{"id":159899,"date":"2024-08-30T14:48:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T18:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=159899"},"modified":"2024-09-02T17:53:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T21:53:07","slug":"new-ontario-building-code-coming-january-1-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/new-ontario-building-code-coming-january-1-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Ontario Building Code changes coming January 1, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ontario is set to roll out significant updates to its 2012 Building Code in January 2025. These changes, the first major overhaul in several years, are designed to address evolving needs in construction, sustainability, and safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We were told it’s coming, but we received the final draft; I do think it was in April to take effect in January,” noted Lake of Bays Director of Building & Bylaw Services Stephen Watson. “There are approximately 2000 changes in the Code from what builders are used to dealing with today and what they’ll have to deal with next year.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watson said plans are underway to hold local stakeholder meetings in partnership with the Town of Huntsville to discuss key changes to the Building Code. He said radon gas protection will be a new building requirement. Radon gas is an odourless, colourless cancer-causing gas that could exist in the soil. “There’ll be a requirement to rough-in for these. So there’ll be a learning curb on how to do that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Standards for septic tanks will also change. A safety mesh will have to be installed underneath the typical green lids that indicate where your tanks are. “What had occurred in the past is when the sun sits on these for a long time, they could become brittle, and then kids, being kids, they think they’re good jumping boards. So, unfortunately, to my understanding, there was a child in Alberta who went through the lid, went into the tank, and did not survive. So the new standards that we are adopting for next year says there has to be a safety mesh there so if somebody falls through the lid, the safety mesh there will stop them,” said Watson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other changes include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enhanced Energy Efficiency Standards<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of the most anticipated changes in the new Ontario Building Code is the emphasis on energy efficiency. The updated Code will introduce stricter requirements for insulation, windows, and heating systems. These measures aim to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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