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§ 1591.50
<br />.DWELLING HOUSE CODE
<br />1591.50 Electrical wiring and equipment.
<br />Electrical wiring and accessories to heat-
<br />ing equipment shall be installed in conform-
<br />ity with the provisions of Chapter 97. Elec-
<br />trical wiring shall not be installed in the
<br />same stud space wherever the same is used
<br />as a warm air supply duct.
<br />1591.51 Repairs after fire damage.
<br />Whenever the operation of a heating sys-
<br />tem has been the cause of a fire, such heat-
<br />ingsystem shall not be used or operated un-
<br />til it has been inspected by the Building
<br />Official and such alterations and changes
<br />made as are deemed necessary by him to
<br />permit safe operation of the heating system,
<br />and no alterations or repairs shall be made
<br />without a permit issued by the Building
<br />Official.
<br />1591.52 Inspection and approval.
<br />(a} Inspection periods. All heating sys-
<br />tems installed and all new work in systems
<br />altered after the effective date of this Dwell-
<br />ing House Code shall be inspected and sub-
<br />ject to approval by the Building Official
<br />upon completion and while in the process
<br />of installation, as follows:
<br />i. In warm air heating systems, when
<br />stacks to upper floors, and boxes for all regis-
<br />ters have been installed, and boots have
<br />been connected; or in a steam or hot water
<br />system, when all piping has been roughed in;
<br />and
<br />ii. When the system is completely installed
<br />and ready to operate.
<br />(b) Notice. It shall be the duty of the
<br />person to whom the heating permit has been
<br />issued to give at least 24 hours advance
<br />notice to the Building Official when the
<br />system is ready for a test or inspection. It
<br />shall be the duty of such person to make
<br />certain that the work is in accordance with
<br />this Dwelling House Code before requesting
<br />inspection.
<br />(c)' Equipment and labor. All equipment
<br />and labor necessary for the inspection or
<br />testing of the heating system shall be fur-
<br />nished by the .person to whom the heating
<br />permit is issued.
<br />(d) Concealing uninspected work. No
<br />work shall be covered with paint, lath or
<br />plaster, or otherwise concealed, before it has
<br />been inspected and approved. The Building
<br />Official may require the removal of covering
<br />which has been placed over any work which
<br />has not been inspected and approved.
<br />(e) Heating system not used until ap-
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<br />proved. No new or altered heating system,
<br />including systems where furnaces have been
<br />replaced, shall be used for heating any build-
<br />ing until such use has been authorized by
<br />the Building Of&cial.
<br />(f) Power to seal furnaces. The Build-
<br />ing Official may seal, or order the sealing, of
<br />any furnace installed in violation of this
<br />Dwelling House Code or found to be a
<br />hazard to life or property, and such seal
<br />shall not be removed without written au-
<br />thority for such removal, given by the Build-
<br />ing Official.
<br />1591.53 Name and address of installer to be
<br />affixed.
<br />Whenever a new heating system is in-
<br />stalled, and whenever any new furnace is
<br />installed or an existing furnace is replaced
<br />by a person other than the owner of the
<br />dwelling, a plate or other permanent device
<br />shall be attached to the casing of the furnace
<br />on which shall be given the name and address
<br />of the installer.
<br />1591.54 Incinerators.
<br />(a) General. Incinerators shall be in-
<br />stalled in conformity with the provisions of
<br />this Dwelling House Code and accepted safe
<br />practice.
<br />(b) Safe practice. Except as otherwise
<br />provided in this Dwelling House Code or in
<br />statutes or in other' ordinances, conformity
<br />with recommendations and requirements of
<br />the "Standards for Incinerators," NBFU
<br />Pamphlet No. 82, shall be deemed as con-
<br />formity with accepted safe practice.
<br />(c) Approved types. Every incinerator
<br />installed after the effective date of this
<br />Dwelling House Code shall be of a type
<br />approved by the Board of Building .Code
<br />Appeals. Incinerators listed by the Under-
<br />writers' Laboratories, Inc. as either Class A
<br />or Domestic Type shall be deemed to be
<br />approved by the Board of Building Code Ap-
<br />peals unless and until by formal action it
<br />disapproves the same.
