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Place a title and caption over any image in movable, resizable text boxes with a frosted faded backdrop, stamp your logo over the AI watermark in the corner (background stripped automatically), and download the flattened image at full resolution. Runs entirely in your browser.

Enter any BC address for instant parcel facts — PID, legal description, lot size and ALR status — then order a full branded zoning report covering zone, setbacks, coverage and height.

A method-first comparative reference: how Canadian municipalities regulate a zoning concept — capturing the measurement method, not just the value — mapped city-by-city with a live lot diagram. Add or edit clause entries.

Determine if your lowest floor qualifies as a basement — Vancouver (R1-1 + VBBL 2025), Surrey (in-ground %) and White Rock (per-wall) — with dual-unit inputs and section diagrams.

AI-powered Vancouver Building By-Law and BC Building Code Part 9 compliance assistant for permit applications.

Calculate minimum strip footing widths per BCBC 2024 Section 9.15.3.4 for light wood-frame buildings with the extended joist span formula.

Calculate required unobstructed vent area (NFA) per BCBC 2024 Section 9.19.1 with vent distribution and clearance requirements.

Look up maximum spans for floor joists, ceiling joists, and rafters per BCBC 2024 Tables 9.23.4.2-A through F.

Total thermal resistance for wall, floor, and roof/ceiling assemblies — material library, preset assemblies, and AI that reads the layers straight from your drawing or photo.

Search any BC location to see required minimum effective RSI for walls, rim joists, ceilings, roofs, floors, foundations and slabs per BCBC §9.36.2.6 & §9.36.2.8.

Determine required FRR and STC for walls, floors, and structural elements per BCBC 2024 §9.10 & §9.11 — with secondary-suite alarm matrix and existing-building alternate compliance.

Determine required FRR for floors, roofs, suites, corridors, and structural elements in small commercial buildings (Group D / E / F2 / F3, ≤ 3 storeys, ≤ 600 m²) per BCBC 2024 §9.10.

Determine required F/S/N/A upgrade levels for renovations, changes of major occupancy, and additions under Part 11 of the 2025 VBBL — with hazard index tables, decision-path trace, and seismic trigger warnings.

Classify a Part 3 building per BCBC 2024 §3.2.2 — returns the matching article, required FRRs, combustible / noncombustible permission, and key fire separation rules for all major occupancies.

Quick brain-breaks between permit sets — Pore Patrol (blackhead minesweeper) and Spot the Difference. No building code knowledge required.