TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 107.0 Board of Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

101.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 107.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
101.1 Title. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 107.2 Limitations of Authority . . . . . . . . . . . 6
101.2 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Table 104.5 Mechanical Permit Fees . . . . . . . . . . 7
101.3 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
101.4 Unconstitutional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 CHAPTER 2 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
101.5 Validity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 201.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
102.0 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 201.1 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
102.1 Conflicts Between Codes . . . . . . . . . 1 202.0 Definition of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
102.2 Existing Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 202.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
102.3 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
102.4 Additions, Alterations, CHAPTER 3 GENERAL REGULATIONS . . . . . . 23
Renovations, or Repairs . . . . . . . . . . 1
301.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
102.5 Health and Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
301.1 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
102.6 Changes in Building
301.2 Approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Occupancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
301.3 Design of Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 23
102.7 Moved Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
301.4 Electrical Connections . . . . . . . . . . 23
102.8 Appendices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
301.5 Oil-Burning Appliances . . . . . . . . . . 23
103.0 Duties and Powers of the
301.6 Personnel Protection . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Authority Having Jurisdiction . . . . . . 2
302.0 Materials – Standards
103.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
and Alternates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
103.2 Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
302.1 Minimum Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
103.3 Applications and Permits . . . . . . . . . 2
302.2 Alternate Materials and
103.4 Right of Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Methods of Construction
104.0 Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Equivalency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
104.1 Permits Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
302.3 Alternative
104.2 Exempt Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Engineered Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
104.3 Application for Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
303.0 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
104.4 Permit Issuance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
303.1 Listed Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
104.5 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
303.2 Closet or Alcove Installations . . . . . 24
105.0 Inspections and Testing . . . . . . . . . . 4 303.3 Unlisted Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
105.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 303.4 Anchorage of Appliances . . . . . . . . 24
105.2 Required Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 303.5 Movement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
105.3 Testing of Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 303.6 Identification of Equipment . . . . . . . 25
105.4 Connection to Service Utilities . . . . . 5 303.7 Liquefied Petroleum
106.0 Violations and Penalties . . . . . . . . . . 5 Gas Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
106.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 303.8 Appliances on Roofs. . . . . . . . . . . . 25
106.2 Notices of Correction 303.9 Avoiding Strain on
or Violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Gas Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
106.3 Penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 303.10 Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
106.4 Stop Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 303.11 Installation in Commercial
106.5 Authority to Disconnect Garages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Utilities in Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . 6 303.12 Installation in Aircraft Hangars . . . . 25
106.6 Authority to Condemn . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 303.13 Pit Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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 304.0 Accessibility for Service . . . . . . . . . 26 313.0 Hangers and Supports . . . . . . . . . . 30
304.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 313.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
304.2 Sloped Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 313.2 Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
304.3 Access to Appliances 313.3 Suspended Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
on Roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 313.4 Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
304.4 Appliances in Attics and 313.5 Underground Installation . . . . . . . . 30
Under-Floor Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
313.6 Hanger Rod Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
305.0 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Table 313.6 Hanger Rod Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
305.1 Installation in Garages . . . . . . . . . . 26
313.7 Gas Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
305.2 Flood Hazard Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
314.0 Balancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
305.3 Elevator Shaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 314.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
305.4 Drainage Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 315.0 Louvers in Hurricane
306.0 Automatic Control Devices . . . . . . . 27 Prone Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
306.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 315.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
307.0 Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 316.0 Protection of Piping, Tubing,
307.1 Fuel-Burning Appliances . . . . . . . . 27 Materials, and Structures . . . . . . . . 30
307.2 Electric Heating Appliances . . . . . . 27 316.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

