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–A– Appeals, Board of .........................................................110.0

Absorption Units and Absorption Systems Appendix A ..................................................UMC Standards
Definition...............................................................203.0 Appendix B...........Gas Equipment in Operation, Procedures
General ............................................................... 1106.0 Appendix C .................................Oil Fuel-Fired Equipment,
Labels and instructions.......................... 1116.0, 1123.0 Installation and Testing
Access Appendix D ......................................Unit Conversion Tables
For service .............................................................304.0 Appliances
Readily accessible, definition............................... 203.0 Access....................................................................304.0
Panel.................................................502.0, 510.3, 911.3 Approval ............................................................... 302.0
To appliance ......................................................... 304.0 Automatic control devices.....................................305.0
To boilers.............................................................1013.0 Chimneys............................................. 205.0, Chapter 8
To appliances on roof ..........................................904.10 Clearance ................................................Tables 3-2, 3-3
To evaporative cooling systems ........................... 405.2 Closed combustion solid-fuel-burning,
To fire dampers..................................................... 606.5 definition ...............................................................205.0
To floor furnaces ...................................................912.8 Connectors .................................1313.0, Tables 3-5, 3-6
To grease ducts ..................................................... 510.3 Condensing, definition ..........................................205.0
To motors and fans ............................................... 503.1 Connectors, chimney and vent ............ 802.0, Table 3-4
To refrigeration equipment ..................................1106.3 Decorative in vented fireplaces .............................907.0
To roof and exterior-wall-mounted furnaces...... 904.10 Definition...............................................................203.0
Administration Direct vent, definition........................................... 206.0
California......................................Chapter 1, Division I Domestic clothes dryers ...................................... 905.0
General............................................Chapter, Division II Draft hoods ......................................................... 802.12
Air Electric Heating, definition ...................................207.0
Air ducts .................see Duct and Combustion Air Duct Floor furnaces........................................................912.0
Balance..................................................................407.3 Fuel-burning, condensate drains............................309.4
Circulation.............................................................407.4 Fueled by other fuels .............................................801.2
Furnace........................................see Warm Air Furnace Gas, venting................................................801.1, 802.6
Combustion.....................................................Chapter 7 Household cooking................................................916.0
Combustion, definition......................................... 205.0 Illuminating ..........................................917.0, Table 9-3
Conditioned, definition..........................................203.0 In garages ..............................................................307.1
Conditioning appliances ............315.0, 903.0, Table 9-1 In manufactured housing .......................................929.0
Distribution ...........................................................415.1 Installation .............................................................303.0
Exhaust, definition.................................................203.0 Labeling.................................................................306.0
Handling unit, definition ...................................... 203.0 Listed .................................................................... 303.1
Makeup..................... 203.0, 401.0, 505.3, 905.3, 930.5 Location.................................................................307.0
Movement...................................................511.5, 517.6 Multiple-appliance venting system................ Chapter 8
Moving System...........................................203.0, 609.0 Oil-burning ............................................................302.3
Outside, definition ................................................ 203.0 Open-top broiler units .......................................... 920.0
Pollution control devices .......................................502.0 Outdoor cooking....................................................921.0
Replacement ..........................................................511.3 Portable heating, definition .................................. 218.0
Return, definition.................................................. 203.0 Refrigerators..........................................................923.0
Supply..............................................203.0, 909.5, 910.5 Regulators..............................................................917.5
Ventilation ......................................................Chapter 4 Room heaters.........................................................924.0
Air Filters ................................................311.2, 503.3, 602.2 Single appliance venting system.....................Chapter 8
Alarms................................................................416.0, 418.5 Solid-fuel cooking .................................................517.0
Alternate Materials and Methods Construction Unit heaters........................................................... 927.0
Equivalency ................................................................. 105.0 Unlisted .................................................................303.3
Anchorage Vented decorative, definition .....................224.0, 907.0
Appliances ............................................................ 303.4 Application
Cooling towers.....................................................1128.0 For direct gas-fired industrial air heaters....909.1, 910.1
Refrigeration equipment......................................1106.2 For permit ............................................................. 113.0

