Chapter 16A — STRUCTURAL DESIGN
Section 1606A — DEAD LOADS
2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · California
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1606 A .1 General. Buildings, structures, and parts thereof shall be designed to resist the effects of dead loads. 16A-10 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE on Jul 18, 2025 11:14 AM (CDT) THEREUNDER. STRUCTURAL DESIGN 1606 A .2 Weights of materials of construction. For purposes of design, the actual weights of materials of construction shall be used. In the absence of definite information, values used shall be subject to the approval of the building official. 1606 A .3 Weight of fixed service equipment. In determining dead loads for purposes of design, the weight of fixed service equipment,…
1606A.6 Roof dead loads. ¶
1606A.6 Roof dead loads. The design dead load shall provide for the weight of at least one additional roof covering in addition to other applicable loadings if the new roof covering is permitted to be applied over the original roofing without its removal, in accordance with Section 1512.