Hi I have a question that has been bugging me and I cannot seem to find a good answer. My house had a garage I converted into 2 bedrooms and a TV room. Problem was the furnace was right by the door to the house so I just blocked it off from the other rooms making it a hallway between my living room and the new TV room (the bedrooms open off the TV room) using 5/8 fire rated drywall and a 2 hour fire rated door. The furnace is oil burning, sealed flame, air intake from outside vented through a chimney in the roof. I put CO detectors in the hallway, TV room and each bedroom, and each bedroom has a window that can be used as an egress as well as the TV room has an egress window. I wasnt worried about dealing with the city but I decided to have a woodstove installed and my homeowners insurance requires it be permitted. If the building inspector sees what I did to the garage can he call me on anything?
I could put up a wall (there is a door to the outside by furnace) and leave an ADA compliant hallway betweenn the rooms, but I am worried about making working on the furnace difficult. if I did that the furncae space would be 72"x60"
Oil furnace in hallway
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Hi I have a question that has been bugging me and I cannot seem to find a good answer. My house had a garage I converted into 2 bedrooms and a TV room. Problem was the furnace was right by the door to the house so I just blocked it off from the other rooms making it a hallway between my living room and the new TV room (the bedrooms open off the TV room) using 5/8 fire rated drywall and a 2 hour fire rated door. The furnace is oil burning, sealed flame, air intake from outside vented through a chimney in the roof. I put CO detectors in the hallway, TV room and each bedroom, and each bedroom has a window that can be used as an egress as well as the TV room has an egress window. I wasnt worried about dealing with the city but I decided to have a woodstove installed and my homeowners insurance requires it be permitted. If the building inspector sees what I did to the garage can he call me on anything?
I could put up a wall (there is a door to the outside by furnace) and leave an ADA compliant hallway betweenn the rooms, but I am worried about making working on the furnace difficult. if I did that the furncae space would be 72"x60"