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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 1,598 sections for San Antonio, TX, the 2024 IRC

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  • R324.4.4

    Glazing in Guards and Railings

    • Glass in guards and railings is always hazardous; glass balusters carry a top rail held by at least three panels unless laminated.

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 3, Building PlanningRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • R301.1.2

    Construction Systems

    • Prescriptive rules assume platform or balloon framing; other systems need equivalent force-transfer detailing.

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 3, Building PlanningRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • R403.1.2

    Continuous Footing in Seismic Design Categories D

    • In SDC D, exterior walls always sit on continuous concrete or grouted masonry footings; interior braced panels need them on larger or taller buildings.
    • Where interior bracing footings are needed, they may be spaced up to 50 ft apart if cripple walls are 4 ft or less, panels sit on doubled joists or beams, and bracing lines are no more than twice the building width apart.

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 4, FoundationsRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • R319.4.2

    Ladder and Steps

    • Area wells deeper than 44 in need a permanent ladder or steps that the open window doesn't block.

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 3, Building PlanningRead 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.

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