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Administrative: -- Scope And Administration: -- Scope And Application: -- General -- Applicability -- Administration And Enforcement: -- Department of building safety -- Duties and powers of the building official -- Permits -- Construction documents -- Temporary structures and uses -- Fees -- Inspections -- Certificate of occupancy -- Service utilities -- Board of appeals -- Violations -- Stop work order -- Definitions: -- General -- Definitions -- Building planning And Construction: -- Building planning -- Design criteria -- Fire-resistant construction -- Light, ventilation and heating -- Minimum room areas -- Ceiling height -- Sanitation -- Toilet, bath and shower spaces -- Glazing -- Garages and carports -- Emergency escape and rescue openings -- Means of egress -- Guards and window fall protection -- Automatic fire sprinkler systems -- Smoke alarms -- Carbon monoxide alarms -- Foam plastic -- Protection of wood and wood based products against decay -- Protection against subterranean termites -- Site address -- Accessibility -- Elevators and platform lifts -- Flood-resistant construction -- Storm shelters -- Foundations: -- General -- Materials -- Footings -- Foundation and retaining walls -- Foundation drainage -- Foundation waterproofing and dampproofing -- Columns -- Under-floors space -- Floors: -- General -- Wood floor framing -- Floor sheathing -- Pressure preservatively treated-wood floors (on ground) -- Steel floor framing -- Concrete floors (on ground) -- Decks -- Wall construction: -- General -- Wood wall framing -- Steel wall framing -- Wood structural panels -- Particleboard -- General masonry construction -- Unit masonry -- Multiple-wythe masonry -- Grouted masonry -- Glass unit masonry -- Exterior concrete wall construction -- Exterior windows and doors -- Structural insulated panel wall construction -- Wall covering: -- General -- Interior covering -- Exterior covering -- Roof-ceiling construction: -- General -- Wood roof framing -- Roof sheathing -- Steel roof framing -- Ceiling finishes -- Roof ventilation -- Attic access -- Roof assemblies: -- General -- Roof classification -- Weather protection -- Materials -- Requirements for roof coverings -- Roof insulation -- Reroofing -- Chimneys and fireplaces: -- Masonry fireplaces -- Masonry heaters -- Masonry chimneys -- Factory-built fireplaces -- Factory-built chimneys -- Exterior air supply -- Energy conservation: -- Energy efficiency: -- General -- Building thermal envelope -- Systems -- Electrical power and lighting systems (mandatory) -- Simulated performance alternative (performance) -- Mechanical: -- Mechanical administration: -- General -- Existing mechanical systems -- General mechanical system requirements: -- General -- Approval -- Labeling of appliances -- Type of fuel -- Appliance access -- Clearances from combustible construction -- Appliance installation -- Mechanical systems installation -- Heating and cooling equipment and appliances: -- General -- Central furnaces -- Heat pump equipment -- Refrigeration cooling equipment -- Baseboard convectors -- Radiant heating systems -- Duct heaters -- Vented floor furnaces -- Vented wall furnaces -- Vented room heaters -- Heating and cooling equipment -- Absorption cooling equipment -- Evaporative cooling equipment -- Fireplace stoves -- Masonry heaters -- Exhaust systems: -- General -- Clothes dryer exhaust -- Range hoods -- Installation of microwave ovens -- Overhead exhaust hoods -- Exhaust ducts and exhaust openings -- Mechanical ventilation -- Duct systems: -- Duct construction -- Return air -- Combustion air: -- General -- Chimneys and vents: -- General -- Vent components -- Chimney and vent connectors -- Vents -- Masonry and factory-built chimneys -- Special appliances, equipment and systems: -- Ranges and ovens -- Sauna heaters -- Stationary fuel cell power plants -- Gaseous hydrogen systems -- Boilers and water heaters: -- Boilers -- Operating and safety controls -- Expansion tanks -- Water heaters used for space heating -- Water heaters -- Pool heaters -- Hydronic piping: -- Hydronic piping systems installation -- Basedboard convectors -- Floor heating systems -- Low temperature piping -- Ground source heat pump system loop piping -- Special piping and storage systems: -- Oil tanks -- Oil piping, fitting and connections -- Installation -- Oil pumps and valves -- Solar energy systems: -- Thermal solar energy systems -- Photovoltaic solar energy systems -- Fuel gas: -- Fuel gas: -- General -- General -- General definitions -- General -- Structural safety -- Appliance location -- Combustion, ventilation and dilution air -- Installation -- Clearance reduction -- Electrical -- Electrical bonding -- General -- Pipe sizing -- Piping materials -- Piping system installation -- Piping bends and changes in direction -- Inspection, testing and purging -- Piping support -- Drips and sloped piping -- Gas shutoff valves -- Flow controls -- Appliance connections -- CNG gas-dispensing systems -- Piping support intervals -- General -- Vents -- Venting of appliances -- Sizing of category I appliance venting systems -- Direct-vent, integral vent, mechanical vent and ventilation/exhaust hood venting -- Factory-built chimneys -- General -- Decorative appliances for installation in fireplaces -- Log lighters -- Vented gas fireplaces (decorative appliances) -- Vented gas fireplace haters -- Vented wall furnaces -- Floor furnaces -- Clothes dryers -- Clothes dryer exhaust -- Sauna heaters -- Pool and spa heaters -- Forced-air war-air furnaces -- Conversion burners -- Unit heaters -- Unvented room heaters -- Vented room heaters -- Cooking appliances -- Water heaters -- Air conditioning appliances -- Illuminating appliances -- Infrared radiant heaters -- Boilers -- Chimney damper opening area -- Outdoor decorative appliances -- Plumbing: -- Plumbing administration: -- General -- Existing plumbing systems -- Inspection and tests -- General plumbing requirements: -- General -- Individual water supply and sewage disposal -- Structural and piping protection -- Trenching and backfilling -- Support -- Penetrations -- Waterproofing of openings -- Workmanship -- Materials evaluation and listing. Plumbing fixtures: -- Fixtures, faucets and fixture fittings -- Fixture accessories-- Tai pieces -- Access to connections -- Installation -- Waste receptors -- Directional fittings -- Showers -- Shower receptors -- Shower walls -- Lavatories -- Water closets -- Bathtubs -- Sinks -- Laundry tubs -- Food waste grinder -- Dishwashing machines -- Clothes washing machine -- Floor drains -- Whirlpool bathtubs -- Bidet installations -- Fixture fitting -- Macerating toilet systems -- Specialty temperature control devices and valves -- Water heaters: -- General -- Water heaters used for space heating -- Relief valves -- Water supply and distribution: -- General -- Protection of potable water supply -- Water-supply system -- Dwelling unit fire sprinkler systems -- Materials, joints and connections -- Changes in direction -- Support -- Drinking water treatment units -- Sanitary drainage: -- General -- Materials -- Joints and connections -- Determining drainage fixture units -- Drainage system -- Sizing of drainpipe offsets -- Sumps and ejectors -- Backwater valves -- Gray water recycling systems -- Vents: -- Vent systems -- Vent stacks and stack vents -- Vent terminals -- Vent connections and grades -- Fixture vents -- Individual vent -- Common vent -- Wet venting -- Waste stack vent -- Circuit venting -- Combination waste and vent system -- Island fixture venting -- Vent pipe sizing -- Air admittance valves -- Traps: -- Fixture traps -- Storm drainage: -- General -- Subsoil drains -- Sumps and pumping systems -- Electrical: -- General requirements: -- General -- Building structure protection -- Inspection and approval -- General equipment requirements -- Equipment location and clearances -- Electrical conductors and connections -- Conductor and terminal identification -- Electrical definitions: -- General -- Services: -- General services -- Service size and rating -- Service, feeder and grounding electrode conductor sizing -- Overhead service and service-entrance conductor installation -- Service-entrance conductors -- Service equipment-general -- System groundings -- Grounding electrode system -- Bonding -- Grounding electrode conductors -- Ground electrode conductor connection to the grounding electrodes -- Branch circuit and feeder requirements: -- General -- Branch circuit ratings -- Required branch circuits -- Feeder requirements -- Conductor sizing and overcurrent protection -- Panelboards -- Wiring methods: -- General requirements -- Above-ground installation requirements -- Underground installation requirements -- Power and lighting distribution: -- Receptacle outlets -- Ground-fault and arc-fault circuit-interrupter protection -- Lighting outlets -- General installation requirements -- Boxes, conduit bodies and fittings -- Installation of boxes, conduit bodies and fittings -- Cabinets and panelboards -- Grounding -- Flexible cords -- Devices and luminaries: -- Switches -- Receptacles -- Fixtures -- Luminaire installation -- Track lighting -- Appliance installation: -- General -- Swimming pools: -- General -- Wiring methods for pools, spas, hot tubs and hydromassage bathtubs -- Equipment location and clearances -- Bonding -- Grounding -- Equipment installation -- Storable swimming pools -- Spas and hot tubs -- Hydromassage bathtubs -- Class 2 remote-control, signaling and power-limited circuits: -- General -- Power sources -- Wiring methods -- Installation requirements -- Referenced standards: -- Appendix A: Sizing and capacities of gas piping -- Appendix B: Sizing of venting systems serving appliances equipped with draft hoods, category 1 appliances, and appliances listed for use with type B vents -- Appendix C: Exit terminals of mechanical draft and direct-vent venting systems -- Appendix D: Recommended procedure for safety inspection of an existing appliance installation -- Appendix E: Manufactured housing used as dwellings -- Scope -- Application to existing manufactured homes and building service equipment -- Definitions -- Permits -- Application for permit -- Permits issuance -- Fees -- Inspections -- Special inspections -- Utility service -- Occupancy classification -- Location on property -- Design -- Foundation systems -- Skirting and perimeter enclosures -- Structural additions -- Building service equipment -- Exits -- Occupancy, fire safety and energy conservation standards -- Special requirements for foundation systems -- Footing and foundations -- Pier construction -- Height of piers -- Anchorage installations -- Ties, materials and installation -- Referenced standards -- Appendix F: Radon control methods -- Scope -- Definitions -- Requirements -- Appendix G: Swimming pools, spas and hot tubs --General -- Definitions -- Swimming pools -- Spas and hot tubs -- Barrier requirements -- Entrapment protection for swimming pool and spa suction outlets -- Abbreviations -- Referenced standards -- Appendix H: Patio covers -- General -- Definition -- Exterior walls and openings -- Height -- Structural provisions -- Special provisions for aluminum screen enclosures in hurricane-prone regions -- Appendix I: Private sewage disposal -- General -- Appendix J: Existing buildings and structures -- Purpose and intent -- Compliance -- Preliminary meeting -- Evaluation of an existing building -- Permit -- Definitions -- Repairs -- Renovations -- Alterations -- Reconstruction -- Appendix K: Sound transmission -- General -- Air-borne sound -- Structural-borne sound -- Referenced standards -- Appendix L: Permit fees -- Appendix M: Home day care: R-3 occupancy -- General -- Definition -- Means of egress -- Smoke detection -- Appendix N: Venting methods --Appendix O: Automatic vehicular gates -- General -- Definitions -- Automatic vehicular gates -- Appendix P: Sizing of water piping system -- General -- Information required --Selection of pipe size -- Selection of pipe size -- Appendix Q: ICC International Residential Code electrical provision/National Electrical Code cross-reference -- Index. Synopsis: This comprehensive code for homebuilding combines building, plumbing, mechanical, fuel gas, energy, and electrical provisions into a single resource. The 2012 International Residential Code For One- and Two- Family Dwellings Softbound Version uses these provisions to provide detailed insight into the construction of one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses up to three stories high. Using foundational principles that facilitate the use of new materials and building designs to guide the content, this reference guide also establishes minimum regulations using prescriptive provisions. |
