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Originally Posted by billethkid
If you are going to air condition/heat, the floor of the lanai must be raised to the same level as the main house (called capping).
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That contractor is totally wrong, he is clueless as to the building code.
If he doesn't know the code he likely doesn't know how to build.
Run from that guy.
One of the ones I talked to said the same thing, I checked he was wrong also.
They are trying to up the quote with a lie
the floor issue has to do with termites believe it or not, as long as the edge of the lanai slab is visible and 99% are, no need to raise the floor.
In the rare case where it is below grade you just regrade to expose the slab.
this is done for termite inspection. That info is from the the head of planning
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