<br />(d) Objectionable smoke or fumes. No
<br />incinerator shall be installed after the effec-
<br />tive date of this Dwelling House Code which
<br />is not equipped and constructed so it can
<br />operate without producing objectionable
<br />quantities of smoke, and so that no objection-
<br />able material or obnoxious odors will be
<br />emitted from the chimney.
<br />(e) Chimneys. Masonry incinerator chim-
<br />neys shall conform to the applicable provi-
<br />sions of Section 1559.06.
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<br />CHAPTER 19. FIRE-RESISTANCE RATINGS AND
<br />CLASSIFICATION.
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<br />1519.01 Ratings for walls, partitions, col-
<br />umns and floor assemblies.
<br />The fire-resistance ratings for walls, par-
<br />titions, columns and floor assemblies shall
<br />be established in accordance with the
<br />Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Building
<br />Construction and Materials, ASTM E 119.
<br />Plywood-covered wall panels shall be treated
<br />for fire resistance in accordance with FPL
<br />R1257.
<br />1519.02 Ratings or classification of doors
<br />and windows.
<br />The fire-resistance ratings or classifica-
<br />tion of doors and windows shall be estab-
<br />lished in accordance with the Standard
<br />Methods of Fire Tests of Door Assemblies,
<br />ASTM E 152.
<br />1519.03. Ratings or classifications of other
<br />materials or assemblies.
<br />Fire-resistance ratings or classifications of
<br />roof coverings or other materials and as-
<br />semblies shall be established in accordance
<br />with ASTM E 84 or other fire tests or stand-
<br />ards prescribed or approved by.the Board
<br />of Building, Code Appeals.
<br />1519.04 Acceptance.
<br />(a) Based on test data. Any material or
<br />assembly of materials may be approved by
<br />the Board of Building Code Appeals for the
<br />fire-resistance ratings or classification estab-
<br />lished by the fire tests prescribed in Sec-
<br />tions 1519.01 through 1519.03, after such
<br />tests have been made by an accredited test=
<br />ing laboratory and upon submission of such
<br />certified test data and pertinent information
<br />as the Board may require.
<br />(b) Limitations. Any approval or ap-
<br />proved ratings or classifications shall apply
<br />only to the utilization of the material or as-
<br />sembly of materials, or of corresponding
<br />materials or assemblies of materials, for fire-
<br />resistive purposes in accordance with the'
<br />terms of the approval, and when installed in
<br />a manner comparable to the test panels or
<br />assemblies upon which approval was based.
<br />(c) Other physical properties. Irrespec-
<br />tive of such approval for fire resistance, no
<br />material or assembly of materials shall be
<br />used when it ,does not possess adequate
<br />strength, durability, and stability for the
<br />conditions of the proposed use, or when its
<br />use would be in violation of any other pro-
<br />vision of this Dwelling House Code.
<br />(d) Accredited agencies. Fire-resistance
<br />ratings and classifications established by the
<br />National Bureau of Standards, National
<br />Board of Fire Underwriters, Underwriters'
<br />Laboratories, Inc., and determined in ac-
<br />cordance with the fire tests prescribed in
<br />Sections 1519.01 through 1519.03, shall be
<br />deemed to be approved by the Board of
<br />Building Code Appeals unless and until,by
<br />formal action, it disapproves the same.
<br />CHAPTER 21. NATIONAL STANDARDS.
<br />1521.01 Application.
<br />Standard specifications, codes, and other
<br />standard requirements, rules, regulations or
<br />recommendations mentioned in any section
<br />of this Dwelling House Code, either by
<br />name or by number or by both, shall be
<br />those more fully identified in this Chapter
<br />by name, number and year or symbol of
<br />date of issue.
<br />1521.02 Standards of the American Concrete Institute.
<br />,ACI 318-51 Building Code Requirements for Reinforced Concrete.
<br />ACI 704-44 Specifications for Cast Stone.
<br />1521.03 Standards of the American Institute of Steel Construction.
<br />Revised Specifications for the Design, Fabrication and Erection of Struc-
<br />June 1949 tural Steel for Buildings.
<br />1521.04 Standards of the American Iron and Steel Institute.
<br />April 1946 Specification for the Design of Light Gage Steel Structural Mem-
<br />bers.
<br />• January 1947 Bulletin V-Steel Regulations.
<br />January 1949 Light Gage Steel Design Manual.
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