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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).

A random sample from 4,296 sections for San Antonio, TX, the 2024 IRC

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  • R306.1.4

    Establishing the Design Flood Elevation

    • The design flood elevation is the higher of the 1% annual chance flood level and any adopted local flood map.

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

  • E4001.11.1

    Faceplate Grounding

    • Switches, dimmers and metal plates are grounded through the box screws or an EGC to the switch; ungrounded replacements within 8 ft vertically or 5 ft horizontally of grounded objects get a nonconducting plate or GFCI (NEC 404.9(B)).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 40, Devices and LuminairesRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • E3803.1

    Minimum Cover Requirements

    • Buried cables and raceways meet minimum cover: 24 in cable, 6 in RMC/IMC, 18 in PVC, 12 in for 20 A GFCI 120 V circuits, 6 in for 30 V landscape, less under slabs and buildings (NEC 300.5(A)).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 38, Wiring MethodsRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • E3401.1

    Applicability

    • Chapters 34 to 43 cover the wiring methods common in one- and two-family homes; other NFPA 70 methods are also allowed.

    Local review: San Antonio adopts the National Electrical Code directly with local amendments, and Texas requires licensed electricians; confirm the city's adopted NEC edition before relying on these 2023-based values.

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 34, General RequirementsRead 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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