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Approval Boiler
After inspection ...................................................1023.0 Automatic .........................................1003.1, Table 10-3
Connection.............................................................117.0 Central heating ......................................................904.0
Of appliances.........................................................302.0 Clearances .......................................................Table 9-1
Of plans for permit ............................................... 114.3 Definition............................................................ 1003.2
Approved, definition.................................................... 203.0 Low-pressure hot-water-heating, definition ..........214.0
Approved Testing Agency, definition .......................... 203.0 Low-pressure steam-heating, definition ................214.0
Attic Hot-water-heating, definition ................................225.0
Appliances ...........................................................904.11 High-pressure, definition.......................................204.0
Combustion air from .......................................... 701.10 Operating adjustments and instructions ............. 1020.0
Cooling coil or cooling unit...................................309.2 Steam and hot water..................................... Chapter 10
Cooling equipment ..............................................1106.3 Units, open-top ......................................................920.0
Ducts....................................................................701.10 Upright, definition .................................................502.0
Exhaust ducts, clothes dryer..................................905.4 Boiler Room, definition................................................204.0
Furnaces ......................................................... Chapter 9 Bonding Jumper, definition ..........................................204.0
Single wall metal pipe ...........................................802.7 Brazed Joint, definition (see Joint ) ..............................212.0
Vent connectors ...................................................802.10 Breeching, definition ................................................... 204.0
Authority Having Jurisdiction Brine, Testing of Piping ............................................. 1124.5
Alternate materials and methods of construction ..105.0 Broiler Unit, Open Top ................................................ 920.0
Approval by .......................................................... 302.0 Btu/h, definition........................................................... 204.0
Approval by Authority Having Jurisdiction..........104.1, Building, definition .......................................................204.0
116.1, 117.1 Building Code, definition ............................................ 204.0
Authority to disconnect gas piping......................1307.0 State, definition......................................................221.0
Authority to render gas service........................... 1306.0 Building Official, definition (see Authority Having
Board of Appeals .................................................. 110.0 Jurisdiction) ..................................................................204.0
Certificate of inspection ..................................... 1305.0 Building Permits
Condemn equipment, to ........................................108.6 Application ........................................................... 113.1
Connection after order to disconnect.....................108.7 Expiration ..............................................................114.4
Connection approval..............................................117.0 Fees .......................................................................115.0
Cooperation of other officials and officers............108.9 Issuance .................................................................114.1
Definition.............................................................. 203.0 Plans and specifications........................................ 113.2
Deputies.................................................................108.2 Validity ................................................................. 114.3
Disconnect utilities in emergencies, to..................108.5 Burner, Automatic Boiler, definition ......................... 1003.2
Inspections............................................... 116.0, 1304.0 Burner, Conversion.......................................................906.0
Issues permits ....................................................... 114.0
Liability .................................................................108.8 –C–
Limitations of authority.........................................110.2 Carbon Monoxide Sensing ...........................................403.8
Plans and Specifications ....................................... 113.2 CAS number, definition................................................205.0
Permits .................................. 112.0, 113.0, 114.0, 115.2 Ceiling
Safety requirements to install, alter Dampers.................................................................606.0
or repair boiler or pressure vessel....................... 1004.0 Ventilating.................................................. 224.0, 607.0
Powers and duties..................................................108.0 Central Furnace
Right of entry.........................................................108.3 Downflow-type, definition ................................... 208.0
Subject to inspections ................. 116.0, 1023.0, 1304.0 Enclosed, definition.............................................. 208.0
Stop orders.............................................................108.4 Forced-air type, definition.................................... 208.0
Temporary connection ..............................117.2, 1308.0 General requirement ..............................................904.0
Testing ......................................................107.0, 1207.0 Horizontal-type, definition ................................... 208.0
Unsafe equipment..................................................109.0 Upflow-type, definition ........................................ 208.0
Violations .............................................................. 111.0 Central Heating Plant, definition ................................. 205.0
Automatic Certificate of Inspection, fuel-gas piping ...................1305.0
Boiler................................................1004.1, Table 10-3 Chimney Connectors
Control devices..................................................... 305.0 Definition.............................................................. 205.0
Shutoffs .................................................................609.0 General............................................................ Table 3-4
Azeotrope .....................................................................203.0 Masonry................................Tables 8-7, 8-8, 8-12, 8-13
Vent........................................................................803.2
–B– Chimneys
Baffle Plate, definition..................................................502.0 Boiler connected to............................................. 1016.0
Board of Appeals ..........................................................110.0 Dampers ..........................................................Table 9-2

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Definition...............................................................205.0 Indoors...................................................................701.2
Factory-built ..........................................................802.5 For vented gas fireplaces.......................................908.3
Gas vent.................................................................802.6 For vented wall furnace........................................ 928.0
General............................................................Chapter 8 Outdoors ............................................................... 701.4
Inspection ..............................................................802.5 General .................................................................701.1
Masonry ............802.5, 803.2, Tables 8-15 through 8-19 Louvers, grilles and screens ..................................701.9
Metal......................................................................802.5 Mechanical, supply................................................701.7
Size ........................................................................802.5 Commercial Food Heat-Processing Equipment,
Termination ...........................................................802.5 definition...................................................................... 502.0
Classification Compressor
Chimney, definition ...............................................205.0 Positive displacement, definition............... 205.0, 218.0
Of product-conveying ducts ...................... 502.1, 506.0 Refrigerant, definition ...........................................205.0
Of refrigerant ...................................................... 1103.0 Concealed Spaces, definition........................................502.0
Occupancy, definition............................................217.0 Condensate Control ......................................................309.2
Clearance Condensate Waste.........................................................309.0
For access to boilers ........................................... 1012.0 Condensation Drain ......................................................802.9
For air-conditioning equipment.............................903.3 Condenser, definition................................................... 205.0
For boilers and furnaces, central heating...............904.2 Condensing
For chimney ....................................................Table 3-3 Appliance, definition .............................................205.0
For clothes dryers ..................................................905.1 Unit, definition .....................................................205.0
For commercial hoods and kitchen ventilation .....507.2 Conditioned space, definition ...................................... 205.0
For draft hoods and controls................................802.12 Confined space, definition............................................205.0
For direct gas-fired industrial air heaters ...909.0, 910.0 Connections
For duct systems......................... 506.7, Tables 5-2, 5-3 Approval ................................................................117.0
For floor furnaces ..................................................912.7 Brass and copper piping ..................................... 1201.2
For food service equipment ........................913.0, 914.0 Electrical................................................................308.0
For furnaces ................................................904.2, 911.1 Energy .........................................................117.1, 117.2
For gas-fired toilets ...............................................926.1 Fuel ...........................................................117.0, 1313.0
For household cooking appliances ........................916.1 Temporary..............................................................117.2
For illuminating appliances ...................................917.1 Connectors
For infrared heaters ...............................................919.3 Appliance, gas............................1313.0, Tables 3-5, 3-6
For kilns.................................................................930.5 Chimney ..........................................................Table 3-4
For pool heaters .....................................................922.2 Fuel, Appliance....................................................1303.1
For refrigerators.....................................................923.1 Gas Vent .............224.0, 802.10, 803.2, Tables 3-4, 8-2
For unit heaters......................................................927.2 Container (see Refrigerant)
For connectors ....................................802.10, Table 8-2 Control Devices
Unlisted appliances ........................................ Table 3-2 Automatic ..............................................................305.0
Clothes Dryer................................................................504.3 Emergency refrigerant control box..................... 1109.4
Clearance ...............................................................905.1 Cooking Appliance Flue Outlet, definition ................ 502.0
Definition...............................................................205.0 Cooling
Exhaust ............................................905.2, 905.4, 905.5 Access to equipment ......................... 405.2, Chapter 11
Makeup air, provisions for ....................................905.3 Air system..............................................................311.0
Multiple family......................................................905.6 Definition...............................................................205.0
Public use ..............................................................905.6 Equipment location...................................307.0, 1106.3
Vent, duct...............................................................504.3 Evaporative ................................................ 207.0, 405.0
Code, definition ............................................................205.0 Installation .............................................................405.3
Combustible Portable, definition ............................................... 218.0
Closed, construction, definition.............................502.0 System, definition..................................................205.0
Limited, material, definition..................................502.0 Towers .............................................. Chapter 11, Part II
Material.......................................................502.0, 913.5 Unit ............................................................205.0, 904.9
Open, construction, definition ...............................502.0 Correctional Treatment Centers .................314.1, 314.2
Combustion Air Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing (CSST) ..205.0, 1313.1(4)
Circulating air ............................................ 802.3, 908.3
Dampers...............................................................701.11 –D–
Definition...............................................................205.0 Dampers
Ducts................................................................... 701.10 Access....................................................................606.5
Engineered installation ..........................................701.6 Ceiling radiation ....................................................606.3
Combination, indoor and outdoor .........................701.5 Chimney ..........................................................Table 9-2

