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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 />compartments, laundry rooms and <br />similar rooms, a mechanical <br />ventllation 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 />wind~. 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 /> window. The min. net clear opening <br /> ~eight 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. ProvinCe 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 stalrs 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. a~ 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 /> 0UMC 704 <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 ~uch a position as to <br /> De plainly visible and legible from <br /> the street or road fronting the <br /> property. <br /> ~{5.~ Every dwelling shall be <br /> ~r~vided 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 /> ~stalled in the basement o~ <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. 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 chimne~ <br />or gas vent. <br />3 8 .~n~ulation requirements. <br />Buildings with high-efficiency heatinc~ <br />equipment such as: <br /> 1. Heat pumps that shows 6 <br /> coefficient of performance as <br /> required in Table No. 53-D. <br /> 2. Gas and oil fired that shows a <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 /> Ceiling R-3 0 (roof/ceilin~ <br /> assemblies in which has a slope of 3 <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/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 include <br />horizontal and vertical distance. 5303 <br /> (c) 4 <br />~ 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 /> INSULATION. <br /> <br />42. R-ii perimeter insulation accepted <br />when crawl space is a plenum. <br /> <br />43. Draft baffles are required at cave <br />vents to deflect ventilation air oyez <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 valuatlon 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 />