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200 S. Spruce
Grand Junction, CO 81501

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Department 5005
P.O. Box 20,000
Grand Junction, CO 81502-5001

(970) 244-1631

Residential Building Guides

The Building Guides are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. You can download the Acrobat Reader from Adobe for free and is easily set up to work with most Web browsers. These Building Guides are courtesy of the Colorado Chapter of the International Conference of Building Officials.

Old Building Structure

Building Guides

Decks.pdf

Detached Garage.pdf

Manufactured Home Setup.pdf

Minimum House Foundation Standards.pdf

Patio Cover - Carport.pdf

Pole Barn Construction.pdf

Single Family Residential Addition.pdf

Single Family Residential Basement Finish.pdf

Single Family Residential Enclosing Existing Patio Covers.pdf

Single Family Residential Re-Roofing.pdf

Specific Subdivision Requirements.pdf

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