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 Combustion air ducts...........................................701.10 Fire protection .......................................................506.6
Definition....................................................206.0, 502.0 Furnace ........................................... 206.0, 903.5, 911.0
Exhaust duct ..........................................................512.1 For domestic kitchen range .................................. 504.2
Fire dampers ................................... 206.0, 508.5, 606.2 For clothes dryers ..................................................504.3
Identification .........................................................606.5 For kilns.................................................................930.0
Smoke dampers ......................................... 206.0, 606.1 General............................................................Chapter 6
Vent dampers ..........................................802.13, 802.14 Grease, definition ..................................................502.0
Volume, definition .................................................206.0 Gypsum wallboard ................................................504.6
Decorative Inspection and cleaning .........................................514.2
Appliances, vented ............................................... 907.0 Installation ..................................................604.0, 904.7
Definitions ............502.0, 1003.0, 1303.0, 1402.0, Chapter 2 Insulation ................................................... 508.3, 605.0
Department, definition..................................................206.0 Interior installation ................................................510.7
Design Joints and seams ....................................................602.4
Of hoods ....................................................505.4, 508.0 Listed grease..........................................................510.4
Of masonry chimneys........................................... 802.5 Manifold ................................................................511.4
Of metal chimneys.................................................802.5 Makeup and exhaust-air ........................................504.1
Of product-conveying ducts ................................. 505.0 Material........................................... 506.1, 510.5, 602.0
Of venting systems ............................................... 802.3 Metal ................................................506.1, 602.5, 604.2
Requirements for Ethylene Oxide (ETO) Non-grease.............................................................510.1
Sterilization areas..................................................418.0 Openings................................................................510.3
Devices Other grease...........................................................510.5
Automatic carbon monoxide sensing.....................403.8 Product-conveying ..........502.0, 502.1, 506.0, Table 5-5
Protection of ..........................................................604.4
Automatic control .................................... 305.0, 1121.0
Quality of materials ...............................................603.0
Detection, definition..............................................502.0
Serving open-top broiler units.............................. 920.0
Draft control ........................................................802.12
Sheet metal thickness .....................................Table 5-5
Grease removal, definition ....................................502.0
Solid-fuel ...............................................................510.9
Pressure limiting ................................................. 1113.0
Support ......................................................506.5, 604.5
Pressure relief................1114.0, 1115.0, 1116.0, 1321.0
Systems ................................................206.0, Chapter 6
Quick-disconnect.................................................1303.7 Termination, definition..........................................502.0
Refrigerant control.............................................. 1112.0 Tin..........................................................................602.6
Vent damper............................................802.13, 802.14 Minimum velocities and circulation..................... 505.2
Direct Vibration isolators .................................................602.7
Gas-fired industrial-air heaters.................. 909.0, 910.0 Duties
Gas-fired makeup-air heaters, definition.............. 206.0 Of Authority Having Jurisdiction ......................... 108.0
Vent appliance, definition..................................... 206.0 Of Board of Appeals..............................................110.0
District Heating Plant, definition................................. 206.0 Dwelling
Draft Controls .............................................................802.12 Definition.............................................................. 206.0
Draft Hood, definition..................................... 206.0, 802.12 Unit, definition ..................................................... 206.0
Drain, condensation ......................................................802.9 Supply plenum.......................................................608.0
Drainage
Boiler rooms ........................................................1017.0 –E–
Cooling tower ......................................................1129.0 Electrical Code, definition............................................207.0
Dryers, Clothes, Exhaust Duct for 504.3, 905.2, 905.4, 905.5 Electric Heating Appliance
Duct ..............................................................................409.0 Definition...............................................................207.0
Attic ......................................................................905.4 Labeling.................................................................306.2
Circulating air........................................................802.3 Enclosure
Clearances .........................506.7, 510.2, Tables 5-2, 5-3 Continuous, definition ...........................................502.0
Combustibles within..............................................602.2 Design....................................................................505.4
Combustion air ....................................................701.10 Grease, factory-built, definition ............................502.0
Construction ..........................................................506.2 Grease duct, field-applied......................................502.0
Definition.............................................................. 206.0 Enclosed Parking Garages...........................................403.8
Environmental air .................501.0, 502.0, 504.0, 504.5 Energy
Equipment, electrical, other........................512.2, 512.3 Connection.............................................................117.1
Explosion venting..................................................506.4 Temporary connection ...........................................117.2
Exterior installation ...............................................510.6 Enforcement .................................................................1.11.2
Factory-made air.........................................602.3, 604.3 Enforcing Agency..........................................................207.0
Fittings...................................................................506.3 Engines, stationary gas .................................................925.0

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Equipment In exhaust systems................................................ 503.3

