Your help for this matter is greatly appreciated.
-Julia
I would seek help and advice for the following situation:
We are building a new house with a walk out basement. We asked builder to put a garage side service door behind garage wall -- see attached picture in the link: http://www.best-internet-businesses.com/garage-service-door.html
We just found that the side door was built on the cliff - right above retaining wall. We cannot get in or get out through that door - there is about 10 ft above the ground - basically you cannot step out. The architect or engineer designed the house made mistake by not considering extension of driveway in order to get access the side entrance. We asked builder to fix the problem. But builder told us that we need find ways by ourselves to get the access to the door. Builder suggested to move side door to the garage door side, but there is not enough space to put a door there.
My question is whether there is a building code builder should follow: if there is side door on garage, is builder responsible to make sure they build it for people to access once the house is built? How can ask them to make extension of L-Shape of retaining wall to fix the problem by a convincing reason or regulations?
Your help for this matter is greatly appreciated.
-Julia