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CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS <br /> (Continued): <br /> <br /> ~ Vent kitchen fan to outside via <br /> meal ducts. <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 /> wi d s,:, OUBC <br /> "2~~, Provide al"l hab"~table '~ooms <br /> with 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 /> 0UBC 1204 and 1205 (a) <br /> <br /> 29, Provide at least one 36" <br /> Swinging (exit) door OUBC 3304 (e) <br /> <br /> 30. Stairs~ OUBC 3305 <br /> a. Max. $" rise. Min. 9" run. <br /> b. 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 /> <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 ai,r furnace shall not be <br /> installed in a bedroom or bathroom. <br /> OUMC 704 <br />~ Where bottom of glass light is <br />w~j~hin~' 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 />C~ Approved numbers or addresses <br /> 11 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 /> ~very dwelling shall be <br /> ided 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 />~welling units having a stairway which <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 in the <br />sleeping area. OUBC 1210 (a) <br /> <br /> Blown, <br /> used i~ <br /> 4 in 12 <br /> <br />36. Loose-fill insulation. <br />poured and spray-on type may be <br />attic spaces where roof slope is <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 /> 38. Insulation requirements. <br />Buildings with high-efficiency heatinc. <br />equipment such as: <br /> 1. Heat pumps that shows <br /> coefficient of performance aa <br /> required in Table No. 53-D. <br /> 2. Gas and oil fired that shows <br /> minimum ,combustion efficiency <br /> of 80 percent Annual Fuel Use <br /> Efficiency (AFUE) rating. <br />May have building elements insulated as <br />Fo 1 lows: <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 R-19 <br />Other Heating systems: <br /> Ceilings R-38 (roof/ceilin~ <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 rain. 24" length of <br />insulation placed between slab and <br />foundation wall; length to include <br />horizontal and vertical distance. 5303 <br /> {c) 4 <br /> <br /> Weatherstrip doors between heated <br /> unheated areas. <br /> <br />41. Heat ducts installed under floor oz <br />in attic shall be provided min. R-4.$ <br /> <br />INSULATION. <br /> <br />42. R-11 perimeter insulation accepte~ <br />when crawl space is a plenum. <br /> <br />43.~ft baffles are required at eav~ <br />ven~ts to deflect ventilation air over <br />blown insulation. (OUBC Section) 5303 (a) <br />2A <br /> <br />44. Fireplace and chimney constructio~ <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 />