NEW 2021 International Residential Codes for Guard Construction.

Here is a clip from the On-Demand Course "Decks - Features and Finishes", part 4 of 4 in the Building Codes for Building Decks series. The 2021 IRC now includes new provisions for guard construction intended to guide better practices, without specifying exactly how they must all be built. Take the whole course at www.buildingcodecollege.com

[@ChipK]

Glenn, thanks for another great video! Love your articles in trade magazines. Thanks for your efforts to educate our industry. You must be postmillennial; leaving the world a better place than you found it. Grape job!

[@strokerace4765]

What about if you run that handrail post on the inside of the rim all the way to the ground and connect to footing? Bolt post to rim joist? The deck is supported by a beam and that cantilever

[@will201084]

If an engineer can stamp that plan.. sure

[@timcopeland]

phantom cants could make a bad horror screenplay. if you frame it right. :|