307.3 Heat Pump and 316.2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Electric Cooling Appliances . . . . . . 28 316.3 Corrosion, Erosion, and
Mechanical Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
307.4 Absorption Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
316.4 Protectively Coated Pipe . . . . . . . . 31
308.0 Improper Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
316.5 Fire-Resistant Construction . . . . . . 31
308.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
316.6 Steel Nail Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
309.0 Workmanship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
316.7 Sleeves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
309.1 Engineering Practices. . . . . . . . . . . 28
316.8 Firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
309.2 Concealing Imperfections . . . . . . . . 28
316.9 Structural Members . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
309.3 Installation Practices. . . . . . . . . . . . 28
316.10 Rodentproofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
310.0 Condensate Wastes
316.11 Metal Collars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
317.0 Trenching, Excavation,
310.1 Condensate Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . 28
and Backfill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
310.2 Condensate Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
317.1 Trenches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
310.3 Condensate Waste Pipe 317.2 Tunneling and Driving. . . . . . . . . . . 31
Material and Sizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
317.3 Open Trenches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 310.3 Minimum Condensate
317.4 Excavations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Pipe Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Table 303.10.1 Reduction of Clearances
310.4 Appliance Condensate
with Specified Forms
Drains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 of Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
310.5 Point of Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Table 313.3 Hangers and Supports . . . . . . . . . . 34
310.6 Condensate Waste From
Air-Conditioning Coils . . . . . . . . . . . 29 CHAPTER 4 VENTILATION AIR . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
310.7 Plastic Fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 401.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
311.0 Heating or Cooling Air 401.1 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
402.0 Ventilation Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
311.1 Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
402.1 Occupiable Spaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
311.2 Air Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
402.2 Natural Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
311.3 Prohibited Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 402.3 Mechanical Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . 35
311.4 Return-Air Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . 30 402.4 Outdoor Air
312.0 Plumbing Connections . . . . . . . . . . 30 Intake Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
312.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 403.0 Ventilation Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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 403.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 505.2 Incompatible Materials . . . . . . . . . . 45
403.2 Zone Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 505.3 Flammability Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
403.3 Single-Zone Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 36 505.4 Air Moving Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
403.4 One Hundred Percent 505.5 Generating Flames, Sparks,
Outdoor Air Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 36 or Hot Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
403.5 Multiple-Zone 505.6 Fire Dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Recirculating Systems . . . . . . . . . . 36 505.7 Fire Detection and Alarm
403.6 Design for Varying Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Operating Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 37 505.8 Product-Conveying Ducts
403.7 Exhaust Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
403.8 Dynamic Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 505.9 Minimum Velocities
and Circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
403.9 Air Classification
and Recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Table 505.9 Minimum Duct Design
Velocities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
404.0 Multiple-Zone Systems . . . . . . . . . . 38
505.10 Makeup Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
404.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
505.11 Hoods and Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . 46
404.2 Average Outdoor
Air Fraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 506.0 Product-Conveying Ducts . . . . . . . . 47
404.3 Zone Ventilation Efficiency . . . . . . . 38 506.1 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 402.1 Minimum Ventilation 506.2 Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rates in Breathing Zone . . . . . . . . . 39 506.3 Penetrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 403.2.2 Zone Air Distribution Table 506.2(1) Minimum Sheet Metal
Effectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Thickness for Round Ducts . . . . . . 48
Table 403.5.2 System Ventilation Efficiency . . . . . 41 506.4 Condensate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Table 403.7 Minimum Exhaust Rates. . . . . . . . . 42 506.5 Fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
506.6 Explosion Venting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
CHAPTER 5 EXHAUST SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . 43 506.7 Supports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
501.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 506.8 Fire Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
501.1 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Table 506.2(2) Minimum Sheet Metal
Thickness for
502.0 Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rectangular Ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
502.1 Exhaust Opening Protection . . . . . . 43
506.9 Protection from
502.2 Termination of Physical Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Exhaust Ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
506.10 Duct Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Part I Environmental Air Ducts and
Table 506.10.4 Basic Minimum Clearances to
Product-Conveying Systems. . . . 43
Unprotected Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . 51
503.0 Motors, Fans, and Filters . . . . . . . . 43
506.11 Clearance Reduction Methods . . . . 51
503.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Table 506.11 Reduction of Duct Clearance
503.2 Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 with Specified forms of
504.0 Environmental Air Ducts . . . . . . . . . 43 Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
504.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Part II Commercial Hoods and
Kitchen Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
504.2 Independent Exhaust
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 507.0 General Requirements . . . . . . . . . . 53
504.3 Domestic Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 507.1 Type I Hood Exhaust System . . . . . 53
504.4 Clothes Dryers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 507.2 Exhaust System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
504.5 Heat (Energy) 507.3 Listed Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Recovery Ventilators . . . . . . . . . . . 45 507.4 Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
504.6 Gypsum Wallboard Ducts . . . . . . . . 45 507.5 Drawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
505.0 Product-Conveying Systems . . . . . 45 507.6 Notification of Change . . . . . . . . . . 54
505.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 508.0 Type I Hoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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 508.1 Where Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 513.0 Fire-Extinguishing
508.2 Listed Type I Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Hood Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 513.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
508.3 Construction of Type I Hoods . . . . . 55 513.2 Types of Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
508.4 Supports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 513.3 Simultaneous Operation . . . . . . . . . 68
508.5 Hood Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 513.4 Fuel and Electric
Table 508.5.1.2 Extra-Heavy-Duty Cooking Power Shutoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Appliance Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 513.5 Manual Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Table 508.5.1.3 Heavy-Duty Cooking 513.6 System Annunciation . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Appliance Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
513.7 System Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Table 508.5.1.4 Medium-Duty Cooking
513.8 Special Design
Appliance Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
and Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Table 508.5.1.5 Light-Duty Cooking
513.9 Review and Certification . . . . . . . . . 69
Appliance Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
513.10 Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . 69
508.6 Solid-Fuel Hood Assemblies . . . . . 57
513.11 Portable Fire Extinguishers . . . . . . 69
508.7 Exhaust Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
513.12 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
509.0 Grease Removal
Devices in Hoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 513.13 Solid-Fuel Fire-Extinguishing
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
509.1 Grease Removal Devices . . . . . . . . 57
514.0 Procedures for the Use,
509.2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Inspection, Testing, and
509.3 Solid-Fuel Grease Removal Maintenance of Equipment . . . . . . . 69
Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
514.1 Operating Procedures . . . . . . . . . . 69
510.0 Exhaust Duct Systems . . . . . . . . . . 58
514.2 Inspection, Testing and
510.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
510.2 Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
514.3 Inspection for
510.3 Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Grease Buildup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
510.4 Listed Grease Ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Table 514.3 Schedule of Inspection for
510.5 Other Grease Ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Grease Buildup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
510.6 Exterior Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 514.4 Cleaning of
510.7 Interior Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Exhaust Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
510.8 Underground Installations. . . . . . . . 62 514.5 Cooking Equipment
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
510.9 Termination of Type I Hood
Exhaust System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 515.0 Minimum Safety Requirements
for Cooking Equipment . . . . . . . . . . 70
510.10 Solid-Fuel Duct Systems . . . . . . . . 63
515.1 Cooking Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
511.0 Air Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
511.1 Exhaust Fans for Commercial 515.2 Operating Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Cooking Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 516.0 Recirculating Systems . . . . . . . . . . 71
511.2 Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 516.1 General Requirements . . . . . . . . . . 71
511.3 Makeup Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 516.2 Design Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
511.4 Common Duct (Manifold) 516.3 Interlocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 516.4 Location and Application
511.5 Solid-Fuel Air Movement Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 516.5 Additional Fire Safety
512.0 Auxiliary Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
512.1 Dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 516.6 Use and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . 72
512.2 Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 517.0 Solid-Fuel
512.3 Other Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Cooking Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
512.4 Solid-Fuel 517.1 Venting Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Auxiliary Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 517.2 Location of Appliances . . . . . . . . . . 73

