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Appendix BJ — STRAWBALE CONSTRUCTION

Section BJ109 — REFERENCED STANDARDS

2025 California Residential Code (Title 24, Part 2.5) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-07-27 · California

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BJ109.1 General.

See Table BJ109.1 for standards that are referenced in various sections of this appendix. Standards are listed by the standard identification with the effective date, the standard title and the section or sections of this appendix that reference the standard.

TABLE BJ109.1—REFERENCED STANDARDS

STANDARD
ACRONYM		 STANDARD NAME SECTIONS
HEREIN REFERENCED
ASTM C5—10 Standard Specification for Quicklime for Structural Purposes BJ104.4.6.1
ASTM C109/C109M—2015el Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Hydraulic Cement Mortars BJ106.6.1
ASTM C141/C141M—14 Standard Specification for Hydrated Hydraulic Lime for Structural Purposes BJ104.4.6.1
ASTM C206—14 Standard Specification for Finishing Hydrated Lime BJ104.4.6.1
ASTM C926—15B Standard Specification for Application of Portland Cement Based Plaster BJ104.4.8, BJ104.4.9
ASTM C1707—11 Standard Specification for Pozzolanic Hydraulic Lime for Structural Purposes BJ104.4.6.1
ASTM E84-21a Standard Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials BJ108.2
ASTM E2392/E2392M—10(2016) Standard Guide for Design of Earthen Wall Building Systems BJ104.4.3.2
CEN EN 459—2015 Part 1: Building Lime. Definitions,
Specifications and Conformity Criteria; Part 2: Test Methods		 BJ104.4.6.1

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CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE – MATRIX ADOPTION TABLE APPENDIX BK – COB CONSTRUCTION (MONOLITHIC ADOBE)

(Matrix Adoption Tables are nonregulatory, intended only as an aid to the code user. See Chapter 1 for state agency authority and building applications.)

Adopting agency BSC BSC-
CG		 SFM HCD DSA OSHPD BSCC DPH AGR DWR CEC CA SL SLC
Adopting agency BSC BSC-
CG		 SFM 1 2 1/AC ** AC** SS SS/CC 1 1R 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Adopt entire chapter
Adopt entire chapter as
amended (amended
sections listed below)		 X
Adopt only those sections
that are listed below
Chapter / Section
BK 108 X

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▸ Contents — 2025 California Residential Code (Title 24, Part 2.5)
2025 California Residential Code (Title 24, Part 2.5)
  1. Chapter 1 — ADMINISTRATION
  2. Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS
  3. Chapter 3 — BUILDING PLANNING
  4. Chapter 4 — FOUNDATIONS
  5. Chapter 5 — FLOORS
  6. Chapter 6 — WALL CONSTRUCTION
  7. Chapter 7 — WALL COVERING
  8. Chapter 8 — ROOF-CEILING CONSTRUCTION
  9. Chapter 9 — ROOF ASSEMBLIES
  10. Chapter 10 — CHIMNEYS AND FIREPLACES
  11. Chapter 44 — REFERENCED STANDARDS
  12. Appendix AA — BOARD OF APPEALS
  13. Appendix AB — PERMIT FEES
  14. Appendix AC — RESERVED
  15. Appendix BA — RESERVED
  16. Appendix BB — TINY HOUSES
  17. Appendix BC — RESERVED
  18. Appendix BD — RESERVED
  19. Appendix BE — RADON CONTROL METHODS
  20. Appendix BF — PATIO COVERS
  21. Appendix BG — SOUND TRANSMISSION
  22. Appendix BH — AUTOMATIC VEHICULAR GATES
  23. Appendix BI — LIGHT STRAW-CLAY CONSTRUCTION
  24. ▸ Appendix BJ — STRAWBALE CONSTRUCTION
    Overview
    1. Section BJ101 — GENERAL
    2. Section BJ102 — DEFINITIONS
    3. Section BJ103 — BALES
    4. Section BJ104 — FINISHES
    5. Section BJ105 — STRAWBALE WALLS—GENERAL
    6. Section BJ106 — STRAWBALE WALLS—STRUCTURAL
    7. Section BJ107 — FIRE RESISTANCE
    8. Section BJ108 — THERMAL INSULATION
    9. Section BJ109 — REFERENCED STANDARDS
  25. Appendix BK — COB CONSTRUCTION (MONOLITHIC ADOBE)
  26. Appendix BL — HEMP-LIME (HEMPCRETE) CONSTRUCTION
  27. Appendix BM — 3D-PRINTED BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
  28. Appendix BN — EXTENDED PLATE WALL CONSTRUCTION
  29. Appendix BO — EXISTING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
  30. Appendix CA — RESERVED
  31. Appendix CB — RESERVED
  32. Appendix CC — RESERVED
  33. Appendix CD — RESERVED
  34. Appendix CE — RESERVED
  35. Appendix CF — RESERVED
  36. Appendix CG — NONSEWERED SANITATION SYSTEMS
  37. Appendix CH — PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL
  38. Appendix CI — SWIMMING POOL SAFETY ACT
  39. Appendix CJ — EMERGENCY HOUSING
  40. Appendix CK — AREAS PROTECTED BY THE FACILITIES OF THE CENTRAL…

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