Storey or story building

Re: ATTIC OR STORYFrom the 2006 IBC CommentaryATTIC. The space between the ceiling beams of the top story and the roof rafters. • The definition of "Attic" identifies the specific portion of a building or structure for the purposes of determining the applicability of requirements that are specific to at¬tics, such as ventilation (see Section 1202) and draftstopping (see Section 716).

How many floors is a 2 storey building?

Additionally, the code has access requirements (see Section 1208) and uni¬formly distributed live load requirements (see Table 1607.1) for attics. An attic is considered the space or area located immediately below the roof sheathing within the roof framing system of a building.

Pitched roof systems, such as gabled, hip, sawtoothed or curved roofs, all create spaces between the roof sheathing and ceiling membrane, which are consid¬ered attics.STORY. That portion of a building included between the upper surface of a floor and the upper surface of the floor or roof next above (als