Calgary Infill Projects - Page 5

fusili · #81 Posted **Nov 21, 2012, 4:16 PM**

Glad I found this thread. I consult on DPs for a lot of infills (mostly contextual single- and semi-detached dwellings) so it is cool to see some other projects that are happening.

fusili · #82 Posted **Nov 21, 2012, 4:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by RicoLance21

I didn't measure the width between these new houses, but that gap looks quite a bit shorter than 8 feet.

Only one side yard for each dwelling needs to be a clear 1.2m, so you can have window wells and cantilevers project into the sideyard as shown above. However, you can't have any glazing within 1.2m (4 feet) of the property line). You can even project a cantilever into the "clear" sideyard, as long as it is higher than 2.4m from grade.

EDIT- Is is just me, or do those cantilevers look like they are directly above the window well? That is definitely a building code violation. Must be a perspective thing and the window well is actually past the cantilever.

MonctonGoldenFlames · #83 Posted **Nov 21, 2012, 6:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by fusili

Only one side yard for each dwelling needs to be a clear 1.2m, so you can have window wells and cantilevers project into the sideyard as shown above. However, you can't have any glazing within 1.2m (4 feet) of the property line). You can even project a cantilever into the "clear" sideyard, as long as it is higher than 2.4m from grade.

EDIT- Is is just me, or do those cantilevers look like they are directly above the window well? That is definitely a building code violation. Must be a perspective thing and the window well is actually past the cantilever.

yes, those cantilevers are above the wells. the city has even told me before to put a well below a cantilever like that, so it must not be against code. i think it's useless and dangerous. there is no way anybody would get out of that bottom bedroom on the right side.

also, you can have windows into the 1.22m sideyard, provided it does not face the neighbour. so you can have a narrow window facing the front or rear in those cantilevers.

fusili · #84 Posted **Nov 21, 2012, 8:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonGoldenFlames

yes, those cantilevers are above the wells. the city has even told me before to put a well below a cantilever like that, so it must not be against code. i think it's useless and dangerous. there is no way anybody would get out of that bottom bedroom on the right side.

also, you can have windows into the 1.22m sideyard, provided it does not face the neighbour. so you can have a narrow window facing the front or rear in those cantilevers.

I guess the code doesn't specify distance between the well and any obstructions above. Pretty big oversight IMO. If window well depths are regulated, overhead clearance should be too.

And yeah, you are right regarding the windows in the sideyard. I guess I meant to say side-facing windows.

nick.flood · #85 Posted **Nov 21, 2012, 8:53 PM**

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MonctonGoldenFlames · #86 Posted **Nov 21, 2012, 8:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by nick.flood

In regards to placing cantilevers over window wells I'm amazed that even common sense (by the designer, builder and the city) overlooked that as much as the code has. This should definitely be something in the code that's not allowed.

There are a ton of things I come across that don't really absolutely need to be code, until you see a baffling lack of common sense like this. Perhaps there needs to be a National Building Code of Common Sense.

in my experience, in the home design field, working with governing authorities, common sense is not very common at all.

mokibo · #87 Posted **Nov 21, 2012, 9:43 PM**

I agree Moncton.

Calgarian · #88 Posted **Nov 21, 2012, 9:50 PM**

Those windows must not be in a bedroom as they would be required to conform to egress standards in the code.

MonctonGoldenFlames · #89 Posted **Nov 21, 2012, 10:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

Those windows must not be in a bedroom as they would be required to conform to egress standards in the code.

afaik, egress only relates to the window opening, not the window well or clearance around it. i could be wrong, but i have never seen any such restriction.

nick.flood · #90 Posted **Nov 22, 2012, 3:58 AM**

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kw5150 · #91 Posted **Nov 22, 2012, 4:34 AM**

There is a secret escape ladder above the window well that goes to the main floor. There is a secret hatch that opens into the kitchen.

Seriously though, I would be so pissed if i was trying to claw my way out of that thing in a fire!

Cage · #92 Posted **Dec 4, 2012, 6:12 PM**

Great project for both the Legion and Hillhurst area. Bet the community association will still find a way to oppose the DP.

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CALGARY - With cheap suds and military ties no longer drawing packed houses, the Kensington Legion is in negotiations for a new, downsized headquarters.

Developers have pitched a plan to build a new legion west of its current location in exchange for prime inner-city real estate.

Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/Kensing...#ixzz2E6lXmSe3

RicoLance21 · #93 Posted **Feb 18, 2013, 2:22 AM**

Sub-25ft. duplex lots do exist. I wonder what the lot size is for the house in the middle.

http://www.calgaryhousing.ca/mls-C35...y_Alberta.html

RicoLance21 · #94 Posted **Feb 18, 2013, 2:43 AM**

I also found an example of an infill with rooftop patio above detached garage.

Infill home veggie gardener's wet dream...almost

http://www.calgaryhousing.ca/mls-C35...y_Alberta.html

Surrealplaces · #95 Posted **Apr 22, 2013, 7:46 PM**

Possibly the slowest infill ever to be built. This one has been u/c for hundreds of years.

Mission First by Calgary Construction 10, on Flickr

fusili · #96 Posted **Apr 22, 2013, 8:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

Possibly the slowest infill ever to be built. This one has been u/c for hundreds of years.

Mission First by Calgary Construction 10, on Flickr

Is that Mission First by Niklas Group?

Cowtown_Tim · #97 Posted **Apr 24, 2013, 10:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by fusili

Is that Mission First by Niklas Group?

RPD Homes. They mostly do duplexes etc...

fusili · #98 Posted **Apr 24, 2013, 10:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cowtown_Tim

RPD Homes. They mostly do duplexes etc...

Niklas group must have sold the site with the approved DP to them. It is the same plan.

Me&You · #99 Posted **Apr 25, 2013, 1:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by Cowtown_Tim

RPD Homes. They mostly do duplexes etc...

Fuck. RPD builds nothing but ugly.

Ramsayfarian · #**100** Posted **Apr 25, 2013, 6:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

Possibly the slowest infill ever to be built. This one has been u/c for hundreds of years.

There's couple in Ramsay that have taken longer. I think one of them has been halted by The City.

Here's the second place

BTW, it is the same builder. Carlos from Perfect Fit.