Air-conditioning ....................................................903.0 Outpatient facilities ...............................................408.4
Complying design of .............................................302.2 Fire Barrier Wall, definition .........................................502.0
Cooking .................................................................515.1 Fire Code, definition.....................................................208.0
Definition.............................................................. 207.0 Fire Damper ...................................................... 206.0, 606.0
Commercial food heat-processing, definition .......502.0 Fire-Extinguishing Equipment..............513.0, 513.12, 517.7
Exhaust fans...........................................................511.1 Fireplace
Fire-extinguishing .................................................513.0 Decorative appliance for .......................................907.0
Food service ..........................................................914.0 Gas vents .............................................................. 908.0
Heating ..................................................................210.0 Screens...................................................................907.3
Hood, commercial...............................Chapter 5, Part II Stove, definition ....................................................208.0
Identification of .....................................................303.6 Fire Partition, definition ...............................................502.0
In a machinery room........................................... 1109.0 Fire Resistance Rating, definition ................................502.0
Industrial heating, definition ................................ 211.0 Fire-Resistive Construction, definition........................ 208.0
Operation of mechanical........................................116.2 Fittings ........................................................................1309.5
Portable ventilating, definition ..............................218.0 Flammable Vapor, Fumes, definition............................502.0
Refrigerating, absorption ............................. Chapter 11 Flood
Refrigerating, mechanical............................ Chapter 11 Hazard Area, definition .........................................208.0
Requiring access, general ..................................... 304.0 Hazard Areas Subject to High Velocity
Solid-fuel cooking ......................................502.0, 517.0 Wave Action, definition.........................................208.0
Testing ...................................................................116.3 Protection against, damage....................................604.6
Ventilation, kitchen.............................Chapter 5, Part II Floor Furnace
ETO Sterilization Areas ................................................418.0 Access to............................................................... 912.8
Evaporative Definition...............................................................208.0
Access....................................................................405.2 General ..................................................................912.0
Cooler, definition.................................................. 207.0
Installation of ...............................912.1, 912.11, 912.12
Cooler, portable, definition................................... 218.0
Location of ............................................................912.4
Cooling system, definition.................................... 207.0
Fractionation, definition ...............................................208.0
For health care facilities .......................................405.4
Fuel
Evaporator, definition ...................................................207.0
Appliance...............................................................801.2
Excess Flow Valve, definition ......................................207.0
Appliance, connectors, definition....................... 1303.1
Exhaust
Connections ..............................................117.0, 1312.1
Ducts .....................................504.0, 512.0, 513.1, 905.4
Piping.................................................................. 1018.0
Fans........................................................................511.0
Outlet .........................................................407.2, 506.9 Shutoff ...................................................................513.4
Requirements.........................................................418.2 Solid-fuel cooking ......................................502.0, 517.0
Systems ...............................802.3, Chapter 5, Table 5-4 Solid-fuel ........................................................Chapter 5
Existing Equipment and Systems ................................ 104.0 Temporary connection ...........................................117.2
Expiration of Permit..................................................... 114.4 Fuel-Gas Piping
Expansion Tank, capacities........................Tables 10-1, 10-2 Appliance connectors, definition........................ 1303.1
Authority to disconnect gas piping..................... 1307.0
–F– Authority to render gas service........................... 1306.0
Family, definition..........................................................208.0 Branch length method .........................................1319.1
Fans (see Motors and Fans, and Filters) Capacities .............................Tables 13-7 through 13-40
Fees ..............................................................................1.11.4 Chases, vertical....................................................1312.4
For permits ........................................... 115.2, Table 1-1 Connections .........................................................1312.3
For plan review......................................................115.3 Design, materials and components......................1309.0
For investigations ................................................. 115.5 Definitions .......................................................... 1303.0
For reinspection .................................................... 116.6 Electrical ..............................1312.13, 1312.15, 1312.16
General ..................................................................116.1 Expansion and flexibility...................................1309.11
Refunds..................................................................115.6 Flammable gas-air mixtures ..............................1312.12
Filters ............................................................................408.0 Flanges.................................................................1309.5
Air..........................................................................311.2 General..........................................................Chapter 13
Efficiencies.............................................Tables 4-B, 4-C In mobile home parks ...................... Chapter 13, Part II
General ..................................................................408.1 In recreational vehicle parks............ Chapter 13, Part II
Grease .........................................................502.0, 509.1 Inspections ...................................116.0, 1304.0, 1305.0
Hospitals................................................................408.2 Installation ................................ 1312.0, 1312.2, 1313.8
In recirculating systems.........................................516.3 Interconnection of systems.................... 1309.3, 1317.0

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Leak Detection ....................................................1316.4 Gravity

