It's Electrifying
You, me & the IRC
It flows down hill
Beam me up Scotty
Duct & run!
100

Electrical services within the scope of the IRC are limited to ___/___ volt, 0-to - ampere, single-phase systems.  

What is 120/240 volt, 0-400 ampere

Section E3401.2 scope.

100

Fences that are _______ feet or less in height do not require permits. 

What is 7 feet?

Section R105.2 Work exempt from permit, Building: Item 2

However, a permit is required for location and height per Site planning. 

100

Water service pipe shall be installed not less than _____ inches deep and not less than _____ inches below the frost line. 

What is 12 inches and 6 inches?

Section P2603.5 Freezing. 

100

Any wood stud in an exterior wall or bearing partition may be cut or notched to a depth not exceeding _____ percent of its width. 

What is 25?



Section R602.6 Drilling and notching of studs, Item 1

100

Where mechanical equipment is located in attics, it shall not be farther than _____ feet from the attic access. 

What is 20?

Measured along the center-line of the passageway from the opening to the appliance. See the two exceptions. 

Section M1305.1.2 Appliances in attics.

200

Connected to establish electrical continuity and conductivity.

What is Bonded (Bonding)

Section E3501 General

200

Final inspection shall be made after the permitted work is ______ and prior to _______. 

What is complete, occupancy?

Section R109.1.6 Final inspection.

200

Standpipes shall extend a minimum of ______ inches and a maximum of _____ inches above the trap weir. 

What is 18 inches and 42 inches?

Access shall be provided to all standpipe traps and drains for rodding.

Section P2706.1.2 Standpipes. 

200

Exterior wood frame walls parallel to a braced wall line shall be offset not more than _____ feet from the designated braced wall line location. 

What is 4?

See figure R602.10.1.1


Section R602.10.1.2 Offsets along a braced wall line.

200

_____ shall not be installed at the termination of a clothes dryer exhaust duct. 

What is screens?



Section M1502.3 Duct terminations. 

300

Branch circuit ratings for space-heating and water-heating appliances shall be considered ______ loads.

What is continuous?

Section E3702.10 Branch circuits serving heating loads. 

300

Openings from a private garage directly into a room used for _______ _______ shall not be permitted. 

What is sleeping purposes?

Section R302.5.1 Opening protection. 

300

The maximum static pressure of a water service shall be _____ psi. 

What is 80?

Section P2903.3.1 Maximum pressure. 

300

Braced wall lines greater than 16 feet shall have a minimum of _____ braced wall panels. 

What is two (2)?


Section R602.10.2.3 Minimum number of braced wall panels. 

300

Crimp joints for round and oval metal ducts shall be lapped not less than _____ inch(es). 

What is 1?



Section M1601.4.2 Duct lap. 

400

Insulated conductors and cables exposed to direct rays of the sun shall be listed and labeled as ______

_______.

What is sunlight resistant? 

Section E3802.3.3 Locations exposed to direct sunlight. 

400

Where there are ______ or more dwellings units in a single structure, the accessibility provisions of IBC Chapter 11 for Group R-3 shall apply. 

What is four (4)?

Section 320.1 Scope. 

400

The drainage fixture unit (d.f.u.) value of a dishwasher is _____. 

What is 2?



Table P3004.1 Drainage Fixture Unit (d.f.u.) Values for various plumbing fixtures. 

400

Braced wall panels shall be constructed with intermittent bracing methods and continuous sheathing methods. Mixing bracing methods shall be _____.

What is permitted? 

Review the mixing of methods in this section.


Section R602.10.4.1 Mixing methods.

400

For mechanical system installations in flood hazard areas, _____ _____ openings shall be located at or above the required elevation. 

What is combustion air?



Section M1701.2 Opening location. 

500

In calculating box fill, each No. 12 AWG conductor shall require ______ cubic inches of free space within each box. 

What is 2.25 cubic inches?

Table E3905.12.2.1 Volume Allowance Required per Conductor. 

500

Photoelectric smoke alarms shall not be installed less than ______ feet horizontally from a permanently installed cooking appliances. 

What is 6?

Unless it would prevent the placement of an alarm in a required location. 

Section R314.3.1 Installation near cooking appliances, Item 3.

500

Storm drainage sump pumps shall be of a capacity and head appropriate to _____ use requirements.

What is anticipated?



Section P3303.1.1 Pump capacity and head. 

500

The minimum thickness of masonry bearing walls more than one story high shall be _____ inches. 

What is 8?



Section R606.4.1 Minimum thickness. 

500

Freestanding or built-in ranges shall have a vertical clearance above the cooking top of not less than _____ inches to unprotected combustible material. 

What is 30?

Reduced clearances are permitted per listed and labeled range hoods. or ovens with integral exhaust.

Section M1901.1 Clearances. 

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