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CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS <br /> (Continued): <br /> <br />~. Vent kitchen fan to outside via <br />metal 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 openabte <br /> windows. OUBC <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. Provide at least one 36" <br /> Swinging (exit) door OUBC 3304 (e) <br /> <br /> Stairs: OUBC 3305 <br /> Max. 8" rise. Min. 9" run. <br /> 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 /> ~ Where bottom Of glass light is <br /> within lS" 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 /> ~ 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 /> property. <br /> <br />~ Every dwelling shall be <br />~ovided 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 whic~ <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. 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 /> 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 efficiency <br /> of 80 percent Annual Fuel Us~ <br /> Efficiency (AFUE) rating. <br /> May have building elements insulated as <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 <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 12 or greater may be <br /> <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 /> <br /> Weatherstrip doors between heated <br /> unheated areas. <br /> <br />~ Heat ducts installed under floor ct <br /> · n attic shall be provided min. R-4.5 <br /> <br /> INSULATION. <br /> <br /> 42. R-ii perimeter insulation accepte~ <br /> when crawl space is a plenum. <br /> <br /> ~ Draf~ baffles are required at eave <br /> vents to deflect ventilation air ove~ <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 $1,000.0C <br /> occur, or sleepin~ 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 />