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International Conference ©f Building Officials <br />MIDWEST REGIONAL OFFICE <br />6738 N.W. TOWER DRIVE • KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64151 (816) 741-2241 <br />OFFICERS <br />PRESIDENT <br />JACK D. WHITE. P.E. <br />CODES ADMINISTRATOR <br />KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI <br />FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT <br />RAY J. NOKES <br />BUILDING OFFICIAL <br />COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA <br />SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA <br />SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT <br />GAYLORD C. DOWD. P.E. <br />DIRECTOR OF INSPECTIONS <br />KALAMAZOO. MICHIGAN <br />TREASURER <br />W. F. FUREY, P.E. <br />SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDING <br />RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA <br />JUNIOR PAST PRESIDENT <br />NEWELL POCK <br />CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR <br />YAKIMA. WASHINGTON <br />DIRECTORS <br />BILL P. HORN <br />CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR <br />PIERCE COUNTY <br />TACOMA. WASHINGTON <br />HERBERT W. MEYER <br />STATE BUILDING INSPECTOR <br />ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA <br />EDWARD F. WINTER, P.E. <br />BUILDING OFFICIAL <br />CEDAR RAPIDS. IOWA <br />ROBERT B. FELDNER. P.E.. R.A. <br />SUPERINTENDENT OF <br />CENTRAL INSPECTION <br />WICHITA. KANSAS <br />CHARLES R. HINKLEY <br />CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR <br />MOUNTAIN VIEW. CALIFORNIA <br />VICTOR L. TAUGHER, P.E. <br />BUILDING OFFICIAL. <br />COUNTY OF ALAMEDA <br />HAYWARD. CALIFORNIA <br />W. F. FUREY. P.E. <br />SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDING <br />RIVERSIDE. CALIFORNIA <br />FLOYD G. MCLELLAN. JR., P.E. <br />DIRECTOR OF BUILDING <br />AND SAFETY <br />COUNTY OF ORANGE <br />SANTA ANA. CALIFORNIA <br />M. J. SIENERTH. P.E. <br />DIRECTOR <br />BUILDING SAFETY DEPARTMENT <br />PHOENIX. ARIZONA <br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR <br />T. H. CARTER, P.E. <br />MANAGING DIRECTOR <br />JAMES E. BIHR, P.E. <br />March 19, 1975 <br />Mel Stephan <br />Chief Building Inspector <br />749 Main Street <br />Louisville, Colorado 80027 <br />OFFICES OF <br />VINCENT R. BUSH, P.E. <br />REGIONAL ENGINEER <br />KEN CHRISTENSEN <br />FIELD REPRESENTATIVE <br />Ceiling Height in Dwellings <br />Dear Mr. Stephan: <br />This letter will amplify and confltul the statements <br />made to you in our telephone conversation on Monday <br />the 17th. As I indicated to you,furred areas in <br />corridors as well as inhabitable rooms, storage rooms <br />and laundry rooms, shall not be furred down to less <br />than 7 feet measured from the floor to the lowest <br />projection from the ceiling. This means in effect <br />that each of the areas just enumerated must have <br />everywhere a minimum clearance of 7 feet under thQ <br />lowest projection from the ceiling. These statements <br />"are based upon Section 1407-Ca) of the Uniform Building <br />Code and specifically the first and third paragraphs <br />of that section. <br />There is an exception as indicated in the second <br />paragraph of Section 1407 which does allow a lower <br />ceiling height in some rooms but this is only in the <br />case where the ceiling is a sloping ceiling due usually <br />to the fact that it might be an attic room and directly <br />under the roof. <br />The lower ceiling height is petiilitted in a room which <br />has a sloped ceiling as just described due to the fact <br />that the occupants are aware of the fact that the ceiling <br />is sloped and, therefore, would not be faced with the <br />hazard of an unforeseen projection projecting below the <br />usual ceiling height. <br />Therefore, where the ceiling is not a sloping ceiling, <br />the minimum height of 7 feet must be preserved in the <br />areas described. <br />Sincerely, <br />,4� <br />—ry„vl�v-�!C72� (`/ 1 . s�....�Gf.2.,/G/• yz�� <br />Vincent R. Bush, P.E. <br />Regional Engineer <br />VRB/na <br />MAIN OFFICE: <br />5360 S. WORKMAN MILL ROAD, WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA 90601 (213) 699-0541 <br />