This past January Fine Homebuilding associate editor Patrick McCombe finshed an 1100 sq.ft. barn workshop and studio space. The fully-finished post-frame building is insulated with salvaged polyisocyanurate and sided with native pine and vinyl. Using his own labor, the building cost $32,000 or about $30 per sq. ft.
The code requires installing an approved material to slow the spread of fire between floors and adjacent vertical and horizontal cavities — here are the allowed materials and required locations.
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