Originally Posted by Randy Pederson
When you talk to the inspector you could ask about an allowance/exemption to let you go higher.I think you could probably even go 12ft and use a9or10 ft. dr. It usually depends on the height of your house and whether it will look okay to the neighbours.Most places around here the regs. say it can't be taller than your house.Also you might look into putting in-floor heat for efficiency and this needs to be done with piping and insulation before the pad is poured.
The inspector said the neighbors would be the ones to complain if it was too tall. He told me that here they measure from the eve to the peak and measure the height at a point between the two.