international residential code

Massachusetts Adopts Tiny House Appendix Q

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Last month Massachusetts officially became the sixth state to fully adopt the Appendix Q.  It joins California, Idaho, Maine, Oregon, Georgia. That is to say, these are the first states to adopt this groundbreaking International Residential Code optional guidelines. It provides a model building standard for houses 400 square feet … Read more

UPDATE: Oregon Reach Code for Tiny Houses

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Two years ago, Oregon tiny house advocates were embroiled in a fight with the Oregon Building Codes Division (BCD). The BCD director was actively working to stymie the governor’s directive to create a building code for tiny houses that would draw from the International Residential Code (IRC) Appendix Q. What’s … Read more