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Service Rooms |
| 9.10.10.1. |
Application
- This Subsection applies to service rooms in all buildings except rooms located within a dwelling unit.
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| 9.10.10.2. |
Service Room Floors
- The fire-resistance rating requirements in this Subsection do not apply to the floor assembly immediately below a service room.
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| 9.10.10.3. |
Separation of Service Rooms
- Except as provided in Sentence (2) and Articles 9.10.10.5. and 9.10.10.6., service rooms shall be separated from the remainder of the building by a fire separation having a fire-resistance rating of not less than 1 h when the floor area containing the service room is not sprinklered.
- Where a room contains a limited quantity of service equipment and the service equipment does not constitute a fire hazard, the requirements in Sentence (1) shall not apply.
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| 9.10.10.4. |
Location of Fuel-Fired Appliances
- Except as provided in Sentences (2) and (3) and Article 9.10.10.5., fuel-fired appliances shall be located in a service room separated from the remainder of the building by a fire separation having not less than a 1 h fire-resistance rating.
- Except as required in the appliance installation standards referenced in Sentences 6.2.1.5.(1), 9.33.5.2.(1) and 9.33.5.3.(1), fuel-fired space-heating appliances, space-cooling appliances, service water heaters and laundry appliances need not be separated from the remainder of the building as required in Sentence (1),
- where the appliances serve
- not more than one room or suite, or
- a building with a building area of not more than 400 m2 and a building height of not more than 2 storeys, or
- where the appliances
- serve a house with a secondary suite including their common spaces, and
- are located in a service room where both sides of any wall assemblies and the underside of any floor-ceiling framing separating this room from both dwelling units or their common spaces are protected by a continuous smoke-tight barrier consisting of not less than 12.7 mm thick gypsum board.
- Sentence (1) does not apply to fireplaces and cooking appliances.
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| 9.10.10.5. |
Incinerators
- Service rooms containing incinerators shall be separated from the remainder of the building by a fire separation having a fire-resistance rating of not less than 2 h.
- The design, construction, installation and alteration of each indoor incinerator shall conform to NFPA 82, "Incinerators and Waste and Linen Handling Systems and Equipment."
- Every incinerator shall be connected to a chimney flue conforming to the requirements in Section 9.21. and serving no other appliance.
- An incinerator shall not be located in a room with other fuel-fired appliances.
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| 9.10.10.6. |
Storage Rooms
- Rooms for the temporary storage of combustible refuse in all occupancies or for public storage in residential occupancies shall be separated from the remainder of the building by a fire separation having not less than a 1 h fire-resistance rating, except that a 45 min fire separation is permitted where the fire-resistance rating of the floor assembly is not required to exceed 45 min, or where such rooms are sprinklered.
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