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 517.3 Hoods for 603.4 Factory-Made Air Ducts . . . . . . . . . 78
Solid-Fuel Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 603.5 Flexible Air Ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
517.4 Exhaust Systems for 603.6 Plastic Ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Solid-Fuel Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
603.7 Protection of Ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
517.5 Grease Removal Devices
603.8 Support of Ducts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
for Solid-Fuel Cooking . . . . . . . . . . 73
603.9 Protection Against
517.6 Air Movement for Flood Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Solid-Fuel Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
603.10 Joints and Seams of Ducts . . . . . . . 79
517.7 Fire-Extinguishing Equipment
Table 603.10 Closure Markings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
for Solid-Fuel Cooking . . . . . . . . . . 74
603.11 Cross Contamination . . . . . . . . . . . 79
517.8 Other Safety Requirements . . . . . . 74
603.12 Underground Installation . . . . . . . . 79
518.0 Downdraft Appliances. . . . . . . . . . . 75
603.13 Air Dispersion Systems . . . . . . . . . 79
518.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
604.0 Insulation of Ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
518.2 Ventilation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
604.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
518.3 Fire-Extinguishing
605.0 Smoke Dampers,
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Fire Dampers, and
518.4 Airflow Switch or Ceiling Dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Transducer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
605.1 Smoke Dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
518.5 Surface Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
605.2 Fire Dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
519.0 Type II Hood Exhaust 605.3 Ceiling Radiation Dampers . . . . . . . 80
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . 75
605.4 Multiple Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . 80
519.1 Where Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
605.5 Access and Identification . . . . . . . . 80
519.2 Construction of Type II
605.6 Freedom from Interference . . . . . . . 80
Hoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
605.7 Temperature Classification
519.3 Dishwashing Appliances. . . . . . . . . 75
of Operating Elements . . . . . . . . . . 80
519.4 Type II Exhaust Duct Systems . . . . 76
606.0 Ventilating Ceilings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
519.5 Termination of Type II
606.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Hood Exhaust System . . . . . . . . . . 76
606.2 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
519.6 Makeup Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
607.0 Use of Under-Floor
Space as Supply Plenum
CHAPTER 6 DUCT SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 for Dwelling Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
601.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 607.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
601.1 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 607.2 Dwelling Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
601.2 Sizing Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 77 607.3 Enclosed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
602.0 Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 607.4 Flammable Materials . . . . . . . . . . . 81
602.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 607.5 Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
602.2 Combustibles Within 607.6 Automatic Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Ducts or Plenums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 607.7 Temperature Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
602.3 Metal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 607.8 Noncombustible Receptacle . . . . . . 81
602.4 Phenolic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 607.9 Floor Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
602.5 Gypsum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 607.10 Exterior Wall and Interior
Stud Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
602.6 Factory-Made Air Ducts . . . . . . . . . 77
607.11 Wall Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
602.7 Vibration Isolators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
607.12 Distance from Combustible . . . . . . 81
602.8 Corridors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
607.13 Vapor Barrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
603.0 Installation of Ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
607.14 Prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
603.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
608.0 Automatic Shutoffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
603.2 Under Floor or Crawl Space . . . . . . 78
608.1 Air-Moving Systems
603.3 Metal Ducts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 and Smoke Detectors . . . . . . . . . . . 81

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CHAPTER 7 COMBUSTION AIR . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 802.10 Vent Connectors for
701.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Category I Appliances . . . . . . . . . . 96
701.1 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Table 802.10.1.3 Minimum Thickness for
Galvanized Steel Vent
701.2 Pressure Difference . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Connectors for Low-
701.3 Makeup Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Heat Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
701.4 Indoor Combustion Air . . . . . . . . . . 83 Table 802.10.1.4 Minimum Thickness for
701.5 Indoor Opening Size and Steel Vent Connectors for
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Medium-Heat Appliances . . . . . . . . 97
701.6 Outdoor Combustion Air . . . . . . . . . 83 802.11 Vent Connectors for
701.7 Combination Indoor and Category II, Category III, and
Outdoor Combustion Air . . . . . . . . . 84 Category IV Appliances . . . . . . . . . 98

701.8 Engineered Installations . . . . . . . . . 85 802.12 Draft Hoods and Draft

Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
701.9 Mechanical Combustion Air
Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 802.13 Manually Operated
Dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
701.10 Louvers, Grilles,
and Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 802.14 Obstructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

701.11 Combustion Air Ducts . . . . . . . . . . . 86 802.15 Automatically Operated

Vent Dampers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
701.12 Dampers Prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
803.0 Sizing of Category I
702.0 Extra Device or Attachment . . . . . . 86 Venting Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
702.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 803.1 Single Appliance Vent
Table 803.1.2(1) through
CHAPTER 8 CHIMNEYS AND VENTS . . . . . . . . 87 Table 803.1.2(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
801.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 803.2 Multiple Appliance Vent
Table 803.2(1) through
801.1 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Table 803.2(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
801.2 Venting of Gas
Table 803.2.1 Vent Connector
Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Maximum Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
801.3 Appliances Fueled Table 803.1.2(1) Type B Double-Wall
by Other Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Gas Vent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
802.0 Venting of Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Table 803.1.2(2) Type B Double-Wall
802.1 Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Gas Vent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
802.2 Connection to Table 803.1.2(3) Masonry Chimney. . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Venting Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Table 803.1.2(4) Masonry Chimney. . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
802.3 Design and Table 803.1.2(5) Single-Wall Metal
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Pipe or Type B
Asbestos-Cement Vent. . . . . . . . . 115
802.4 Type of Venting
System to be Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Table 803.1.2(6) Exterior Masonry Chimney . . . . . . 116
802.5 Masonry, Metal, and Table 803.2(1) Type B Double-Wall Vent . . . . . . 117
Factory-Built Chimneys . . . . . . . . . 88 Table 803.2(2) Type B Double-Wall Vent . . . . . . . 121
Table 802.4 Type of Venting Table 803.2(3) Masonry Chimney. . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
System to be Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Table 803.2(4) Masonry Chimney. . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
802.6 Gas Vents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Table 803.2(5) Single-Wall Metal
Table 802.6.1 Roof Pitch Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Pipe or Type B
802.7 Single-Wall Metal Pipe . . . . . . . . . . 94 Asbestos – Cement Vent . . . . . . . 127

Table 802.7.3.3 Clearance for Connectors. . . . . . . . 94 Table 803.2(6) Exterior Masonry Chimney . . . . . . 127

802.8 Through-the-Wall Vent Table 803.2(7) Exterior Masonry Chimney . . . . . . 128

Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Table 803.2(8) Exterior Masonry Chimney . . . . . . 129
802.9 Condensation Drain . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Table 803.2(9) Exterior Masonry Chimney . . . . . . 130

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CHAPTER 9 INSTALLATION OF 904.6 Steam Safety and
SPECIFIC APPLIANCES . . . . . . . 131 Pressure-Relief Valves . . . . . . . . . 134
901.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 904.7 Furnace Plenums and
901.1 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Air Ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

902.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 904.8 Refrigeration Coils . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

904.9 Cooling Units Used with
902.1 Nonindustrial Appliance . . . . . . . . 131
Heating Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
902.2 Combustion Air from
904.10 Furnace (Upright
Bedroom or Bathroom . . . . . . . . . 131
and Horizontal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
902.3 Added or Converted
904.11 Solid-Fuel-Fired Furnaces . . . . . . 135
Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
904.12 Oil-Fired Central Furnaces . . . . . . 135
902.4 Type of Gas(es) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
904.13 Commercial or Industrial
902.5 Safety Shutoff Devices for Gas Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Unlisted LP-Gas Appliance
904.14 Electric Central Furnaces . . . . . . . 135
Used Indoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
905.0 Duct Furnaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
902.6 Fuel Input Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
905.1 Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
902.7 Use of Air or Oxygen Under
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 905.2 Installation of
Duct Furnaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
902.8 Building Structural
Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 905.3 Access Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

