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CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS <br /> (Continued): <br /> <br />2~t Vent kitchen fan to outside via <br /> al ducts. <br /> <br /> 2~7~ In bathrooms, water <br /> closet <br /> ~mpartments, laundry rooms~ and <br /> similar rooms, a mechanical <br /> ventilation system connected <br /> directly to the outside, capable of <br /> f~ve air changes per hour shall be <br /> provided where there are no openable <br /> windows. OUBC 1205-a <br /> <br /> 28. Provide 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 /> w~ndow. The min. net clear opening. <br /> height shall be 24 inches. The minJ <br /> net clear opening width shall be <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 /> Swlnging (exit) door OUBC 3304 <br /> <br /> 30. Stairs: OUBC 3305 <br /> a. Max. 8" rise. Min. 9" run. <br /> b. Headroom over stairs 6'6" <br /> <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. OOBC 1211 <br /> <br /> 32. Warm air furnace shall not be <br /> znstalled in a bedroom or bathroom. <br /> OUMC 704 <br />tWhere bottom of glass light is <br /> bin 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 /><s44all 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 /> 3 ery dwelling shall be <br /> p~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 /> ~mpeded. A smoke detector shall be <br /> Installed in the basement of <br /> <br />dwelling un,ts 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 an '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 ~n 12 <br /> or grater and there is at least 44" of <br /> headroom at the ridge. 5303 (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 heat2nq <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 eff~cienc~ <br /> of 80 percent Annual Fuel Use <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 3 <br /> in 12 or greater, may be R-19). <br /> Walls R-19 <br /> Flo~rs 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 /> R-19) <br /> Walls R-19 <br /> Floors R-19 <br /> ©UBC 5303 Ic)l <br /> <br /> 39. Slab min. 24" length of R-4.~ <br /> insulation placed between slab and <br /> foundation wall, length to includs <br /> horizontal and vertical distance. 530~ <br /> {c) 4 <br /> <br /> d Weatherstrip doors between heated <br /> 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-ii perimeter insulation accepted <br /> when crawl space is a plenum. <br /> <br /> 4 .3~Draft baffles are required at eave <br /> vents 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 $1,000.0~ <br /> occur, or sleeping rooms are added in <br /> existing Group R, Division 3 occupancies, <br /> the entire building shall be prov~de~ <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 />