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Reading list for Pennsylvania

Guide applicability This list follows each guide’s stated place scope; construction adoption is a separate Build fact.

15 guides apply to Pennsylvania, grouped into 6 series. Homeowner reading comes first. Comparison-only mentions do not make a guide local.

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Guides that apply to Pennsylvania

How the documents differ 9

Covering versus assembly · homeowner
Dual-pane versus tempered windows · homeowner
Gutters and debris as an ember bed · homeowner
Mesh versus listed vents · homeowner
No national WUI construction code · homeowner
OSFM listing is usually voluntary · homeowner
USFA home ignition zones · homeowner
WUI is not only the West · homeowner
WUI doors versus 20-minute fire doors · builder

How to read a record 1

The state flower is an ericaceous fuel · homeowner

For builders — detailing 1

Bird blocks, boxed soffit, or unvented attic · builder

Existing houses 1

Ready.gov wildfire and the house · homeowner

Insurance designations 1

IBHS does not replace adopted code · homeowner

How it works 2

How the WUI is mapped · homeowner
ASTM E119 versus a WUI wall test · builder

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