902.9 Flammable Vapors . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 905.4 Location of Draft Hoods

and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
902.10 Solid-Fuel Burning
905.5 Circulating Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
905.6 Duct Furnaces Used with
902.11 Combination of Appliances
Refrigeration Systems . . . . . . . . . 136
and Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
905.7 Installation in Commercial
902.12 Protection of Gas
Garages and
Appliances from Fumes
Aircraft Hangars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
or Gases other than
Products of Combustion . . . . . . . . 131 905.8 Electric Duct Heaters . . . . . . . . . . 136
902.13 Process Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 906.0 Floor Furnaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

902.14 Gas Appliance Pressure 906.1 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 906.2 Temperature
Limit Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
902.15 Venting of Gas Appliance
Pressure Regulators . . . . . . . . . . . 132 906.3 Combustion and
Circulating Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
902.16 Bleed Lines for
Diaphragm-Type Valves . . . . . . . . 132 906.4 Placement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
903.0 Air-Conditioning Appliances . . . . . 132 906.5 Bracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
903.1 Electric Air Conditioners . . . . . . . . 132 906.6 Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
903.2 Gas-Fired Air Conditioners 906.7 Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
and Heat Pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 906.8 Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
904.0 Central Heating Boilers 906.9 Seepage Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
and Furnaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 906.10 Wind Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
904.1 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 906.11 Upper-Floor Installations . . . . . . . 137
904.2 Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 906.12 First Floor Installation . . . . . . . . . . 137
Table 904.2.2 Clearances to 906.13 Oil-Fired Floor Furnaces. . . . . . . . 137
Combustible Material for 907.0 Wall Furnaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Unlisted Furnaces
907.1 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
and Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
907.2 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
904.3 Assembly and Installation . . . . . . . 134
907.3 Combustion and Circulating Air . . 138
904.4 Temperature- or
Pressure-Limiting Devices . . . . . . 134 907.4 Oil-Fired Wall Furnaces . . . . . . . . 138
904.5 Low-Water Cutoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 908.0 Clothes Dryers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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 908.1 Electric Clothes Dryers . . . . . . . . . 138 915.6 Atmospheric Vents, Gas
908.2 Gas-Fired Clothes Dryers . . . . . . . 138 Reliefs, or Bleeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
909.0 Conversion Burners . . . . . . . . . . . 138 915.7 Relief Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

909.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 915.8 Purging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

910.0 Burner Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 916.0 Room Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

916.1 Electric Room Heaters . . . . . . . . . 140
910.1 Oil Burners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
916.2 Gas-Fired Room Heaters . . . . . . . 140
910.2 Gas Burners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
916.3 Solid-Fuel-Type
911.0 Decorative Appliances for
Room Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Installation in Vented
Fireplaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 917.0 Unit Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

911.1 Prohibited Installations . . . . . . . . . 138 917.1 Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

911.2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 917.2 Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

917.3 Combustion and
911.3 Fireplace Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Circulating Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
912.0 Gas Fireplaces, Vented . . . . . . . . 138
917.4 Ductwork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
912.1 Prohibited Installations . . . . . . . . . 138
917.5 Installation in Commercial
912.2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Garages and Aircraft
Table 911.2 Free Opening Area of Chimney Hangars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Damper for Venting Flue Gases 917.6 Oil-Fired Unit Heaters . . . . . . . . . . 141
from Unlisted Decorative 918.0 Food Service Appliance,
Appliances for Installation Floor Mounted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
in Vented Fireplaces . . . . . . . . . . . 139
918.1 Clearance for Listed
912.3 Combustion and Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Circulating Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
918.2 Clearance for Unlisted
913.0 Factory-Built Fireplaces Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
and Fireplace Stoves . . . . . . . . . . 139 918.3 Mounting on Combustible
913.1 Factory-Built Fireplaces . . . . . . . . 139 Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
913.2 Fireplace Stoves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 918.4 Installation on Noncombustible
913.3 Fireplace Accessories . . . . . . . . . 139 Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
914.0 Non-Recirculating Direct 918.5 Combustible Material
Gas-Fired Industrial Adjacent to Cooking Top . . . . . . . 142
Air Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 918.6 Use with Casters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
914.1 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 918.7 Level Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
914.2 Prohibited Installations . . . . . . . . . 139 918.8 Ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
914.3 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 919.0 Food Service Appliances,
Counter Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . 142
914.4 Clearance from Combustible
Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 919.1 Vertical Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
914.5 Air Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 919.2 Clearance for Listed
Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
914.6 Atmospheric Vents, Gas
Reliefs, or Bleeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 919.3 Clearance for Unlisted
Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
914.7 Relief Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
919.4 Mounting of Unlisted
914.8 Purging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
915.0 Recirculating Direct Gas-Fired 920.0 Household Cooking
Industrial Air Heaters . . . . . . . . . . 140 Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
915.1 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 920.1 Electric Household
915.2 Prohibited Installations . . . . . . . . . 140 Cooking Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . 143
915.3 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 920.2 Gas-Fired Household Cooking
Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
915.4 Clearance from Combustible
Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 920.3 Floor-Mounted Units . . . . . . . . . . . 143
915.5 Air Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 920.4 Built-In Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

