I’m planning on finishing my basement myself and was wondering where I can find information about codes. I have not contacted my local municipality , but am not sure if they supply these. Can these be found in libraries? I’m located in PA.
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Taunton sells some very handy spiral bound plastic laminated code summaries in a series called "Code Check". There's a general building one, and ones for plumbing and electrical. Do check with your city, they may well have a few handouts. Here in LA, they have a very good one called the "Type V Sheet" that summarises what they're looking for in rough framing.
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type in pennslyvania state building code reqirements** then press search on your search engine it should bring you to a page that will get you close to what you are looking for . Also your state gov may have a book store where you can go and either bye a state building code book or perhaps look through a code book there to find the information you need.
The quickest fix is to go to city hall. They will copy all or any part and might be selling copies.
Tim Mooney
There's a lot of local variation in PA code adoption and interpretation.
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