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You’ve heard about “building codes.” They are the standards set up by someone somewhere to seemingly make it more difficult to build your house the way you want. Remodeling Words Building codes are the collection of legal requirements for the construction of buildings. Codes are standardized throughout the United States with regional and local variations. Actually, the codes are designed for the health and safety of you, the residents of your house, neighbors, and anyone who buys the house in the future. So does every county, city, town, and berg have its own building code? Kinda. Actually, most adopt a standard building code with maybe some modification depending on local needs and building practices. The codes required in earthquake-epicenter Los Angeles will certainly be different than those in rural Montana. Building codes were developed as reactions to fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, and other disasters to minimize future damage to buildings. Until recently, building standards were regional. The western U.S. used the Uniform Building Code or UBC, the southern states typically followed the Standard Building Code or SBC, and the others used the National Building Code or NBC. Beginning in 2003, the codes were merged by the International Code Council into a single building code for the U.S.
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