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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 677 sections for San Antonio, TX, the 2024 IRC

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  • E3907.9

    Wire-Bending Space Within an Enclosure Containing a Panelboard

    • Panelboard wire-bending space follows E3907.9.1 to E3907.9.3 (NEC 408.55).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 39, Power and Lighting DistributionRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • E3702.10

    Branch-Circuit Load for Ranges and Cooking Appliances

    • One range may use the demand table; one wall oven or cooktop uses its nameplate; a cooktop and up to two ovens on one circuit in one room are summed as one range (NEC 220.55 Notes 4-6).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 37, Branch Circuit and Feeder RequirementsRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • E3701.5.1

    Disconnecting Means

    • Each multiwire branch circuit has a disconnect that opens all ungrounded conductors at once where it originates (NEC 210.4(B)).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 37, Branch Circuit and Feeder RequirementsRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • E3908.9.1

    Flexible Metal Conduit

    • FMC is an EGC only with listed fittings, 20 A or less, trade size 1 1/4 max and 6 ft total flex; add a wire EGC where flexibility is needed (NEC 250.118(5)).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 39, Power and Lighting DistributionRead 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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