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2018 IWUIC noncombustible gutter and downspout path

The unamended 2018 IWUIC specifies noncombustible gutters and downspouts in all three ignition-resistant construction classes.

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

Published requirement text

“Gutters and downspouts shall be constructed of noncombustible material.”

2018 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Sections 504.4, 505.4, and 506.4 — 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
assemblyRole	in	gutter–downspout
noncombustible	eq	true

Sources

2018 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Sections 504.4, 505.4, and 506.4 — International Code Council (official). Accessed 2026-08-26.

2018 IWUIC noncombustible gutter and downspout path. FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/requirements/iwuic-2018-noncombustible-gutters/. Last verified 2026-08-26.