BF105 Structural Provisions — 2025 California Residential Code
California Residential Code (Title 24, Part 2.5) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-10-19 · California
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Cite as: 2025 California Residential Code (Title 24, Part 2.5) § BF105 · Effective January 1, 2026 · Official source: Building Standards Commission
BF105.1 Design loads.¶
Patio covers shall be designed and constructed to sustain, within the stress limits of this code, all dead loads plus a vertical live load of not less than 10 pounds per square foot (0.48 kN/m [2] ), except that snow loads shall be used where such snow loads exceed this minimum. Such covers shall be designed to resist the minimum wind loads set forth in Section R301.2.1.
BF105.2 Footings.¶
In areas with a frostline depth of zero as specified in Table R301.2, for patio covers supported on a slab-on-grade without footings, the slab shall conform to the provisions of Section R506, shall be not less than 3.5 inches (89 mm) thick and the columns shall not support live and dead loads in excess of 750 pounds (3.34 kN) per column.
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