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Carbon Monoxide Alarms
- This Article applies to every building that contains a residential occupancy, a care occupancy with individual suites, or a care occupancy containing sleeping rooms not within a suite, and that also contains
- a fuel-burning appliance, or
- a storage garage.
- Carbon monoxide (CO) alarms required by this Article shall
- conform to CAN/CSA-6.19, "Residential Carbon Monoxide Alarming Devices,"
- be equipped with an integral alarm that satisfies the audibility requirements of CAN/CSA-6.19, "Residential Carbon Monoxide Alarming Devices,"
- have no disconnect switch between the overcurrent device and the CO alarm, where the CO alarm is powered by the electrical system serving the suite
(see Note A-6.9.3.1.(2)(c)), and
- be mechanically fixed at a height above the floor as recommended by the manufacturer.
- Where a fuel-burning appliance is installed in a suite of residential occupancy or in a suite of care occupancy, a CO alarm shall be installed
- inside each bedroom, or
- outside each bedroom, within 5 m of each bedroom door, measured following corridors and doorways.
- Where a fuel-burning appliance is installed in a service room that is not in a suite of residential occupancy nor in a suite of care occupancy, a CO alarm shall be installed
- either inside each bedroom, or if outside, within 5 m of each bedroom door, measured following corridors and doorways, in every suite of residential occupancy or suite of care occupancy that shares a wall or floor/ceiling assembly with the service room, and
- in the service room.
- For each suite of residential occupancy or suite of care occupancy that shares a wall or floor/ceiling assembly with a storage garage or that is adjacent to an attic or crawl space to which the storage garage is also adjacent, a CO alarm shall be installed
- inside each bedroom, or
- outside each bedroom, within 5 m of each bedroom door, measured following corridors and doorways.
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