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the
side
wall
horizontal
vented
gas
fueled
equipment.
It shall be the responsibility
of the
property
owner
to secure
the
services
of
qualified
licensed
professionals
for
the
installation
of hard
wired
carbon
monoxide
detectors.
The National
Fuel Gas Code is available
by
writing:
American National Standards Institute, Inc.
1430 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
NFPA publications
are available
by writing:
National Fire Protection Association
Batterymarch
Park
Quincy, ME 02269
IMPORTANT
NOTE
INSTALLATION
REQUIREMENTS
=
COMMONWEALTH
OF
MASSACHUSETTS
The
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
requires
compliance
with regulation
248 CMR
5.00 for installation
of the side wall horizontal
venting.
The following
requirements
shall be
satisfied.
INSTALLATION
OF CARBON
MONOXIDE
DETECTORS
At the time
of installation
of the side wall
horizontal
vented
gas
fuel
equipment,
the
installing
plumber
or gasfitter
shall
observe
that
a hard wired
carbon
monoxide
detector
with an alarm and battery
back-up
is installed
on the floor level where the gas equipment
is
to be installed. In addition, the installing plumber
or gasfitter
shall observe that a battery operated
or hard wired
carbon
monoxide
detector
with
an alarm is installed
on each additional
level of
the dwelling,
building
or structure
served
by
ALL MODELS
Front
Back
Sides
Vent
Top
Duct (Plenum)
w/Coil
Box
w/o Coil Box
(within 3 feet)
CLOSET
Inches
1"
0
0
0
6
0
1/4
ALC OVE
Inches
1"
0
0
0
6
0
1/4
*Note:
For 1" clearance,
use a fully Iouvered
door with at least
400 square
inches
of free airflow
area.
Table 4. Minimum Clearances
In the event
that
the side
wall
horizontally
vented
gas fueled
equipment
is installed
in a
crawl space or an attic, the hard wired
carbon
monoxide
detector
with
alarm
and
battery
back-up
may be installed
on the next adjacent
floor level.
In the event
that
the requirements
of this
subdivision
can not met at the time of completion
of installation,
the owner shall have a period of
thirty
(30) days to comply
with the above
requirements;
provided,
however,
that
during
said thirty
(30) day period,
a battery
operated
carbon
monoxide
detector
with an alarm shall
be installed.
APPROVED
CARBON
MONOXIDE
DETECTORS
Each carbon
monoxide
detector
as required
in
accordance
with
the above
provisions
shall
comply with NFPA 720 and be ANSI/UL
2034
listed
and IAS certified.
SIGNAGE
A metal or plastic
identification
plate shall be
permanently
mounted
to the exterior
of the
building
at minimum
height of eight feet above
grade
directly
in line with
the exhaust
vent
terminal
for the horizontally
vented
gas fueled
heating
appliance
or equipment.
The sign shall
read, in print size no less than one-half
(1/2)
inch in size, "GAS VENT DIRECTLY
BELOW.
KEEP
CLEAR
OF ALL
OBSTRUCTIONS."
INSPECTION
The state or local gas inspector of the side wall
horizontally
vented gas fueled equipment
shall
not
approve
the
installation
unless,
upon
inspection,
inspector
observes
carbon
monoxide
detectors
and signage
installed
in
accordance
with
the provisions
of 248 CNR
5.08(2)(a)
1 through
4.
Exemptions:
The
following
equipment
is
exempt
frolTl 248 CMR 5.08(2)(a)
1 through 4:
Product
approved
side wall horizontally
vented
f_eled equipment
installed
in room or structure
separated
from
the
dwelling,
building
or
structure
used in whole or in part for residential
purposes.
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