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 921.0 Cooking Appliances Listing . . . . . 144 927.5 Venting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
921.1 Commercial Electric 928.0 Refrigerators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 928.1 Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
921.2 Commercial Wood-Fired 928.2 Venting or Ventilating Kits
Baking Ovens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Approved for Use With a
921.3 Oil-Burning Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Refrigerator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
922.0 Open-Top Broiler Units . . . . . . . . . 144 929.0 Gas-Fired Toilets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
922.1 Listed Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 929.1 Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
922.2 Unlisted Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 929.2 Installation on
922.3 Protection Above Combustible Floors. . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Domestic Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 929.3 Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
922.4 Commercial Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 930.0 Appliances for Installation
923.0 Outdoor Cooking in Manufactured Housing . . . . . . . 146
Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 930.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
923.1 Listed Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 931.0 Small Ceramic Kilns . . . . . . . . . . . 146
923.2 Unlisted Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 931.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
924.0 Illuminating Appliances . . . . . . . . . 144 931.2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
924.1 Clearances for Listed 931.3 Fuel-Gas Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 931.4 Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 146
924.2 Clearances for Unlisted 931.5 Installations Inside Buildings . . . . 146
Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 931.6 Exterior Installations . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Table 924.2.1 Clearances for Unlisted Outdoor 932.0 Outdoor Open Flame
Open-Flame Illuminating Decorative Appliances . . . . . . . . . 147
Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 932.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
924.3 Mounting on Buildings . . . . . . . . . 145 933.0 Evaporative Cooling
924.4 Mounting on Posts . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
924.5 Appliance Pressure 933.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 933.2 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
925.0 Incinerators and Crematories . . . . 145 933.3 Access, Inspection,
925.1 Field Constructed and Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Commercial-Industrial 933.4 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Incinerators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
934.0 Refrigeration Appliances . . . . . . . 147
925.2 Factory-Built
934.1 Self-Contained Refrigerators
Commercial Crematories . . . . . . . 145 and Freezers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
925.3 Residential Incinerators . . . . . . . . 145 934.2 Unit Coolers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
926.0 Infrared Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 934.3 Self-Contained Mechanical
926.1 Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Refrigeration Systems . . . . . . . . . 147
926.2 Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 935.0 Ductless Mini-Split
926.3 Combustion and Systems Installation . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Ventilation Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 935.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
926.4 Installation in Commercial 936.0 Air Filter Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Garages and 936.1 Electrostatic Air Cleaners . . . . . . . 147
Aircraft Hangars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
936.2 High-Efficiency Particulate
927.0 Pool Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Air Filter Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
927.1 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 937.0 Gaseous Hydrogen Systems . . . . 147
927.2 Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 937.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
927.3 Temperature or Pressure- 938.0 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
Limiting Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Vehicular Fuel Systems . . . . . . . . 147
927.4 Bypass Valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 938.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

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CHAPTER 10 BOILERS AND 1009.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
PRESSURE VESSELS . . . . . . . . 149 1010.0 Clearance for Access . . . . . . . . . . 152
1001.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 1010.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
1001.1 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 1010.2 Power Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
1001.2 Boiler Rooms and Enclosures . . . 149 1010.3 Steam-Heating Boilers,
1001.3 Air for Combustion Hot Water Boilers, and
and Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Power Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
1001.4 Drainage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 1010.4 Package Boilers, Steam-Heating
1001.5 Mounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Boilers, and Hot-Water-Heating
1001.6 Chimneys or Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Boilers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
1002.0 Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 1011.0 Boilers, Stokers, and
Steam Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
1002.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
1011.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
1002.2 Oil-Burning Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
1012.0 Operating Adjustments and
1002.3 Electric Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
1002.4 Solid-Fuel-Fired Boilers . . . . . . . . 149
1012.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
1002.5 Dual Purpose Water Heater . . . . . 149
1013.0 Inspections and Tests. . . . . . . . . . 152
1003.0 Detailed Requirements . . . . . . . . . 149
1013.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
1003.1 Safety Requirements . . . . . . . . . . 149
1013.2 Operating Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
1003.2 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
1013.3 Maintenance Inspection . . . . . . . . 152
1003.3 Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
1013.4 Power and Miniature Boilers. . . . . 152
1003.4 Stack Dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
1013.5 Steam-Heating and Water-
1003.5 Welding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Heating Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
1004.0 Expansion Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
1013.6 Automatic Steam-Heating
1004.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Boilers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
1004.2 Open-Type Expansion
1013.7 Unfired Pressure Vessels . . . . . . . 153
Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
1014.0 Operation and Maintenance of
1004.3 Closed-Type Systems . . . . . . . . . 150
Boilers and Pressure Vessels. . . . 153
1004.4 Minimum Capacity of Closed-
1014.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Type Tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Table 1003.2.1 Controls and Limit Devices for
Table 1004.4(1) Expansion Tank Capacities for
Automatic Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Gravity Hot Water Systems . . . . . 150
Table 1004.4(2) Expansion Tank Capacities for
Forced Hot Water Systems . . . . . 151 CHAPTER 11 REFRIGERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
1005.0 Safety or Relief 1101.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Valve Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 1101.1 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
1005.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 1101.2 Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
1005.2 Discharge Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Part I Refrigeration Systems . . . . . . . . 157
1005.3 Splash Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 1102.0 Refrigeration Systems . . . . . . . . . 157
1005.4 Hazardous Discharge . . . . . . . . . . 151 1102.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
1005.5 Vacuum Relief Valve . . . . . . . . . . 151 1102.2 Ammonia Refrigeration
1006.0 Shutoff Valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
1006.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 1102.3 Refrigerants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
1007.0 Gas-Pressure Regulators . . . . . . . 151 1103.0 Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
1007.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 1103.1 Classification of Refrigerants . . . . 157
1008.0 Low-Water Cutoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 1103.2 Classification of Refrigeration
1008.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
1009.0 Combustion Regulators - 1103.3 Higher Flammability
Safety Valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Refrigerants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

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 1104.0 Requirements for Refrigerant 1107.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
and Refrigeration 1108.0 Refrigeration Machinery Room
System Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Equipment and Controls . . . . . . . . 163
1104.1 System Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 1108.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
1104.2 Refrigerant Concentration 1108.2 Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
1108.3 Emergency Shut-off . . . . . . . . . . . 163
1104.3 Institutional Occupancies . . . . . . . 158
1108.4 Installation, Maintenance,
1104.4 Industrial Occupancies and and Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Refrigerated Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . 158
1108.5 Emergency Pressure
1104.5 Flammable Refrigerants . . . . . . . . 158 Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
1104.6 Applications for Human Comfort 1109.0 Refrigeration Piping, Containers,
and for Nonindustrial and Valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Occupancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
1109.1 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
1104.7 Refrigerant Type and Purity . . . . . 158 1109.2 Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
1104.8 Changing Refrigerants . . . . . . . . . 159 1109.3 Penetration of Piping . . . . . . . . . . 164
1105.0 General Requirements . . . . . . . . . 159 1109.4 Location of Refrigeration Piping . . 164
1105.1 Human Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 1109.5 Underground Piping . . . . . . . . . . . 164
1105.2 Supports and Anchorage . . . . . . . 159 1109.6 Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
1105.3 Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 1109.7 Pipe Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
1105.4 Illumination and Service 1109.8 Visual Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Receptacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
1109.9 Condensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
1105.5 Ventilation of Rooms
1109.10 Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Containing Condensing Units . . . . 159
1110.0 Valves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
1105.6 Prohibited Locations . . . . . . . . . . . 160
1110.1 More than 6.6 Pounds
1105.7 Condensate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
of Refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
1105.8 Defrost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
1110.2 More than 110 Pounds
1105.9 Overflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 of Refrigerant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
1105.10 Condensate, Defrost, and 1110.3 Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Overflow Disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 1110.4 Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
1105.11 Refrigerant Port Protection . . . . . . 160 1110.5 Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
1105.12 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 1111.0 Pressure-Limiting Devices . . . . . . 165
1106.0 Refrigeration Machinery Rooms . . 160 1111.1 Where Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
1106.1 Where Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 1111.2 Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
1106.2 Refrigeration Machinery Room, 1111.3 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
General Requirements . . . . . . . . . 160
1111.4 Emergency Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Table 1106.2.5.2 Required Airflow for Group
1112.0 Pressure-Relief Devices . . . . . . . . 165
A2L Refrigerants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
1112.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
1106.3 Normal Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
1112.2 Positive Displacement
1106.4 Natural Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
1106.5 Combustion Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
1112.3 Liquid-Containing Portions
1106.6 Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 of Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
1106.7 Ventilation Intake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 1112.4 Evaporators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
1106.8 Maximum Temperature . . . . . . . . 162 1112.5 Hydrostatic Expansion . . . . . . . . . 166
1106.9 Refrigerant Parts in Air Duct . . . . . 162 1112.6 Actuation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
1106.10 Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 1112.7 Stop Valves Prohibited . . . . . . . . . 167
1106.11 Restricted Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 1112.8 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
1106.12 Exits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 1112.9 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
1107.0 Machinery Room, Special 1112.10 Pressure-Relief
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Device Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

