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    Codes & Standards

    Adopted code chapters and public standards — the sections that decide what a legal roof assembly is before anyone argues about a good one.

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    2018 North Carolina Residential Code — Chapter 9 Roof Assembly Excerpts

    Verbatim excerpts of the 2018 NCRC roofing provisions — R901.1 scope, R905.1.2 ice barriers, R908 roof replacement and related sections — as adopted with amendments from the 2015 IRC. The underlying public code text, useful as an attachment to a supplement.

    NC Code CouncilNorth Carolina Building Code Council / 2018 NC Residential Code · 2018

    Research paperPDF · 12 pages · 1.7 MB

    Roofing Slate Standards: A Critical Review

    A peer-reviewed comparison of the international standards governing roofing slate — ASTM C406, EN 12326, China's GB/T 18600 and India's IS 6250 — showing how the same slate can pass or fail depending on how water absorption and bending strength are tested.

    ElsevierConstruction and Building Materials 115 (Elsevier) — Cárdenes et al. · 2016