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Interim
mayor
named
Amish community
faces changes with
new building code
Because of a coincidence with
vacation time, Central Huron
Mayor Jim Ginn and Deputy-
Mayor Dave Jewitt are both
heading out of the country for
the next two weeks, resulting in
the appointment of an Acting
Mayor.
Councillor Alison Lobb was
appointed to the position at the Jan.
9 meeting of council, with all of
council voting in favour of her
appointment.
Lobb took over the position of
acting mayor on Jan. 12 and will
retain the title until Jan. 24.
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Building a home became a lot
more complicated, a lot more
challenging, a lot more customizable
and less expedient with the
introduction of a new building code
on Jan. 1.
The code, which is already slated
to be replaced in two years, is a
change of direction from previous
incarnations according to Ashfield-
Colborne-Wawanosh (ACW) Chief
Building Official Kirk Livingston.
Livingston addressed ACW about
the code during their Jan. 10 regular
council meeting.
“The new code will make it a lot
more difficult to get a permit for a
house,” he said. “There’s two paths
to go to get a permit, you can match
one of the 23 different criteria
packages or use software to
determine the energy rating of a
house.”
Both the software and the
packages insure that new homes
reach a minimum EnerGuide 80
level of energy efficiency. The old
code had one system of matching
versus the 23 in the new system.
EnerGuide is the official
Government of Canada system for
rating energy consumption on many
different products.
Livingston said that the factors that
are evaluated include the furnace,
heating system, windows, domestic
hot water heater and doors.
“They all have to meet a certain
energy efficiency to get the correct
insulation level in the ceilings, walls
and windows.”
Each different package tells the
builder or developer what they need
in terms of insulation for different
situations in the house.
If, for example, the efficiency of a
furnace is lower than normal, it will
need much higher insulation ratings
to compensate for it.
“Basically, if the appliances are
less efficient then the insulation is
going to need to be better as are the
windows and doors,” he said.
The window-to-wall ratio will
also play a big role in what values
are necessary.
“We have to calculate the area of
the wall versus the area of the
windows right from the ground floor
to the ceiling level, including
sunroofs,” Livingston said. “From
that a home may fit in three different
categories. If the home has 17 per
cent windows in total outside wall
and ceiling area they will fit into one
package with lower insulation levels
necessary. The next bracket is
between 17 and 22 per cent and
beyond that is a third bracket. Once a
design goes beyond 22 per cent
windows choices really get limited.”
Livingston said that the applicant
will need to know the efficiency
rating of their appliances, the U
ratings of all their doors and
windows (which refers to
temperature transfer) and the R
ratings of all their insulation (which
refers to how well temperatures are
kept in the house) before they even
apply for their building permit.
Livingston said this will definitely
affect the bottom line of contractors
and individual home builders but
that, in the end, it could result in a
cost-saving.
“It’s going to be more costly to
construct a home, but it will end up
cheaper to live in,” he said. “People
will be paying far less for fuel with
better insulation and more efficient
appliances.”
The entire code is underwritten by
the amount of degree days an area
has.
“The need for insulation value is
determined by what area a home is
in, which is determined by the
number of degree days,” Livingston
said.
A degree day is a method by which
the amount of heating or cooling to
maintain a livable temperature is
measured against the number of days
in a year.
One of the other major changes in
the building code is the requirement
of occupancy permits before
residents can move into a
dwelling.
Occupancy permits have been
required by municipalities by bylaw
(not ACW) and prevent people from
moving into a home too early. The
new code has integrated them
making it a province-wide
requirement instead of a
municipality’s decision.
“There is an enhanced list of
requirements for certain components
to be complete before someone can
live in a house now,” Livingston said.
“Approval agencies like the local
Health Unit and the Electrical Safety
Authority need to be contacted
before someone can have an
occupancy permit issued. The houses
will need to be much closer to
completion than before prior to
people moving in.”
Livingston said that, while initially
it might be a struggle to get the word
out about the changes, after that he
doesn’t see it being a problem for
developers and construction
companies.
“I think people will come around
to the new policies,” he said. “The
important step here is to get the
message out to the public and the
builders. We know it will be costlier,
but homes will be better built. The
only major change I see is that we
will need more time to issue
permits.”
He stated that, as long as a builder
or contractor has all the information
before they begin designing a house,
it shouldn’t amount to a huge
difference.
“Preliminary planning may take a
week or two, but I would imagine
projects will still be finished on a
similar timeline as they are now,” he
said.
The Member Municipalities of the
Bluewater Chapter of the Ontario
Building Officials Association are
holding a public meeting regarding
these changes that is open to the
public on Jan. 26 at the Howick
Community Centre in Gorrie from 9
a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Those who plan on attending
should contact Dave Wilson at
dwilson@northperth.ca or 519-292-
2060, Ed Podniewicz at
epodniewicz@northperth.ca or 519-
292-2058 or Dave Culp at
dculp@northperth.ca or 519-292-
2061.
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
The release of a new building
code could spell out some problems
for those who live “off the grid” like
the Amish communities around
Huron County.
Previously, in Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh (ACW), concessions
were made by the Ministry of
Municipal Affairs and Housing
when Chief Building Official Kirk
Livingston spoke on behalf of
the Amish residents to allow them
to continue their style of
building.
Previously double glazed
windows were the norm but they
deviated from the building practices
of local Amish communities who
pass the trade of building their
homes down through training and
lineage.
“We were able to work it so that
the Amish could continue to make
single-pane windows, provided they
used storm windows in the
winter with weather stripping,”
Livingston said. “The code usually
wouldn’t permit that as it
required two-pane windows, the
Canadian Standards Association
(CSA).”
Double glazed windows are
windows that consist of two panes
of glass with an air barrier
between them that provides some
insulation.
Livingston said that, under the
new building code that was
released Jan. 1, such concessions
wouldn’t be likely and that the bar
has been raised in what’s required
for continuously occupied
buildings.
“The code now requires triple
glazed windows,” Livingston said.
“And any home being built will
need them and they will need to be
CSA approved.”
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Building code changes
create complications