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 1112.11 Discharge from Part II Cooling Towers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Pressure-Relief Devices . . . . . . . . 167 1119.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
1112.12 Discharge Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 1119.1 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Table 1112.12.3 Atmospheric Pressure at 1120.0 Support and Anchorage . . . . . . . . 172
Nominal Installation
1120.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Elevation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
1112.13 Rating of Pressure- 1121.0 Drainage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Relief Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 1121.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
1112.14 Rating of Rupture 1122.0 Chemical Treatment
Members and Fusible Plugs . . . . . 169 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
1113.0 Overpressure Protection. . . . . . . . 169 1122.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
1113.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 1122.2 Automated Control of
1113.2 Type of Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Cycles of Concentration . . . . . . . . 172
1113.3 Discharging Into 1123.0 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Lowside of System . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 1123.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
1113.4 Parallel Pressure-Relief 1124.0 Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 1124.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
1113.5 Discharge Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . 169 1125.0 Refrigerants and Hazardous
Table 1113.5 Relief Devices Fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Capacity Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
1125.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
1113.6 Three-Way Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
1126.0 Drift Eliminators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
1114.0 Special Discharge
1126.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Table 1102.3 Refrigerant Groups, Properties,
1114.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
and Allowable Quantities . . . . . . . 174
1114.2 Design Requirements . . . . . . . . . . 170
Table 1104.1 Permissible Refrigeration
1114.3 Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
1115.0 Labeling and Identification . . . . . . 170
1115.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
CHAPTER 12 HYDRONICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
1115.2 Volume and Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
1201.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
1115.3 Permanent Sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
1201.1 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
1115.4 Marking of Pressure-
1201.2 Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Relief Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
1201.3 Water Hammer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
1116.0 Testing of Refrigeration
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 1201.4 Terminal Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
1116.1 Factory Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 1201.5 Return-Water Low-
1116.2 Field Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Temperature Protection . . . . . . . . 181
Table 1116.2 Field Leak Test Pressures . . . . . . 171 1202.0 Protection of Potable
Water Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
1116.3 Test Gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
1202.1 Prohibited Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
1116.4 Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
1202.2 Chemical Injection . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
1116.5 Brine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
1202.3 Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
1117.0 Refrigerant-Containing
Pressure Vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 1203.0 Capacity of Heat Source. . . . . . . . 181
1117.1 Inside Dimensions 1203.1 Heat Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
6 inches or Less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 1203.2 Dual Purpose Water Heater . . . . . 181
1117.2 Inside Dimensions More Table 1203.2 Water Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
than 6 inches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
1203.3 Tankless Water Hater . . . . . . . . . 181
1117.3 Pressure Vessels for
1204.0 Identification of a Potable
15 psig or Less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
and Nonpotable Water
1118.0 Maintenance and Operation . . . . . 172 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
1118.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 1204.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

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 1204.2 Color and Information . . . . . . . . . . 181 1211.4 Copper or Copper Alloy
1204.3 Potable Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Pipe and Tubing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
1204.4 Nonpotable Water. . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 1211.5 Crossed-Linked Polyethylene
(PEX) Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Table 1204.3 Minimum Length of Color
Field and Size of Letters . . . . . . . . 182 1211.6 Cross-Linked Polyethylene/
Aluminum/Cross-Linked
1204.5 Location of Piping
Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Polyethylene (PEX-AL-PEX)
Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
1204.6 Flow Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
1211.7 Ductile Iron Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
1205.0 Installation, Testing,
and Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 1211.8 Polyethylene (PE)
Plastic Pipe/Tubing . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
1205.1 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . 182
1211.9 Polyethylene/Aluminum/
1205.2 Pressure Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Polyethylene (PE-AL-PE) . . . . . . . 186
1205.3 Flushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
1211.10 Polyethylene of Raised
1206.0 Pressure and Safety Temperature (PE-RT) . . . . . . . . . . 186
Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
1211.11 Polypropylene (PP) Pipe. . . . . . . . 187
1206.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
1211.12 Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Pipe . . . 187
1206.2 Discharge Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
1211.13 Steel Pipe and Tubing . . . . . . . . . 187
1207.0 Heating Appliances
1211.14 Joints Between
and Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Various Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
1207.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
1212.0 Valves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
1207.2 Boilers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
1212.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
1207.3 Dual-Purpose Water Heaters . . . . 182
1212.2 Where Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
1207.4 Solar Heat Collector
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 1212.3 Heat Exchanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

1208.0 Circulators and Pumps . . . . . . . . . 183 1212.4 Pressure Vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

1208.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 1212.5 Pressure Reducing Valves . . . . . . 187

