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Now you can gain access to the most up-to-date changes in the 2015 International Residential Code with the newly revised eighth edition of Code Check: An Illustrated Guide to Building a Safe House. For builders, remodelers, home inspectors, and building inspectors, this essential reference delivers accurate information on current residential building codes for foundations, framing, plumbing, and wiring, as well as exterior and interior walls, fireplaces, and chimneys. Code Check: An Illustrated Guide to Building a Safe House 8th Edition emphasizes central safety principles found in U.S. building codes--in a user-friendly format--this valuable tool gives you all the facts you need to avoid common code violations. So you can get every job done right the first time--without expensive, time-consuming callbacks.

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Redwood Kardon, who devised and wrote the first Code Check, is a former electrician and building inspector for the city of Oakland, CA. Coauthor Douglas Hansen is a general contractor and certified combination inspector with over 25 years of field experience. Skip Walker is a certified residential combination inspector, with a particular interest in smoke alarm performance issues and deck safety. The authors present seminars and classes nationwide on a wide variety of building topics. Paddy Morrissey, former senior illustrator of CornerHardware.com, has been the sole illustrator for the Code Check series since its inception. Paddy Morrissey was senior illustrator for CornerHardware.com. All three live in the San Francisco Bay area. Douglas Hansen lives in Palo Alto, CA.

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