The BOCA Basic Mechanical CodeBuilding Officials & Code Administrators International., 1915 - Building laws |
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air ducts air supply approved ASTM automatic boiler Btus building code building official building or structure check valve Chloropentafluoroethane clearance combustible material compressor connected constructed cooling degrees F diameter Dichlorodifluoromethane discharge draft hood eighteen 18 evaporative cooling exhaust system floor flue fuel fuel-fired furnaces fusible plug Gage gas appliances gases heaters heating equipment heating system hot water hundred 100 inches incinerator inlet inspection agency installed in accordance iron pipe size joints least less liquid listed in Appendix located machinery room main burner Masonry chimneys mechanical ventilating Metal chimneys minimum nationally recognized testing noncombustible occupancies one-half openings operating outlet permit pilot plenums pressure vessel pressure-relief device products of combustion psig range hoods refrigerant refrigerating system roof Section shut-off valve side space specifications sprinkler Standard standpipe steam steel storage Table tank temperature testing or inspection tubing twelve 12 unit vapors vertical wall warm air weld
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Page 20 - ... or is not sufficiently supported, ventilated, sewered, drained, cleaned or lighted, in reference to its intended or actual use; and whatever renders the air or human food or drink unwholesome, are also severally, in contemplation of this act, nuisances; and all such nuisances are hereby declared illegal. (19) Construction of Certain Words. The word "shall...
Page 169 - When the evaporator is located in an air duct system, cubical content of the smallest humanly occupied enclosed space served by the air duct system shall be used to determine the permissible quantity of refrigerant in the system...
Page 8 - ... the distributing pipes of a potable supply of water from any source or sources other than its intended source.
Page 4 - The provisions of this code are not intended to prevent the use of any material or method of construction not specifically prescribed by this code, provided any such alternate has been approved.
Page 114 - Listed flexible metal hose may be used to reduce the effect of jarring and vibration or where rigid connections are impracticable and shall be installed in full compliance with its listing.
Page 4 - ... of this code and that the material, method or work offered is, for the purpose intended, at least the equivalent of that prescribed in this code in suitability, strength, effectiveness, fire resistance, durability, safety and sanitation.
Page 159 - Manually operated dampers shall not be placed in chimneys, vents or connectors of stoker fired, liquid or gas-burning appliances. Fixed baffles on the appliance side of draft hoods and draft regulators shall not be classified as dampers.
Page 3 - ... officer or official board of the jurisdiction may apply to the appropriate court for a writ of certiorari to correct errors of law in such decisions.
Page 163 - Room is a room in which a refrigerating system is permanently installed and operated but not including evaporators located in a cold storage room, refrigerator box, air cooled space, or other enclosed space. Closets solely contained within, and opening only Into, a room shall not be considered machinery rooms, but shall be considered a part of the machinery room in which they are contained or open into. It is not the intent of this definition to cause the space in which a self-contained system is...
Page 248 - Any party may move the court to remit the case to the commission in the interests of justice for the purpose of adducing additional specified and material evidence and seeking findings thereon, provided he shows reasonable grounds for the failure to adduce such evidence before the commission.