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Sleeper Sofas and Gas Appliances

January 14, 2019 by Roger Griffith Leave a Comment

Gas appliances could pose a threat to people when they are sleeping, unaware of any impending danger. The threats include oxygen depletion and elevated levels of nitrous oxide or carbon monoxide. For this reason, the fuel gas codes restrict the use of gas appliances in sleeping rooms.
 
The 2018 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), Section 303 – Appliance Location contains the following criteria.
 
303.3 Prohibited Locations. Appliances shall not be located in sleeping rooms, bathrooms, toilet rooms, storage closets or surgical rooms, or in a space that opens only into such rooms or spaces, except where the installation complies with one of the following:
 

There are six exceptions listed for paragraph 303.3. These six exceptions allow gas appliances in these prohibited locations when specific conditions are met. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Carbon monoxide poisoning, Gas appliances, International Fuel Gas Code

Roger W. Griffith appointed to ICC Plumbing/Mechanical/Fuel Gas Code Action Committee

January 27, 2017 by Roger Griffith Leave a Comment

Roger W. Griffith has been appointed to the Plumbing/Mechanical/Fuel Gas Code Action Committee (PMGCAC) of the International Code Council (ICC). The role of this code committee is to review and propose revisions to the International Plumbing, Mechanical, Fuel Gas, Private Sewage Disposal, and Swimming Pool and Spa Codes and the International Residential Code, chapters 12 through 33, which covers the mechanical, plumbing, and fuel gas systems in residential occupancies. I am honored to be appointed as a member of this committee for the upcoming 2018 – 2019 code development cycle.

These important codes define how mechanical, plumbing, and fuel gas systems must be designed and installed to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public.

Filed Under: International Fuel Gas Code, International Mechanical Code, International Plumbing Code

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