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CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS <br /> (Continued): <br /> <br /> ~ Vent kitchen fan to outside via <br /> metal ducts. <br /> <br /> In bathrooms, water closet <br /> partments, 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 /> w~ndows. OUBC 1205-a <br /> b/28. Pro~'ide all habitable rooms <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 /> O~UBC 1204 and 1205 (a) <br />P/29. Provide 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 /> c. Handrail designed for 20 <br /> lbs. lateral load. Table <br /> 23wc <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 air furnace shall not be <br /> installed in a bedroom or bathroom. <br /> OUMC 704 <br /> <br /> 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 in such a position as to <br /> be plainly visible and legible from <br /> the street or road fronting the <br /> p~operty.~. . . <br />~35. 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 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 /> 36. Loosewfill 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 />P~38. Insulation requirements, <br /> Buildings with high-efficiency heatinc~ <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 s <br /> minimum combustion efficiency <br /> of 80 percent Annual Fuel Use <br /> Efficiency (AFUE) rating. <br /> May have building elements insulated as <br /> Follows: <br /> Ce'~ ling R- 3 0 ( roof/ceilin~ <br /> assemblies in which has a slope of 3 <br /> in t2 or greater, may be R-19). <br /> Walls R-19 <br /> Floors R-19 <br /> Other Heating systems: <br /> Ceilings R-38 (roof/ceiling <br /> assemblies in which as a slope <br /> of 3 in t2 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 includ~ <br /> horizontal and vertical distance. 5302 <br /> (e) 4 <br />a~nd Weatherstrip doors between heated <br /> unheated areas. <br /> <br /> 41. Heat ducts installed under floor oz <br /> in attic shall be provided min. R-4.5 <br /> <br /> iNSULATION. <br /> <br /> 42. R-ii perimeter insulation accepted <br /> when crawl space is a plenum. <br /> <br />b~/3. Draft baffles are required at save <br /> vents to deflect ventilation air over <br /> blown insulation. (OUBC Section) 5303 (a) <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 $1,000.0~ <br /> occur, or sleeping rooms are added in <br /> existing Group R, Divlsion 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 />