Code settings — code references and diagrams

What this screen is for. Code references are notes, not verdicts. When a finding touches a rule your state has adopted, the report can add a short plain-English note with the state's own wording — and you confirm every one before a client sees it. This page holds the switches: which states, which codes, and which drawings your reports may use. How to get there. Sidebar → Inspections → Codes in the row of links under the header. Two tabs: Your codes and Code diagrams. What every button does Code references (the master switch) — at the very top, one switch for your whole business: "Use code references on my reports." On, the report may add a note where a finding calls for one. Off, your reports add none at all — nothing is looked up, nothing is generated, nothing prints — until you turn it back on, and the state and drawing choices below stay saved for when you do. The same switch also lives in Business info, beside the Ask List and Budget Genie. Your codes: Where you work — reads your business state from Business info, with a link to change it there. Which codes apply to your reports starts here. Other states you inspect in — opens the full state list. Your home state is locked on; Washington and Idaho are selectable today; the rest are greyed "Coming soon" — listed so you know they're on the way. Save states applies your picks. One card per state, holding a tile per code — Residential (the house itself: stairs, railings, smoke alarms, bedroom windows, decks, the mechanical basics), Building (larger and multi-unit buildings), Electrical (wiring, panels, outlets, GFCI and AFCI protection), and Plumbing (water heaters, drains, vents, relief-valve piping). Each tile shows the exact edition your state adopted, one plain sentence of what it covers, and its count of hand-verified references. Each tile's switch — on: "the report may reference it." Off: "never referenced for your firm" — a new finding on that topic gets no reference, and a regenerated report prints none. Switches save instantly; there's no Save button to forget. Everything starts on. At the bottom, the same sentence every report carries: code references are informational only — a home inspection is not a code-compliance inspection; verify with your local building department. Code diagrams: 99 HomeRecon-drawn diagrams — from GFCI receptacles and handrail height to TPR discharge piping, deck ledgers, and egress windows. When a code reference has a drawing, the report prints it next to the words. Tap a diagram to see exactly how its "Code reference (informational)" block looks on the report — with a Light / Dark page toggle — and, below that, every code reference that uses the drawing: the code and section, the state it's verified for (or an honest "model code" label), the plain-English sentence your client reads, and the code's own verified words when we hold them. "Used by 7 code references" is no longer just a number — the seven are right there. "Let reports print …" — each drawing's own switch. A drawing nothing uses yet says "Ready for when its rule is referenced." Editing the drawings comes later; on/off is what's live today. Common questions "Where do the code references on my findings come from?" From your state. Washington and Idaho are covered today: on the topics we've hand-verified, the report carries a plain-English code reference that links to the state's own official page — informational only, and your inspector confirms every one before your client sees it. Coverage is growing. "How do I turn a code off?" Flip its switch on the Your codes tab. Off means never referenced — not on findings, not in reports. "My state isn't Washington or Idaho — what do I get?" No code references yet, and the page says so plainly. Everything else in your reports works exactly the same. "Is a code reference saying the house fails code?" No. It's an informational note with the state's own wording — never a pass-or-fail judgment. A home inspection is not a code-compliance inspection. "How do I add the other state I inspect in?" Other states you inspect in → tick it → Save states. Its codes appear below with their own switches. "Can I stop the drawings printing?" Yes — each diagram has its own "Let reports print" switch on the Code diagrams tab. Good to know You confirm every reference before a client sees one — the report never carries a code note you didn't approve. Confirming happens on the finding while you review (see A finding). The reference counts on the tiles are live — they grow as HomeRecon's hand-verified library grows, so read the number on screen rather than remembering one. Idaho shows three tiles, not four — Idaho has no building-code tile because there's nothing verified to reference there yet. That's honesty, not a gap in your setup. This page is for the roles that capture inspections — an office admin doesn't see the link and lands back on the dashboard from a saved one. Related A finding — confirming a code reference Business — your business state AI Settings — your voice and tones Reading your report — what the client sees