They knocked down a house in my neighborhood but left a facade.Submitted by Mojo_art t3_11dspg2 in mildlyinteresting
CrispiestCrispyCrisp t1_jaatqty wrote
Reply to comment by No_Difference_1962 in They knocked down a house in my neighborhood but left a facade. by Mojo_art
TIL. I made an assumption that you had to keep the original wall. Interesting.
JKSHulenburg t1_jabbhe2 wrote
My dad had to do this for his garage. If he tore it down to foundations, he'd have to move it 30 feet from the house per code. By leaving 2 walls up at a time, it was a "repair" and it could stay in place.
If I remember correctly, the garage predated the house by 20 years and was built during the depression out of scrap wood. As such, it was falling over. It violated modern codes because it was just 4 feet from the house meaning any fire in the garage could easily jump to the house.
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