Ice barrier at eaves — IRC R905.1.2.
Does this property's climate and jurisdiction require an ice barrier membrane at the eaves, and how far up the roof must it extend? Yes/no for this address, with the adopting edition cited.
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The building code answer for one exact address — with the receipts.
One street can change the governing jurisdiction, the code edition, and what the roof legally requires. Codes&More resolves the address, identifies the adopted code in force, and gives you a citation-backed PDF you can put in the claims file — built to be checked, not just believed.
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- Address-level, not ZIP-level. Parcel-precise jurisdiction resolution, including city vs. unincorporated county.
- Edition-exact citations. The code in force for this property — section, edition, effective date.
- Honest confidence tiers. Every line item tells you how it was verified, and when.
COVERAGE
Adoption coverage on file. Graded, dated, checkable.
Every state's adoption record carries a confidence tier and the date we verified it — editions unlock when you sign in.
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Medium — state adoption
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THE DELIVERABLE
Every report answers the question an adjuster will actually ask: "Where does it say that?"
A Codes&More report is a per-address determination document, not a code dump. For the governing edition at your property — and only that edition — we map each roofing requirement to the event that triggers it (replacement, recover, repair), state whether it applies, and cite the section. Paraphrases never replace the code: the cited text controls, and we say so on every page.
Drip edge — IRC R905.2.8.5.
Required at eaves and rakes for asphalt shingle roofs under the governing edition? Confirmed against the edition actually in force — not the newest book on the shelf.
Recover vs. tear-off — IRC R908.3 and its disqualifiers.
Can a new covering legally go over the existing one, or does the existing condition (water-soaked deck, two or more layers, local amendment) force replacement to the deck? Several states amend this section to be stricter than base code — we flag when yours does.
Underlayment type and attachment — IRC R905.2.7 series.
Which underlayment and application method the edition requires for this roof's slope and the property's wind region, with the section cited.
Fastening and wind classification — IRC R905.2.4 / R905.2.6.
Shingle classification and fastener requirements tied to the property's design wind speed, with an official link-out to the authoritative wind map rather than a secondhand number.
Ventilation — IRC R806.
Net free ventilating area requirements that apply when the roof assembly is opened up, cited to the governing edition.
Permit requirement — IRC R105.1.
Whether the work requires a permit under the adopted code, plus the AHJ's building department contact block so the answer can be confirmed in one call.
State and local trigger overlays — presented as exactly that.
Rules like a "more than 25% of the roof in 12 months" conformity trigger are state or local layers, not base I-Code — our report says which layer each requirement comes from, because mixing them up is how reports get thrown out.
Each determination is separated into what's damage repair, what's code-required, and what's optional — the separation Ordinance-or-Law reviews actually turn on. And every row carries its source and the date that source was verified.
THE PROCESS
Address in. Defensible PDF out. Three steps.
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ENTER THE ADDRESS.
We resolve the exact parcel to its governing jurisdiction instantly — including the cases that burn people, like a property that sits inside city limits while its neighbor across the street is unincorporated county.
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TELL US ABOUT THE ROOF.
Covering type, slope, layers, year built, scope of work (replacement, recover, repair). Thirty seconds of input drives which requirements actually apply — a pre-1978 home, for example, automatically surfaces the federal lead-paint renovation flag.
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DOWNLOAD THE REPORT.
A citation-backed PDF: jurisdiction stack, adopted codes table with effective dates, per-item determinations with confidence tiers, site hazard profile, AHJ contact block, methodology, and sources. Attach it to the estimate or the claims file as-is.
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VERIFICATION
We tell you how sure we are. Line by line.
Code data isn't uniformly knowable, and any product that pretends otherwise is asking you to stake your credibility on its marketing. Codes&More grades every determination, shows the verification date, and tells you when a phone call to the building department is the right move. That honesty is the point: a report that admits what it doesn't know is the one that survives scrutiny.
HIGH — VERIFIED SOURCE.
The determination traces to an official adoption record or code text we've verified, with the verification date printed on the line item. Cite it with confidence.
MEDIUM — DERIVED FROM STATE ADOPTION.
The determination follows from the state's adopted edition and known amendment record, but we haven't confirmed every local nuance for this AHJ. Solid for scoping; confirm before a dispute hinges on it.
VERIFY WITH AHJ.
Some answers belong to the local building official — recent local amendments, interpretations, edge cases. When that's the situation, we say so plainly and hand you the AHJ's contact block instead of a guess. The final authority on code interpretation is always the local building official, and our reports invite that verification rather than discourage it.
Every report ends with a methodology page listing each source URL and access date. Check our work — that's what it's for.
SITE HAZARD PROFILE
The hazard context, built into the base report.
Code requirements don't float free of geography. Every Codes&More report embeds the property's climate zone (which drives ice barrier and energy provisions) and seismic design category, and provides official link-outs to the authoritative wind and ground-snow-load resources for the site — so the design values in your file come from the primary source, not a paraphrase. No separate report to buy, no extra credit to spend: the hazard profile ships inside every report.
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FAQ
Straight answers. It's kind of our thing.
How is the code data verified?
Every determination in a report traces to a source — state adoption records, official code portals, federal regulations — and carries the date we verified that source. We grade each line item: High (verified source), Medium (derived from the state adoption record), or Verify with AHJ (where the local building official is the right authority and we say so). The full source list, with URLs and access dates, is printed in every report's methodology page.
What if my city amended the code?
Local amendments are exactly why ZIP-level answers fail. Our jurisdiction resolution identifies the actual governing authority for the parcel and applies known state and local amendment layers — and when a requirement comes from a state or local overlay rather than the base code, the report labels it as such. Where we can't confirm a local amendment's current status, the line item is flagged Verify with AHJ with the building department's contact block, instead of being presented as settled. If you find a discrepancy, tell us — we review and correct sourced data promptly.
Is this legal advice?
No. Codes&More reports are informational research — not legal advice, not an engineering determination, and not an interpretation of any insurance policy. The final authority on what the code requires at a property is the local building official, and our reports are written to be confirmed with that office, not to replace it.
Which code edition does the report use?
The edition actually in force for the governing jurisdiction, with its effective date — not simply the newest published edition. For claim work, the edition in force on the relevant date matters; the report states the edition and effective date so you can confirm the right one applies to your date of loss with the AHJ.
Who is this for — contractors or adjusters?
Both, on purpose. The report documents what the adopted code requires at the address — fairly and accurately — and separates damage repair from code-required scope from optional upgrades. It's written so a contractor, a public adjuster, and a carrier desk adjuster can all read the same page and check the same citations. It is not an advocacy document for either side.
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