1208.2 Mounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 1212.6 Equipment, Components,
and Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
1208.3 Sizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
1212.7 Expansion Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
1209.0 Expansion Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
1212.8 Flow Balancing Valves . . . . . . . . . 188
1209.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
1212.9 Mixing or Temperature
1209.2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Control Valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
1209.3 Open-Type
1212.10 Thermosiphoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Expansion Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
1212.11 Air Removal Device
1209.4 Closed-Type Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . 183
or Air Vents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
1209.5 Sizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
1213.0 System Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
1210.0 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
1213.1 Water Temperature
1210.1 Piping, Tubing, and Fittings . . . . . 183 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
1210.2 Expansion and Contraction . . . . . . 183
1213.2 Operating Steam Controls . . . . . . 188
1210.3 Hangers and Supports . . . . . . . . . 183
1213.3 Occupied Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
1210.4 Oxygen Diffusion Corrosion . . . . . 183
1214.0 Pressure and Flow Controls . . . . . 188
1211.0 Joints and Connections . . . . . . . . 183
1214.1 Balancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
1211.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
1214.2 Low-Water Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
1211.2 Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride
1214.3 Flow-Sensing Devices . . . . . . . . . 188
(CPVC) Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
1214.4 Automatic Makeup Fluid . . . . . . . . 188
Table 1210.1 Materials for Hydronic
System Piping, Tubing, 1214.5 Differential Pressure
and Fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
1211.3 CPV/AL/CPVC Plastic 1214.6 Air-Removal Device . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Pipe and Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 1214.7 Air-Separation Device. . . . . . . . . . 188

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 1214.8 Secondary Loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 1221.4 System Drainage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
1215.0 Hydronic Space Heating . . . . . . . . 188 1221.5 Condensate Drainage. . . . . . . . . . 192
1215.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 1221.6 Clearance to Combustibles . . . . . 192
1215.2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
1215.3 Freeze Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 CHAPTER 13 FUEL GAS PIPING . . . . . . . . . . . 193
1215.4 Balancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 1301.0 Scope of Gas Piping . . . . . . . . . . 193
1215.5 Heat Transfer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 1301.1 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
1216.0 Steam Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 1302.0 Coverage of Piping System . . . . . 193
1216.1 Steam Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 1302.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
1216.2 Sloping for Two-Pipe 1302.2 Piping System Requirements . . . . 193
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 1302.3 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
1216.3 Sloping for One-Pipe 1303.0 Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
1303.1 Inspection Notification . . . . . . . . . 193
1216.4 Automatic Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . 189
1303.2 Excavation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
1216.5 Condensate Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
1303.3 Type of Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . 193
1216.6 Steam-Distribution Piping . . . . . . . 189
1303.4 Inspection Waived . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
1217.0 Radiant Heating and
1304.0 Certificate of Inspection . . . . . . . . 194
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
1217.1 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 1304.1 Issuance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

1217.2 Radiant Under-Floor 1304.2 Gas Supplier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 1304.3 Unlawful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
1217.3 Radiant Cooling Systems . . . . . . . 189 1305.0 Authority to Render Gas
1217.4 Tube Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Table 1217.4 Maximum Length of Continuous 1305.1 Authorized Personnel . . . . . . . . . . 194
Tubing from a Supply-and-Return 1305.2 Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Manifold Arrangement . . . . . . . . . 189 1306.0 Authority to Disconnect. . . . . . . . . 194
1217.5 Poured Floor Structural 1306.1 Disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Concrete Slab Systems
1306.2 Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
(Thermal Mass) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
1306.3 Capped Outlets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
1217.6 Radiant Heating
and Cooling Panels . . . . . . . . . . . 190 1307.0 Temporary Use of Gas . . . . . . . . . 194
1218.0 Heat Exchangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 1307.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
1218.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 1308.0 Gas Piping System Design,
1219.0 Indirect-Fired Domestic Materials, and Components . . . . . 194
Hot-Water Storage Tanks . . . . . . . 190 1308.1 Installation of Piping System . . . . 194
1219.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 1308.2 Provision for Location of
1220.0 Auxiliary Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Point of Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
1220.1 Use of Chemical 1308.3 Interconnections Between Gas
Additives and Piping Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Corrosive Fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 1308.4 Sizing of Gas Piping
1220.2 Snow and Ice Melt Controls . . . . . 191 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Table 1220.2.1 Loop Lengths for Snow and 1308.5 Acceptable Piping Materials
Ice Melt Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 and Joining Methods . . . . . . . . . . 195
1220.3 Hydronic Makeup Table 1308.4.1 Approximate Gas Input for
Air Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Typical Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
1221.0 Piping Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Table 1308.5.7.2 Specifications for Threading
Metallic Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
1221.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
1221.2 Embedded Piping Materials 1308.6 Gas Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
and Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 1308.7 Gas Pressure Regulators . . . . . . . 198
1221.3 Pressure Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 1308.8 Overpressure Protection. . . . . . . . 199

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 1308.9 Pressure Limitation 1312.7 Quick-Disconnect Devices . . . . . . 207
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 1312.8 Gas Convenience Outlets. . . . . . . 207
1308.10 Backpressure Protection . . . . . . . 199 1312.9 Sediment Trap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
1308.11 Low-Pressure Protection . . . . . . . 200 1312.10 Installation of Piping . . . . . . . . . . . 208
1308.12 Shutoff Valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 1312.11 Liquefied Petroleum Gas
1308.13 Expansion and Flexibility . . . . . . . 200 Facilities and Piping . . . . . . . . . . . 208
1309.0 Excess Flow Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 1313.0 Pressure Testing
1309.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 and Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
1310.0 Gas Piping Installation . . . . . . . . . 200 1313.1 Piping Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
1310.1 Piping Underground . . . . . . . . . . . 200 1313.2 Test Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
1310.2 Installation of Piping . . . . . . . . . . . 201 1313.3 Test Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Table 1310.2.4.1 Support of Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 1313.4 Detection of Leaks and
1310.3 Concealed Piping in Buildings . . . 202 Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

1310.4 Piping in Vertical Chases . . . . . . . 203 1313.5 Piping System Leak Test . . . . . . . 209
1310.5 Maximum Design Operating 1313.6 Purging Requirements . . . . . . . . . 209
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Table 1313.6.1 Size and Length of Piping. . . . . . . 209
1310.6 Appliance Overpressure 1314.0 Required Gas Supply . . . . . . . . . . 210
Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 1314.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
1310.7 Gas Pipe Turns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 1314.2 Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
1310.8 Drips and Sediment Traps . . . . . . 204 1314.3 Gas Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
1310.9 Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 1314.4 Size of Piping Outlets . . . . . . . . . . 210
1310.10 Branch Pipe Connection . . . . . . . . 204 1315.0 Required Gas Piping Size . . . . . . 210
1310.11 Manual Gas Shutoff Valves . . . . . 204 1315.1 Pipe Sizing Methods . . . . . . . . . . . 210
1310.12 Prohibited Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
1315.2 Tables for Sizing Gas Piping
1310.13 Systems Containing Gas-Air Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Mixtures Outside the Flammable
1315.3 Sizing Equations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Table 1315.3 Cr and Y for Natural Gas and
1310.14 Systems Containing Flammable
Undiluted Propane at Standard
Gas-Air Mixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
1311.0 Electrical Bonding and
Grounding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 1315.4 Sizing of Piping Sections . . . . . . . 211

