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CONSTRUC'TION REQUIREMENTS <br />(Continued): <br /> <br />~6~ Vent kitchen fan to outside via <br />~etal ducts. <br /> <br />~ In bathrooms, water closet <br />compartments, laundry rooms and <br />s~milar rooms, a mechanical <br />ventilation system connected <br />d~rectly to the outside, capable of <br />five air changes per hour shall be <br />~rovided where there are no openable <br />windows. OUBC 1205-a <br /> <br /> Provide all habitable rooms <br /> h'- outside windows with net areas <br /> of not less than 1/10 of floor areas <br /> sot 10 sq. ft. Every sleeping room <br /> shall have an exterior door ~or not <br /> less than 5.7 sq. ft. of openable <br /> window. The min. net clear opening <br /> aeignt shall be 24 inches. The min. <br /> net clear opening width shall be 20 <br /> inches. The finished sill height <br /> shall De not more then 44 inches. <br /> 0UBC 1204 and 1205 (a) <br />~ Provide at least one 36" <br /> <br />swinging (exit) door OUBC 3304 (e) <br /> <br /> a. Max. 8" rise. Min. 9" run. <br /> O. Headroom over stairs 6'6" <br /> min. <br /> c. Handrail designed for 20 <br /> lbs. lateral load. Table <br /> 23-c <br /> d. Stairways having less than <br /> 4 risers need not have <br /> handrails. 3306 (j) <br />~ Heating facilities capable of <br />~aintaining a temperature of 68 <br />dcgrees F. at a point 3' above the <br />floor are required in all habitable <br />roms. OUBC 1211 <br /> <br />~ Warm air furnace shall not be <br />installed in a bedroom or bathroom. <br />0~4C 704 <br /> <br />~.~3~ Where bottom of glass light is <br />within 18" of floor and all glass <br />doors and wall panels of bathtub and <br />shower enclosures, must be of <br />laminated, tempered or wire glass. <br />OUBC 5406 (d) <br /> <br />34. Approved numbers or addresses <br />shall be provided for all new <br />buildings ~n such a position as to <br />be plainly visible and legible from <br />the street or road fronting the <br />property. <br /> <br />p~ov Every dwelling shall be <br /> lded with an approved product of <br />combustion detector other than heat <br />mounted on the ceiling or wall at a <br />point centrally located in the <br />corridor or area giving access to <br />sleeping rooms. Where sleeping <br />rooms are on an upper level~ the <br />detector shall be placed at the <br />center of the ceiling directly above <br />the stairs. Care shall be exercised <br />when locating cold air return to <br />furnace so that air flow to detector <br />from non-sleeping areas is not <br />impeded. A smoke detector shall be <br />installed in the basement of <br /> <br /> dwelling un.ts ~aving a s=alrway <br /> opens from the basement Into the <br /> dwelling. Such detector shall be <br /> connected to a sounding device to provide <br /> an alarm which will be audible ~n the <br /> sleeping area. 0UBC 1210 (a) <br /> <br /> 36. Loose-fill insulation. Blown, <br /> poured and spray-on type may be used in <br /> attic spaceS where roof slope is 4 in 12 <br /> or grater and there is at least 44" of <br /> headroom at the ridge. 5303 (a) 2.A <br /> <br /> 37. Thermal insulation shall not be <br /> installed within 3" of any metal chimney <br /> or gas vent. <br /> <br />~, Insulation requirements. <br /> ~-u~ldings with high-efficiency heating <br /> equipment such as: <br /> 1. Heat pumps that shows a <br /> coefficient of performance as <br /> required in Table No. 53-D. <br /> Gas and oil fired that shows a <br /> minimum combustion efficiency <br /> of 80 percent Annual Fuel Use <br /> Efficiency (AFUE) rating. <br /> building elements insulated as <br /> <br />May have <br />Follows: <br /> <br />Ceiling R- 3 0 (roof/ceiling <br />assemblies zn which has a slope of 3 <br />in 12 or greater, may be R-19). <br />walls R-19 <br />Floors R-19 <br /> <br /> Other Heating systems: <br /> Ceilings R~38 (roof/ceiling <br /> assemblies in which as a slope <br /> of 3 in 12 or greater may be <br /> R-19) <br /> Walls R-19 <br /> Floors R-19 <br /> OUBC 5303 (c)l <br /> <br /> 39. Slab min. 24" length of R-4.5 <br /> insulation placed between slab and <br /> foundation wall, length to include <br /> horizontal and vertical distance. 5303 <br /> (c) 4 <br />J~ Weatherstrip doors between heated <br />~h~d unheated areas. <br /> <br /> 41. Heat ducts installed under floor or <br /> in attic shall be provided min. R-4.5 <br /> <br /> INSULATION. <br /> <br /> 42. R-11 perimeter ins~lation accepted <br /> when crawl space is a plenum. <br /> <br /> Draft baffles are required at eave <br />~7~nts to deflect ventilation air over <br /> blown insulation. (OUBC Section) 5303 <br /> 2A <br /> <br /> 44. Fireplace and chimney construction <br /> shall conform to chapter 37 OUBC <br /> <br /> 45. When alterations, repairs, or <br /> additions having a valuation of $1,000.00 <br /> occur, or sleeping rooms are added ~n <br /> existing Group R, Division 3 occupancies, <br /> the entire building shall be provided <br /> with smoke detectors as specified in UBC <br /> 1210 (a) <br /> <br /> 46. Sky lights set at an angle less than <br /> 45 degree from horizontal shall be set at <br /> least 4" above the plane of roof on a <br /> curb contacted as required for the frame. <br /> <br /> <br />