Liquefied petroleum gas..................................... 1315.0 Heating system.................................... 209.0, Chapter 9
Low-pressure protection......................................1309.9 Venting system, definition.................................... 224.0
Materials and joining method............................. 1309.5 Type warm-air furnaces............................. 209.0, 608.0
Meter location......................................................1309.6 Grease
Outlets.....................................................1312.7, 1313.6 Definition...............................................................502.0
Overpressure protection devices .........................1314.0 Ducts...........................................................502.0, 510.0
Protective coating ................................................1331.2 Filter ......................................................................502.0
Purged gases ........................................................1316.6 Filter orientation ....................................................509.2
Regulators, gas pressure .........................1309.7, 1311.0 Removal devices ...................502.0, 509.1, 513.1, 517.5
Required gas supply ........................................... 1318.0 Grills and Louvers ........................................................701.9
Sizing .........1309.4, 1319.0, Tables 13-7 through 13-40 Grounding Electrode, definition ...................................209.0
Shutoff valves .............1309.10, 1312.9, 1313.4, 1332.4
Temporary use of.................................................1308.0 –H–
Testing ................................................................ 1316.0 Health Facilities, definition..........................................210.0
Turns....................................................................1312.5 Heat Pump, definition...................................................210.0
Traps, drips and sediment .......................1312.6, 1313.7 Heat Pump Appliances...................................... 306.3, 903.0
Underground........................................................1332.1 Heaters
Furnace Automatic control devices.....................................305.0
Circulating air........................................................911.5 Direct gas-fired industrial air..................... 909.0, 910.0
Clearances .......................................................Table 9-1 Direct gas-fired makeup air.................................. 206.0
Downflow-type, central, definition ...................... 208.0 Infrared ..................................................................919.0
Duct ................................................206.0, 911.0, 911.6 Radiant, definition ................................................ 220.0
Enclosed, definition.............................................. 208.0 Room ......................................................... 220.0, 924.0
First-floor installation..........................................912.12 Overhead ...............................................................919.0
Floor, definition .................................................... 208.0 Pool........................................................................922.0
Floor, ....................................................................912.0 Unit ............................................................223.0, 927.0
Forced-air-type, central, definition....................... 208.0 Wall (see vented wall furnace) ..................225.0, 928.0
Gravity-type, warm air ......................................... 209.0 Water, definition ................................................... 225.0
Horizontal-type, central, definition ...................... 208.0 Heating
Installed in aircraft hangers .................................. 911.9 Air system ............................................................ 311.0
Installed in commercial garages ........................... 911.8 Appliance, electric .................................... 207.0, 306.2
Plenums ...........................................802.6, 903.5, 904.7 Appliance, portable, definition............................. 218.0
Seepage pan...........................................................912.9 Boilers ...................................................................904.9
Under floor, warm air ........................................... 608.0 Equipment ........................................... 210.0, Chapter 9
Upflow-type, central, definition ........................... 208.0 Equipment, industrial, definition.......................... 211.0
Upper-floor installation .......................................912.11 General requirements......................................Chapter 3
Vented wall .................................................224.0, 928.0 Plant, central, definition ....................................... 205.0
Wall .......................................................................928.0 System ....................................................... 210.0, 315.0
Warm air.......................................... 225.0, 608.5, 608.6 System, gravity, definition.................................... 209.0
Fusible Plug, definition................................................ 208.0 Heating Degree Day .....................................................210.0
High-Rise Buildings
–G– Existing ..............................................................[Link]
Galvanized Steel, definition......................................... 209.0 Fees.......................................................................1.11.4
Gas New construction ...............................................[Link]
Air conditioners, gas-fired.....................................903.0 Hoods
Convenience outlets ............................................1313.6 Canopy...................................................................508.4
Direct-fired industrial-air heaters .............. 909.0, 910.0 Clearance ...............................................................507.2
Engines, stationary ................................................925.0 Commercial cooking.......................... Chapter 5, Part II
Fireplaces, vented..................................................908.0 Compensating, definition ......................................502.0
Meter................................................................... 1309.6 Construction ..........................................................508.1
Mixing blowers and machines..............1312.1, 1312.12 Definition....................................................210.0, 502.0
Pressure regulators................................. 1309.7, 1311.0 Draft..........................................................206.0, 802.12
Required supply.................................................. 1318.0 Equipment, electrical, other........................512.2, 512.3
Service, authority to render ................................ 1306.0 For kilns.................................................................930.5
Toilets, gas-fired....................................................926.0 General ................................................................. 507.0
Vent.............................................................802.6, 802.7 Grease removal devices........................................ 509.0
Vent connector, definition..................................... 224.0 Hoods and enclosures................................ 505.4, 508.0
Gauges, Steam Boilers................................................1004.3 Inspection and cleaning ...................514.2, 514.3, 514.4
Generator, definition .................................................... 209.0 Integrated supply-air..............................................508.5

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Laboratory fume ....................................................410.3 Of overhead heaters in commercial

Over open-top broiler units .................................. 508.0 garages and aircraft hangers ..................................919.5
Size ........................................................................508.4 Of room heaters in institutions ..............................924.2
Solid-fuel ....................................................508.7, 517.3 Of specific appliances.....................................Chapter 9
Ventilating .............................................................802.3 Of unit heaters .......................................................927.0
Where required ......................................................508.1 Of wall furnaces ....................................................928.1
Hot Plates......................................................................915.0 Instruction ...................................see Labels and Instruction
Hot Water Insulation
Boilers...........................................................Chapter 10 For hoods ....................................................508.2, 508.3
Heating systems ........................................... Chapter 10 Of ducts ................................................................ 605.0
Hydronic panel heating systems....... Chapter 12, Part II Used on steam or hot-water pipes ...................... 1201.2
Systems ....................................314.0, Tables 10-1, 10-2 Interlock
Hydronics .............................................................Chapter 12 Definition.............................................................1003.9
Stack dampers..................................................... 1004.4
–I–
IDLH, definition ...........................................................211.0 –J–
Incinerators Joint ...........................212.0, 1111.7, 1201.0, 1205.0, 1309.5
Chimneys ........................................................Chapter 8 Jumper, Bonding, definition .........................................204.0
Commercial and industrial type ........................... 918.0
Fume, definition ....................................................502.0 –K–
Industrial Heating Equipment, definition .................... 211.0 Kilns, Small Ceramic....................................................930.0
Insanitary Location, definition..................................... 211.0 Kitchen Hoods, Domestic, Duct for .............................504.0
Inspection Kitchen and Dining Areas.............................................411.0
By Authority Having Jurisdiction ..............116.0, 116.5,
1022.0, 1024.0, 1406.0 –L–
Chimneys...............................................................802.5 Labeled, definition........................................................214.0
Equipment, accessibility for............ 116.0, 304.0, 405.2 Labels and Instructions
Exhaust system, schedule ................................Table 5-4 For appliances....................................................... 306.0
Fire-extinguishing equipment................................514.2 For heating appliances.......................................... 306.0
Fuel-gas piping ..........................1304.0, 1305.0, 1316.0 For installation........................................... 215.0, 303.0
General ..................................................................116.1 For refrigerating systems .................................... 1123.0
Operation of mechanical equipment......................116.2 Laboratories .................................................................410.0
Reinspections........................................................ 116.6 Laundry Stoves .............................................................915.0
Requests ............................................................... 116.4 Leaks, Fuel Gas ..........................................................1316.5
Testing of equipment .............................................116.3 LFL, definition .............................................................214.0
Installation Line Contact Installation, definition ............................ 214.0
Of air-conditioning appliance................................903.0 Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, LP-Gas
Of appliances in manufactured housing ................929.0 Appliances .............................................................303.7
Of boilers, central heating .....................................904.0 Automatic control devices.................................... 305.0
Of chimney and vent connectors ................... Chapter 8 Definition..................................................214.0, 1303.5
Of cooking equipment ........................Chapter 5, Part II Gas Facilities .......................................................1315.0
Of cooling equipment ....................... 405.3, Chapter 11 Listed, definition.......................................................... 214.0
Of direct gas-fired industrial air heaters.....909.2, 910.0 Listing Agency, definition ............................................214.0
Of draft hoods and controls .................................802.12 Location
Of ducts ......................................................510.0, 604.0 Of appliances in garages....................................... 307.0
Of duct furnace in commercial Of appliances subject to mechanical damage....... 307.0
garages and aircraft hanger....................................911.8 Of boilers, central heating .....................................904.1
Of equipment on roofs.........................................904.10 Of draft hoods and controls ......................802.12, 911.4
Of evaporative system .......................................... 405.3 Of evaporative cooling systems ........................... 405.1
Of furnaces ............................................................904.0 Of furnaces ............................................................904.1
Of gas-fired toilets.................................................926.0 Of pool heaters ......................................................922.1
Of gas fireplaces, vented .......................................908.0 Of refrigerating equipment .......................... Chapter 11
Of gas piping ..........................................1312.0, 1313.8 Of wall furnaces ....................................................928.2
Of grease removal devices in hoods......................509.0 Louvers, Grilles and Screens ........................................701.9
Of heating equipment ........................................... 303.0 Low-Pressure Hot-Water-Heating Boiler,
Of household cooking appliances..........................916.0 definition...................................................................... 214.0
Of illuminating appliances ....................................917.0 Low-Pressure Steam-Heating Boiler, definition.......... 214.0
Of piping and tubing ....................... 1201.0, Chapter 12 Low-Water Cutoff.......................................................1009.0

