MarkhamBuilding InspectionsInspections
Construction Of Gable Ends In Housing With A Limiting Distance Less Than 1.2m
Published by City of Markham
This is the City of Markham’s document, as published on its website on 18 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Markham
- Date
- January 1, 2025
- Also called
- Construction of Gable Ends in Housing with a Limiting Distance Less 1.2 merter (3’-11’)
- For
- builder
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 3
- Instruments
- CAN/ULC-S134, Standard Method of Fire Test of Exterior Wall Assemblies
Overview
The City of Markham's Builder Tip No. 48, dated January 1, 2025, on gable-end walls of houses built close to a property line; the City lists it with its housing tips under the 2024 Ontario Building Code. It quotes the defined term exposing building face and Article 9.10.15.5. on fire-resistance ratings of 45 min and noncombustible or metal cladding at limiting distances under 1.2 m and 0.6 m, then explains the exemption for gable walls enclosing an attic or roof space above the exposing building face.
What it covers
- Division A – Part 1 – Section 1.4. Terms and Abbreviations
- 9.10.15.5. Construction of Exposing Building Face of Houses
- Objective
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