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What are the fire codes for builders in Washington Sate?

Asked by pinkuspublius (1points) July 21st, 2007

Is there a uniform building guide for Washington State?

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Washington State has adopted the 2006 International Building Code (including the IFC), with state-specific changes.

Basically, a company called the International Code Council puts together model codes, which states can adopt and apply their own changes to. The state-specific changes are generally available on their websites (http://www.sbcc.wa.gov/sbccindx.html for WA), but the base code itself--and the code books with the state modifications inserted-- are not publically available except in libraries, because the ICC makes their money by selling copies of their code (which is copyrighted).

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