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Does the IRC supersede the NEC?
Does the IRC supersede the NEC?
.I hear this a lot but I know of very few discrepancies between the two.
If the IRC is adopted in its entirety, than yes the IRC electrical section would trump the NEC for one and two family dwellings. VA is that way.
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Va Building Code (2012) says this about AFCI breakers:
I have a job that the "specs." call for the wiring to meet the State Code, the latest edition of the NEC, & the IRC. I have not read the full IRC yet. Do you see any problems that might arise? :?
Stairway lighting especially the basement stairs, it is easier to comply by placing the stairway fixture over the stair way , rather than top landing bottom landing.
What a poorly written code rule that must be.
Lets make it hard to change the lamp so it ends up with a dark stairway.
Change the lamp? Pole tool; $20 at big box store.
They make ladders that can be configured with different lengths front and back so that they can be used on stairs. A lot easier than building a scaffold.Change the lamp? Pole tool; $20 at big box store. Hang the can/wire it to begin with when you need to be 16' up and there is no way to bring more than a 10' ladder up the stairs? Took about an hour to build temporary scaffolding to the framing. Not sure how it'll get trimmed out since drywall will be up and finished when we return (Im open to suggestions).