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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).

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  • R403.1

    General

    • Exterior walls sit on continuous concrete, solid or grouted masonry, crushed stone or wood footings bearing on undisturbed soil or engineered fill.
    • Concrete footing size comes from the tables by roof load, stories, foundation type, wall type and soil bearing value; widths may be interpolated between soil values but not extrapolated.
    • Add 2 in of width and 1 in of depth for every 4 ft the building is wider than 32 ft; narrower buildings may take the same off, down to 12 x 6 in.

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

  • R1001.5.1

    Steel Fireplace Units

    • A steel fireplace unit may be built into masonry per its listing or this section: 1/4-in steel firebox, air-circulating chamber ducted indoors, 8 in total encasement of which 4 in is solid masonry or concrete, metal or masonry ducts.

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 10, Chimneys and FireplacesRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • IBC 412.3.2

    Basements

    • Basement floors under hangars are Type IA, sealed, with outside-only access.

    International Building Code, 2024 · Chapter 4, Special Detailed Requirements Based on Occupancy and UseRead 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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