1311.1 Pipe and Tubing other 1315.5 Engineering Methods . . . . . . . . . . 211

than CSST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 1315.6 Variable Gas Pressures . . . . . . . . 211
1311.2 Bonding of CSST Gas Piping . . . . 206 Table 1315.2(1) Schedule 40 Metallic Pipe . . . . . . 213
1311.3 Grounding Conductor Table 1315.2(2) Schedule 40 Metallic Pipe . . . . . . 214
of Electrode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Table 1315.2(3) Schedule 40 Metallic Pipe . . . . . . 215
1311.4 Lightning Protection System . . . . . 206 Table 1315.2(4) Schedule 40 Metallic Pipe . . . . . . 216
1311.5 Electrical Circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Table 1315.2(5) Schedule 40 Metallic Pipe . . . . . . 217
1311.6 Electrical Connections . . . . . . . . . 206 Table 1315.2(6) Schedule 40 Metallic Pipe . . . . . . 218
1312.0 Appliance Connections to Table 1315.2(7) Semi-Rigid Copper Tubing . . . . . . 219
Building Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Table 1315.2(8) Semi-Rigid Copper Tubing . . . . . . 220
1312.1 Connecting Appliances and
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Table 1315.2(9) Semi-Rigid Copper Tubing . . . . . . 221
1312.2 Suspended Low-Intensity Table 1315.2(10) Semi-Rigid Copper Tubing . . . . . . 222
Infrared Tube Heaters . . . . . . . . . 206 Table 1315.2(11) Semi-Rigid Copper Tubing . . . . . . 223
1312.3 Use of Gas Hose Connectors . . . . 207 Table 1315.2(12) Semi-Rigid Copper Tubing . . . . . . 224
1312.4 Injection (Bunsen) Burners . . . . . . 207 Table 1315.2(13) Semi-Rigid Copper Tubing . . . . . . 225
1312.5 Connection of Portable and Table 1315.2(14) Corrugated Stainless Steel
Mobile Industrial Appliances . . . . . 207 Tubing (CSST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
1312.6 Appliance Shutoff Valves Table 1315.2(15) Corrugated Stainless Steel
and Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Tubing (CSST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

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 Table 1315.2(16) Corrugated Stainless Steel CHAPTER 15 SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS. . . . 251
Tubing (CSST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 1501.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Table 1315.2(17) Corrugated Stainless Steel 1501.1 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Tubing (CSST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Table 1315.2(18) Corrugated Stainless Steel
CHAPTER 16 STATIONARY POWER
Tubing (CSST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
PLANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Table 1315.2(19) Polyethylene Plastic Pipe . . . . . . . 231
1601.0 Stationary Fuel Cell
Table 1315.2(20) Polyethylene Plastic Pipe . . . . . . . 232 Power Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Table 1315.2(21) Polyethylene Plastic Pipe . . . . . . . 233 1601.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Table 1315.2(22) Polyethylene Plastic Tubing . . . . . 234 1602.0 Stationary Gas Engines
Table 1315.2(23) Polyethylene Plastic Tubing . . . . . 234 and Generators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Table 1315.2(24) Schedule 40 Metallic Pipe . . . . . . 235 1602.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Table 1315.2(25) Schedule 40 Metallic Pipe . . . . . . 236 1602.2 Connection to the
Gas Supply Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Table 1315.2(26) Schedule 40 Metallic Pipe . . . . . . 237
1602.3 Stationary Engine
Table 1315.2(27) Schedule 40 Metallic Pipe . . . . . . 238
Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Table 1315.2(28) Semi-Rigid Copper Tubing . . . . . . 239
Table 1315.2(29) Semi-Rigid Copper Tubing . . . . . . 240
CHAPTER 17 REFERENCED STANDARDS . . . 255
Table 1315.2(30) Semi-Rigid Copper Tubing . . . . . . 241
1701.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Table 1315.2(31) Corrugated Stainless Steel
1701.1 Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tubing (CSST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Table 1701.1 Referenced Standards . . . . . . . . . 255
Table 1315.2(32) Corrugated Stainless Steel
Tubing (CSST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 1701.2 Standards, Publications
Practices, and Guides . . . . . . . . . 266
Table 1315.2(33) Corrugated Stainless Steel
Table 1701.2 Standards, Publications
Tubing (CSST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Practices, and Guides . . . . . . . . . 266
Table 1315.2(34) Polyethylene Plastic Pipe . . . . . . . 245
Table 1315.2(35) Polyethylene Plastic Pipe . . . . . . . 246
APPENDICES TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . 271
Table 1315.2(36) Polyethylene Plastic Tubing . . . . . 247
Appendix A Residential Plan Examiner
Review Form for HVAC
CHAPTER 14 PROCESS PIPING . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 System Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
1401.0 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Appendix B Procedures to be Followed
1401.1 Applicability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 to Place Gas Equipment in
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
1402.0 Permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Appendix C Installation and
1402.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Testing of Oil (Liquid)
1403.0 Plans Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Fuel-Fired Equipment . . . . . . . . . . 277
1403.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Appendix D Fuel Supply:
1404.0 Workmanship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Manufactured/Mobile
1404.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Home Parks and
Recreational Vehicle Parks . . . . . 283
1405.0 Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Appendix E Sustainable Practices . . . . . . . . . . 289
1405.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Appendix F Sizing of Venting
1405.2 Required Inspections . . . . . . . . . . 249 Systems and Outdoor
1405.3 Other Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Combustion and
1406.0 Pipe, Tubing, and Fittings . . . . . . . 249 Ventilation Opening
Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
1406.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Appendix G Example Calculation of
1406.2 Hazardous Process
Outdoor Air Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Piping (HPP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
1406.3 Special Requirements for HPP
Gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

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