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–M– –P–
Machinery, definition....................................................215.0 PEL, definition .............................................................218.0
Machinery Room, Refrigeration Permit
Construction of ................................................... 1107.0 Application............................................... 113.1, 1403.0
Definition...............................................................215.0 Exempt work .........................................................112.2
Equipment and controls in.................................. 1109.0 Expiration ..............................................................114.4
Refrigerant-vapor alarms.....................................1107.4 Fees .......................................................115.0, Table 1-1
Separation ............................................................1107.5 For alteration......................................................... 112.1
Ventilation of ...................................................... 1108.0 For boilers and pressure vessels ..........................1022.2
Manual Discharge of Refrigerant .................. 1118.0, 1119.0 For gas piping ........................................................112.1
Manufacturer, definition ...............................................215.0 For heating, ventilating, cooling,
Manufacturer’s Installation Instructions, or refrigeration equipment .................................... 112.1
definition...................................................................... 215.0 Inspection ..............................................................116.0
Masonry Chimneys...................................................... 802.5 Investigation fees ............................................... 115.5.2
Materials Issuance .................................................................114.1
Alternates.............................................................. 105.0 Plans required.................................113.2, 113.3, 1404.0
For canopy and non-canopy-type hoods .............. 507.0 Retention of plans..................................................114.2
For construction of refrigerating systems .... Chapter 11 Revocation or suspension of................................. 114.5
For ducts .............................. 506.1, 510.5, 602.0, 603.0 Specifications..............................................113.2, 113.3
For pipes ................................... 1201.0, 1204.0, 1309.0 Partial.....................................................................114.0
For vent connectors............................ 802.10, Table 8-3 To operate boiler or pressure vessel ................... 1022.0
Mechanical Exhausting ................................... 505.0, 1108.0 Validity ..................................................................114.3
Mechanical Systems When required ...................................................... 112.1
Application to existing .........................................104.0 Work without .........................................................115.5
Alternate materials and method of construction....105.0 PEX, definition .............................................................218.0
Essential provisions...............................................316.0 Pharmacies ...................................................................505.5
Pilot
Tests.......................................................................107.0
Continuous, definition .........................................1003.3
Mechanical Joint, definition ........................................ 212.0
Definition.......................................................... 1003.15
Metal
Intermittent, definition........................................ 1003.9
Chimneys.............................................................. 802.5
Interrupted, definition......................................... 1003.9
Ducts ............................................... 506.1, 602.5, 604.2
Pipe
Meters, gas..................................................................1309.6
Double-wall ..........................Tables 8-5, 8-6, 8-10, 8-11
Methods of Construction, Alternates ........................... 105.0
Plastic pipe, tubing and fittings ..............1309.5, 1312.1
Minimum Requirements, Purpose of Code ................. 102.0 Single-wall metal..................................802.7, Table 8-9
Mobile Home Parks Piping
Fuel-gas equipment and installation ........... Chapter 13, Definition...............................................................218.0
Part II Fuel gas.............................................. Chapter 13, Part I
Motors, Fans, and Filters ..............................................503.0 Gas.........................................................................903.1
Hydronic panel ................................ Chapter 12, Part II
–N– Mobile home parks .......................... Chapter 13, Part II
Noncombustible, definition ......................................... 216.0 Process......................................................... Chapter 14
Noncombustible Material, definition............................502.0 Recreational vehicle parks ................Chapter 13, Part II
Notices of Condemnation ............................................ 108.6 Refrigerant..................................1111.0, 1118.0, 1119.0
Nuisance, definition ......................................................216.0 Steam and water................................ Chapter 12, Part I
Venting equipment, plastic ....................................802.4
–O– Plans.............................................................................1.11.3
Occupancy Classification, definitions ......................... 217.0 Approval by Authority Having Jurisdiction ......... 113.2
Odorous Rooms ............................................................413.0 Fees........................................................................115.3
Openings Information on .......................................................113.3
Ducts......................................................................510.3 Issuance .................................................................114.0
Open-Top Broiler Units ............................................... 920.0 Required for permit .............................................. 113.2
Outdoor Air Intakes ......................................................407.2 Plenum ..................................................218.0, 602.2, 608.0,
Outlets 802.3, 903.5, 904.7
Cooking appliance flue, definition ........................502.0 Plumbing Code, definition............................................218.0
Exhaust ..................................................................506.9 Portable
Gas piping............................................................1312.7 Cooling unit, definition ........................................ 218.0
Overhead Heaters .........................................................919.5 Evaporative cooler, definition .............................. 218.0

