Glossary / prescriptive path

prescriptive path

A rule that names materials or sizes, such as 1/16–1/8 inch metal mesh on a vent. You follow the recipe. You do not submit a lab report for that piece.

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Related

• performance path
• mesh
• vents
• Mesh versus listed vents

Where this term is used

8 guides use this term.

• Dryer vents versus mesh
• Dual-pane versus tempered windows
• Gutters and debris as an ember bed
• Mesh versus listed vents
• OSFM listing is usually voluntary
• Safer from Wildfires is not Oregon law
• The 12-foot rule
• Unvented attic as a wildfire path