JohnE
Senior Member
- Location
- Milford, MA
In MA a basement is defined in in 502.0 as "that portion of a building which is partly or completely below grade".
Then, 3603.8.1 says "unfinished basement is required to have minimum clear ceiling height of six foot eight inches, except under beams, girders, ducts or other obstructions where the clear height shall be a minimum of six feet four inches."
Cralwspace is not defined, but it seems clear to me that any basement with ceiling lower than 6'8" is a crawlspace.
Crawlspaces are differentiated from basements in a number of areas of the building code.
MA building code is based on the old BOCA code, but there are many similarities between it and IRC or IBC. I can check these books at home later.
John
Then, 3603.8.1 says "unfinished basement is required to have minimum clear ceiling height of six foot eight inches, except under beams, girders, ducts or other obstructions where the clear height shall be a minimum of six feet four inches."
Cralwspace is not defined, but it seems clear to me that any basement with ceiling lower than 6'8" is a crawlspace.
Crawlspaces are differentiated from basements in a number of areas of the building code.
MA building code is based on the old BOCA code, but there are many similarities between it and IRC or IBC. I can check these books at home later.
John