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Fire extinguishers ................................................513.11 Electrical .................................................1106.6, 1109.2

Heating appliance, definition ............................... 218.0 Fans......................................................................1108.8
Ventilating equipment, definition ......................... 218.0 General ................................................................1102.0
Positive Displacement Compressor, definition............ 218.0 High side, definition ..............................................210.0
Power Boiler Plant, definition ..................................... 218.0 Human comfort....................................................1106.1
Pressure Low side, definition...............................................214.0
Design, definition ..................................................218.0 Maintenance and operation..................................1125.0
Field test, definition...............................................218.0 Permissible ...................................................Table 11-2
Imposing element, definition................................ 218.0 Pressure-limiting devices.....................................1113.0
Limiting device........................................ 218.0, 1113.0 Pressure-relief devices................1114.0, 1115.0, 1116.0
Relief device ................................ 218.0, 904.6, 1114.0, Probability...............................................1104.1, 1104.2
1115.0, 1116.0, 1117.0, 1118.0 Protection from mechanical damage ...................1106.5
Test, definition.......................................................218.0 Requirements for .................................................1105.0
Vessel, refrigerant .................................... 218.0, 1117.0 Ventilation of room .................................1106.7, 1108.0
Vessel ......................................1003.15, 1024.0, 1117.0 Refrigeration
Protection Coils............................................................903.6, 904.8
Fire.........................................................................506.6 General ..........................................................Chapter 11
Personnel ...............................................................310.0 Machinery room ..............220.0, 1107.0, 1108.0, 1109.0
Overpressure ...........................................1117.0, 1323.0 Mechanical system, definition...............................220.0
Protective Environment Rooms ....................................415.0 Room or space.................220.0, 1105.2, 1106.7, 1107.5
Purge, definition ...................................................... 1003.15 Self-contained........................................................220.0
Refrigerators .................................................................923.0
–R– Repair
Radiant Heater, definition.............................................220.0 Accessibility of evaporative cooling
Range, Domestic............................................... 504.2, 916.0 systems for............................................................ 405.2
Range Vents, Domestic Residential Building, definition................................... 220.0
Ducts for ............................................................... 504.2 Riser Heat Pipe, definition........................................... 220.0
Recirculating Systems ................................502.0, 516.0 Roof, appliance on......................................................904.10
Refrigerant Rooftop Termination.....................................................510.8
Azeotrope, definition.............................................203.0 Room
Classification of .................................................. 1103.0 Airborne infection isolations .................................414.0
Containers ............................................................1110.0 Boiler ...........................................412.9, 1013.0, 1017.0
General requirements......................................Chapter 3 Electrical ...............................................................412.0
Piping ......................................................1110.0, 1111.0 Machinery ..................................1107.0, 1108.0, 1109.0
Pressure vessel ..........................................218.0, 1117.0 Mechanical ............................................................412.0
Purity ...................................................................1105.4 Protective environment..........................................415.0
Requirements for .................................................1105.0 Room Heaters ................................................... 220.0, 924.0
Safety classification, definition ............................ 220.0 Rupture Member, definition ........................................ 220.0
Storage of................................................1105.3, 1126.0
Types used.........................................1102.1, Table 11-1 –S–
Valves ......................................................1110.0, 1112.0 Safety Devices......................................................see Device
Vapor alarms ...........................................1107.4, 1121.0 Safety Valves ..............................................................1010.0
Zeotrope.................................................................228.0 Self-Contained, definition ............................................221.0
Refrigerating Equipment Shaft, definition ........................................................... 221.0
Access..................................................................1106.3 Shaft Enclosure, definition .......................................... 221.0
Ammonia discharge.............................................1120.0 Shutoff
Controls ...............................................................1109.0 Automatic ..............................................................609.0
Identification........................................................1123.0 Fuel........................................................................513.4
Illumination and service receptacles ...................1106.4 Valves ..................................................................1007.0
Location of ................................ 1105.0, 1106.0, 1106.8 Smoke Damper ................................................. 206.0, 606.0
Supports and anchorage.......................................1106.2 Smoke Detector
Testing of.......................................... 1124.0, Table 11-4 Definition...............................................................221.0
Refrigerating Systems In supply-air duct.................................................. 609.0
Attic ......................................................1106.3, 1106.12 Solar Systems..............................................................1501.0
Condensation..........................1106.9, 1106.10, 1106.13 Spark Arrester, definition..............................................502.0
Defrost.................................................1106.11, 1106.13 Specific Appliances, installation of........................Chapter 9
Discharge piping .....................................1118.0, 1119.0 Solid-Fuel Cooking Operations ....................................517.0
Duct furnaces used with ........................................911.6 Standard.....................................................221.0, Chapter 17

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Standing Water..............................................................304.1 Unit Heater.........................................................223.0, 927.0

