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2018 IWUIC Class 2 solid eave-enclosure path

The unamended 2018 IWUIC specifies solid material at least three-quarter inch thick around combustible eaves, fascias, and soffits in Class 2 construction.

This record covers documented thickness and solid-surface attributes for an eave product. Complete enclosure, combustible-substrate context, rafter tails, fastening, and local amendments remain assembly checks.

code · Jurisdictions adopting unamended 2018 IWUIC Chapter 5 · Last verified 2026-08-26 · JSON (CC BY 4.0)

Published requirement text

“enclosed with solid materials with a minimum thickness of 3/4 inch (19 mm)”

2018 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Section 505.3 — International Code Council

Where this instrument is documented

Instrument iwuic-2018.

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Place	Force	Reach	Dated	Checks open	Source
Eagle	active application documented	mapped area	not sourced	6	Eagle City Code 7-1G-3 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code Adopted

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Machine-readable constraints

Attribute	Operator	Value	Unit
solidSurface	eq	true
thicknessIn	gte	0.75	inch

Sources

2018 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Section 505.3 — International Code Council (official). Accessed 2026-08-26.

2018 IWUIC Class 2 solid eave-enclosure path. FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/requirements/iwuic-2018-class-2-solid-eave-enclosure/. Last verified 2026-08-26.