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2024 IWUIC prescriptive vent-mesh path

The unamended 2024 IWUIC model code specifies noncombustible corrosion-resistant vent mesh with openings no larger than one-eighth inch as a prescriptive path.

This record covers documented mesh attributes only. The 144-square-inch opening limit, vent location, free area, installation, alternative approval, and local amendments remain checks.

code · Jurisdictions adopting unamended 2024 IWUIC Chapter 5 · Last verified 2026-08-25 · JSON (CC BY 4.0)

Published requirement text

“noncombustible corrosion-resistant mesh with openings not to exceed 1/8 inch (3.2 mm)”

2024 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Sections 504.10.2, 505.10.2, and 506.5 — International Code Council

Where this instrument is documented

Instrument iwuic-2024.

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PlaceForceReachDatedChecks openSource
Austin active application documented authority area effective 2025-07-10 5 Austin Ordinance 20250410-041
Clark County active application documented unincorporated county effective 2026-01-01 6 Clark County Ordinance 5320
Jackson active application documented incorporated boundary effective 2025-01-01 5 Town of Jackson Ordinance 1416
Prescott active application documented incorporated boundary adopted 2026-05-12 6 Prescott City Code 6-2 Urban-Wildland Interface Code
Teton County active application documented unincorporated county effective 2025-02-01 6 2024 Teton County Fire Code Resolution
Washoe County active application documented unincorporated county effective 2025-07-01 6 Washoe County Adopted Building Codes

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Machine-readable constraints

AttributeOperatorValueUnit
assemblyRole in foundation-vent–retrofit-mesh–soffit-vent
meshSizeInch lte 0.125 inch
corrosionResistant eq true
noncombustible eq true

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Sources

2024 IWUIC prescriptive vent-mesh path. FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/requirements/iwuic-2024-vent-mesh/. Last verified 2026-08-25.