Skip to content
Built4UIQ
Log inSign up free

Search the building code.

Every 2024 IRC section and the IBC as it loads, by number or topic, plus the local rules for your city. Free to search.

Detached houses, duplexes and townhouses up to 3 stories with their own exits use the IRC; every other building uses the IBC (IBC 101.2).

A random sample from 5,321 sections for San Antonio, TX, the 2024 IBC

Show another sample

  • IBC 3313.3.2

    Fire separation of 30 feet up to 60 feet

    • Type III–V framing 30–60 ft from lot lines needs 50% of fire flow (min 500 gpm).

    International Building Code, 2024 · Chapter 33, Safeguards During ConstructionRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • IBC 705.12

    Parapets

    • Exterior walls need parapets, except unrated walls, buildings 1,000 sq ft or less per floor, 2-hour or noncombustible roofs, 1-hour walls to the deck with rated roof edges, R-2/R-3 with Class C roofs and 4-ft protected decks, and walls allowed 25% unprotected openings.

    International Building Code, 2024 · Chapter 7, Fire and Smoke Protection FeaturesRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • IBC 1709.5.2.1

    Garage doors and rolling doors

    • Garage and rolling doors are tested to ASTM E330 or ANSI/DASMA 108 and labeled with their pressure rating.

    International Building Code, 2024 · Chapter 17, Special Inspections and TestsRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

Searches all 4,276 IRC 2024 sections, 5,532 IBC 2024 sections and defined terms (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 so far) and each city's local rules as they are added. Section numbers and titles from the International Residential Code and International Building Code, 2024 editions, copyrighted by the International Code Council; the IRC's electrical chapters (34 to 43) follow NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code. Requirements are summarized in our words (IRC Chapters 3 to 43, IBC Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33); read the full text at the link on each result. Local values come from each city's published documents.

Check your plans against these codes

Start an application and get every flag with its section and fix.

Start an application