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Title 12 - CONSTRUCTION CODES SUPPLEMENT OF 2017Subtitle 12-G - PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE SUPPLEMENT OF 2017
Chapter 12-G6 - MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS
Rule 12-G603 - MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 12, r. 12-G603

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Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 44, November 1, 2024
Rule 12-G603 - MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
603.1

Mechanical appliances.

Insert new Section 603.1.1 into the Property Maintenance Code to read as follows:

603.1.1

Prohibited Locations. Gas meters and fuel- fired appliances and equipment shall not be located in sleeping rooms, bathrooms, toilet rooms, storage closets, or surgical rooms, or in a space that opens only into such rooms or spaces, except where the installation complies with one of the following:

1. The appliance is a direct-vent appliance installed in accordance with the conditions of the listing and the manufacturer's instructions.
2. Vented room heaters, wall furnaces, vented decorative appliances, vented gas fireplaces, vented gas fireplace heaters and decorative appliances for installation in vented solid fuel-burning fireplaces are installed in rooms that meet the required volume criteria of Fuel Gas Code Section 304.5.
3. A single wall- mounted unvented room heater is installed in a bathroom and such unvented room heater is equipped as specified in the Fuel Gas Code Section 621.6 and has an input rating not greater than 6,000 Btu/h (1.76 kW). The bathroom shall meet the required volume criteria of Fuel Gas Code Section 304.5.
4. A single wall- mounted unvented room heater is installed in a bedroom and such unvented room heater is equipped as specified in the Fuel Gas Code Section 621.6 and has an input rating not greater than 10,000 Btu/h (2.93 kW). The bedroom shall meet the required volume criteria of Fuel Gas Code Section 304.5.
5. The appliance is installed in a room or space that opens only into a bedroom or bathroom, and such room or space is used for no other purpose and is provided with a solid weather-stripped door equipped with an approved self-closing device. All combustion air shall be taken directly from the outdoors in accordance with Fuel Gas Code Section 304.6.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 12, r. 12-G603

Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 5679 (5/29/2020)