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CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS <br /> (Conti,ued}: <br /> <br />(~, Vent kitchen fan ~o outside via <br />~etal ducts. <br /> <br /> 27. In bathrooms, water closet <br /> compartments, laundry rooms and <br /> similar rooms, a mechanical <br /> ventilation system connected <br /> directly to the outside, capable of <br /> five air changes per hour shall be <br /> provided 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 /> not 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 /> height shall be 24 inches. The min. <br /> net clear opening width shall be 20 <br /> inches. The finished sill height <br /> shall be not more then 44 inches. <br /> OUBC 1204 and 1205 (a) <br /> <br /> 29. Pro vide at least one 36" <br /> Swinging (exit) door OUBC 3304 (e) <br /> <br /> 30. Stairs: OUBC 3305 <br /> a. Max. 8" rise. Min. 9" run. <br /> b. Headroom over stairs 6'6" <br /> min. <br /> Handrail designed for 20 <br /> lbs. lateral load. Table <br /> 23-c <br /> Stairways having less than <br /> 4 risers need not have <br /> handrails. 3306 (j) <br /> <br />31. Heating facilities capable of <br />maintaining a temperature of 68 <br />degrees F. at a point 3' above the <br />floor are required in all habitable <br />roms. OUBC 1211 <br /> <br />32. Warm air furnace shall not be <br />installed in a bedroom or bathroom. <br />OUMC 704 <br /> <br />33. 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 />~. Approved numbers or addresses <br />~hall be provided for all new <br />buildings in such a position as to <br />be plainly visible and legible from <br />the street or road fronting the <br />property. <br /> <br /> · Every dwelling shall be <br />provided 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 units having a stairway which <br />opens from the basement ~n~r~o the <br />dwelling. Such detector shall~ be <br />connected to a sounding device to provide <br />an alarm which will be audible in the <br />sleeping area. OUBC 1210 (a) <br /> <br />36. Loose-fill insulation. Blown, <br />poured and spray-on type may be used iD <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 chimne~ <br />or gas vent. <br /> <br />38. Insulation requirements. <br />Buildings with high-efficiency heating <br />equipment such as: <br /> 1. Heat pumps that shows <br /> coefficient of performance as <br /> required in Table No. 53-D. <br /> 2. Gas and oil fired that shows <br /> minimum combustion efficienc~ <br /> of 80 percent Annual Fuel Use <br /> Efficiency (AFUE) rating. <br />May have building elements insulated az <br />Follows: <br /> Ceiling R-30 (roof/ceiling <br /> assemblies in which has a slope of <br /> in 12 or greater, may be R-19). <br /> Walls R-19 <br /> Floors <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 includs <br />horizontal and vertical distance. 5302 <br />(c) 4 <br /> <br />40. Weatherstrip doors between heated <br />and unheated areas. <br /> <br />41. Heat ducts installed under floor o~ <br />in attic shall be provided min. R-4.5 <br /> <br />~NSULATION. <br /> <br />42. R-il perimeter insulation accepted <br />when crawl space is a plenum. <br /> <br />43. Draft baffles are required at eave <br />vents to deflect ventilation air ove~ <br />blown insulation. (OUBC Section) 5303 (a) <br />2A <br /> <br /> 44. F~replace and chimney constructior~ <br /> shall conform to chapter 37 OUBC <br /> <br />45. When alterations, repairs, or <br />additions having a valuation of $1,000.0[ <br />occur, or sleeping rooms are added in <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 />