Residential Building Code Requirements

Education for Home Owners and Real Estate Professionals

The residential building code sets the standard for the safety and performance of our homes. Though we're impacted by the code every day, few people understand it… or even know where to find the language. 

This introductory course will help homeowners make more informed decisions about home maintenance and improvement - protecting your health, comfort and investment in your home. This course will help professionals avoid liability in their work and serve as better advocates to/resources for home owners. (We realize “professionals” are also “home owners”.) 

We'll show you how to find code language - you can check when someone tells you something is "required by the code" or "doesn't meet the code". We'll help you avoid inappropriate descriptions of spaces and components. You'll be able to use the code as a guide for maintenance and improvement. You'll also be able to use the code as a guide for responding to home inspection report items. 

This course will help you better understand and apply the building code whether your perspective is home owner or real estate professional. We'll review… 

::  The Model Codes Used by Most Jurisdictions

::  How to Access a Free Version of the Model Codes

::  Scope of the Code: What it Governs and What it Does Not

::  How to Determine What Code Governs a Property

::  Where to Find Code Language

::  How the Code is Organized

::  Key Safety Provisions of the Code

::  Key Performance Provisions of the Code

::  How the Code Governs Building Systems Like Structure, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing 

We'll spend the bulk of our time reviewing the key safety/performance provisions with you - the language that guides the design of our houses and thus, how we live in them. We'll help translate the code language into "plain English" and help make the code accessible to you so you can find code language for yourself. We invite your questions as we go through the course and we'll provide a handout to all who register.

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This course will be taught virtually with live instruction by an architect, Ryan Taylor.

Georgia Real Estate Commission approved course #72599, 3 CE hours

This course is open to everyone. All are welcome: homeowners and professionals.

The residential building code governs one- and two-family homes (not multifamily projects).

Your registration is subject to the terms found here: https://www.ryantaylorarchitects.com/tos

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