Ask HN: What's a good resource for developing my own accessory structure plans?
Apparently if I want to build something less than 120 square feet, I can do whatever I want, but if it's bigger I need to do some structural engineering to show my structure can handle wind shear, uplift, seismic activity, etc—even it's just a 200 square foot chicken coop!
Since it's a bit silly to pay someone to do that for a humble chicken coop, and since learning how to do it sounds fun: have any of you developed plans for your own small structure and gotten them approved by your city? I'm in Los Angeles County.
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[ 2.2 ms ] story [ 15.0 ms ] threadMaybe in theory, you can design it yourself, in practice it may be painful and frustrating (or it may be easy as pie but "Los Angeles" makes me a bit doubtful).
To put it another way, you can design and build your own bicycle but their might be undesirable consequences of a lack of expertise/experience.
Disclaimer, I have a background in construction and architecture and once worked in a building department and before that a planning department. Good luck.