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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 4,296 sections for San Antonio, TX, the 2024 IRC

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  • E4206.10.2

    Wiring Methods

    • Speaker conduit is brass RMC, PVC, RTRC or LFNC-B; nonmetallic conduit carries a potted 8 AWG bonding jumper (NEC 680.27(A)(2)).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 42, Swimming PoolsRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • P3005.1.4

    Water Closet Connection Between Flange and Pipe

    • A 3 in quarter bend serves a toilet with a 4 x 3 in flange, or a 4 x 3 in elbow with a 4 in flange.

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 30, Sanitary DrainageRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • R1002.1

    Definition

    • A masonry heater is a solid-fuel masonry appliance that stores heat by routing exhaust through internal channels, including a horizontal or downward run before the chimney, and radiates it from its surface.

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

  • G2406.2

    Prohibited Locations

    • No gas appliances in bedrooms, bathrooms, toilet rooms or storage closets, except direct-vent units, vented heaters in large enough rooms, small wall-mounted unvented heaters with ODS (6,000 Btu/h bath, 10,000 bedroom), sealed closets with outdoor air, and dryers in baths with a 100 sq in opening.

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 24, Fuel GasRead 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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