FYI - FREE Full download IBC 2012 Code

[Marc Jeske]

Many of us need occasional reference not warranting spending $150 or whatever for the book - Here Ya GO !!!

Enjoy !! Marc

https://ia800609.us.archive.org/9/it...c.ibc.2012.pdf

[Jim Becker]

Thanks Marc.

Folks, this is a 92mb file, so if you are not on high speed Internet...or have limited storage space...don't click on it.

[Marc Jeske]

Thanks Jim.

In my case I am very rural but have "fast" internet

I am not a computer tech guy, do not know what my speed is.

But, to download this PDF it takes 1 1/2 minutes,.... and WELL worth it.

It IS the FULL 2012 IBC.

Marc

[John K Jordan]

I am not a computer tech guy, do not know what my speed is.

You can run this speed test: http://www.speedtest.net/

These days mine is usually about 60-70 Mbps download. A few years ago it was 10 Mbps from the same provider (Comcast cable). They must have upgraded things.

JKJ

[Frederick Skelly]

What's IBC? Is it a building code?(I guess if I don't know, I don't need it. But I'm still curious.)
Fred

[Jim Becker]

What's IBC? Is it a building code?(I guess if I don't know, I don't need it. But I'm still curious.)
Fred

International Building Code

[Jamie Buxton]

Tell me how an International Building Code is relevant in the real world. Building codes pretty must be local. For instance, building codes in Florida have lots of detail about minimizing hurricane damage. That'd be silly in Europe. Or for another instance, building codes in the western US have rafter-span tables using Douglas Fir. That'd be silly in Australia, where they build with other species. And Japanese building codes worry a lot about earthquakes, which wouldn't be required in Germany.

[Marc Jeske]

Ya, I really don't understand Jamie's post.

I think he REALLY needs to read the IBC and IRC and see how it specifys specifics for DIFFERENT Geo areas.

Most things, ... ones that have no difference to Geo are, stand consistent.

Like, joist span, in MOST cases.

But some, the ones that DO have a relation to Geo area, ARE addressed.

Local jurisdictions may possibly require MORE than the IBC,up to the "Authority having Jurisdiction" but the IBC/ IRC is a VERRYY accepted base standard.

At least in the USA, I do NOT know about "International".

It is good LOGICAL guidance, even if out of any "Jurisdiction" as I am living in the deep rural woods of E TX, w NO permits, OR Inspection try to follow it best I can, even w NO inspection, because I KNOW Codes in general are written for logical , learned historical experience reasons.

And, additionally, because I intimately worked within the NFPA Electrical code for years as a Professional Licensed Bonded Contractor....It's PRIMARY goal is to guard Life, secondly real Property.

I LOVE the Codes, the man hours spent developing them are uncountable.

Go READ the Codes.

I Myself, ... LOVE them.

Ya..... Marc

[Tim M Tuttle]

Tell me how an International Building Code is relevant in the real world. Building codes pretty must be local. For instance, building codes in Florida have lots of detail about minimizing hurricane damage. That'd be silly in Europe. Or for another instance, building codes in the western US have rafter-span tables using Douglas Fir. That'd be silly in Australia, where they build with other species. And Japanese building codes worry a lot about earthquakes, which wouldn't be required in Germany.

Most places in the US adopt the IBC and then publish amendments to suit their geography/politics/etc. However, the IBC takes certain geographical elements into account when creating the codes. eg, when determining if hurricane ties are necessary they refer you to your geography and the type of winds that are expected.