State Building Code ......................................................221.0 Unsafe Equipment ........................................................109.0
Stationary Fuel Cell Power Plant.....................221.0, 1601.0 Unusually Tight Construction, definition .....................223.0
Stationary Gas Engines.................................................925.0 Usable Space Under Floors ......................................... 608.0
Steam and Hot-Water Boilers.............................. Chapter 10
Access..................................................................1012.0 –V–
Automatic boilers ............................................... 1011.0 Validity of Permits ........................................................114.3
Boiler rooms and enclosures .............................. 1013.0 Valves
Chimney or vents.................................................1016.0 Boiler connected to............................................. 1018.0
Combustion regulators ........................................1010.0 Companion or block ..............................................224.0
Cutoff, low-water ................................................1009.0 Gas ........................................................................418.4
Definitions ...........................................................1003.0 Gas piping........................................................... 1312.9
Drainage ..............................................................1017.0 Material ...............................................................1201.0
Expansion tanks.................................................. 1005.0 Mobile home parks........................... Chapter 13, Part II
Fuel piping...........................................................1018.0 On refrigerating systems ........................ 1110.0, 1112.0
Pressure-relief.............................................224.0, 904.6
Gas-pressure regulators ...................................... 1008.0
Recreational vehicle park..................Chapter 13, Part II
Inspection and tests ............................... 1021.0, 1023.0
Refrigerant control.............................................. 1112.0
Mounting .............................................................1014.0 Safety or relief .................................................... 1006.0
Permit required ................................................... 1022.0 Shutoff ........................1007.0, 1309.10, 1312.9, 1313.4
Operation and maintenance ................... 1023.0, 1024.0 Stop, definition ......................................................224.0
Requirements, detailed ........................................1004.0 Variable Air Volume......................................................407.5
Steam and water piping......................Chapter 12, Part I Vent
Tanks ...................................................................1018.0 Attic .....................................................................802.10
Valves........................... 1006.0, 1007.0, 1010.0, 1018.0 Boiler connected to............................................. 1016.0
Ventilation, air for combustion and .....................1019.0 Connector gas............................. 224.0, 802.10, 802.11,
Workmanship.......................................................1002.0 Tables 8-2, 8-3 8-4
Steam and Hot-Water Systems ......................................314.0 Dampers..................................................802.13, 802.14
Stop Valve, definition .................................................. 224.0 Double-wall .........................Tables 8-5, 8-6, 8-10, 8-11
Storage Of refrigerant ................................... 1105.3, 1126.0 For domestic kitchen range ...................................504.2
Stoves, Laundry ............................................................915.0 Gas......................................224.0, 802.4, 802.6, 802.12
Switches, Electrical Supply Line in..............................903.7 General............................................................Chapter 8
Supply Multiple appliance.................................................803.2
Plenum, in ceiling................................................. 607.0 Obstructions.........................................................802.15
Plenum, under floor.............................................. 608.0 Selection chart .................................................Table 8-1
Single appliance connected ...................Tables 8-5, 8-6,
–T– 8-8, 8-9, 8-15
Tanks...........................................................................1018.0 Single-wall metal pipe ..........................802.7, Table 8-9
Termination Termination, through the wall ...............................802.8
Exhaust system ......................................................510.8 Two or more appliances connected .................... 802.10
Gas vent ...........................................802.6, 802.7, 802.8 Tables 8-10 through 8-14
Testing Agency (see Approved Testing Agency)............222.0 Vented
Testing and Balancing ..................................................417.0 Appliance categories .............................................224.0
Tests Decorative appliances................................ 224.0, 907.0
Of boiler installation........................................... 1021.0 Equipment not required to be ................................802.2
Of fuel-gas piping ........................................ Chapter 13 Fireplace .....................................................907.0, 908.0
Floor furnaces........................................................912.0
Of refrigerating equipment .................... 1119.3, 1124.0
Gas.......................................................................802.12
Of steam and water piping......................1201.0, 1207.0
Overhead room heaters......................................... 919.5
Thermal Recovery Unit, definition...............................502.0
Room heaters.........................................................924.0
Tin Unit heaters............................................................927.0
For ducts ................................................................602.6 Wall furnace, definition ........................................ 224.0
Toilets, Gas-Fired .........................................................926.0 Wall furnace...........................................................928.0
Types of Chimneys................................................ Chapter 8 Ventilating
Ceiling .............................................224.0, 602.0, 607.0
–U– General requirements......................................Chapter 3
UMC, definition ............................................................223.0 Hoods ....................................................................802.2
UMC Standards, definition...........................................223.0 Kits for use in refrigerators ...................................923.2
Under-Floor Space........................................................608.0 Of refrigeration machinery rooms ...................... 1108.0

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Portable, equipment, definition ............................ 218.0

Ventilating System
Design and construction ........................................802.3
Exhaust............................................................Chapter 5
For refrigeration machinery rooms..................... 1108.0
General..................................................................407.1
In commercial kitchens...................... Chapter 5, Part II
Laboratory.............................................................410.0
Requirements........................................418.3, Table 4-A
Ventilation-Air System ...............................919.4, Chapter 4
Ventilation, Kitchen....................................Chapter 5, Part II
Ventilation System, definition ......................................224.0
Details ..................................................407.0, Table 4-A
Ventilators, Heat (Energy) Recovery .................210.0, 504.4
Venting
Application ............................................................517.1
Collar, definition................................................... 224.0
Gas appliances.......................................................801.1
Pool heater.............................................................922.5
Refrigerators..........................................................923.2
Specifications for...................................................802.2
Venting Systems
Chimney ................................................................802.6
Condensation drain................................................802.9
Connection.............................................................802.2
Definition...............................................................224.0
Gravity-type, definition ........................................ 224.0
Power-type, definition .......................................... 224.0
Sizing of category I ...............................................803.0
Termination........................................................... 802.6
Type to be used .....................................802.4, Table 8-1
Vibration Isolators ....................................602.7, 1014.0
Volume Damper, definition ...................................206.0

–W–
Wall Furnaces ...............................................................928.0
Wall Furnace, vented, definition.................................. 224.0
Wall Heater, definition (see vented wall furnace) ....... 225.0
Wall Terminations.........................................................510.8
Warm Air Furnace
Definition.............................................................. 225.0
Heating systems ..............................................Chapter 9
Located in under-floor spaces............................... 608.0
Water Heater, definition............................................... 225.0
Weld, Continuous, definition........................................502.0
Welded Pressure Vessels............................................ 1004.5

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