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<br />Appliances having an ignition source shall be inspection. <br /> <br />BACKFLOW PREVENTORS: <br />20. UPC Section <br />elevated so that the source of ignition is at least 18” <br />above the floor in garages and in any room that 603.4.7.Potable water outlets with hose <br />opens to the garage. Appliances designed to be attachments other than water heater drains and <br />fixed in position shall be fastened or anchored in an clothes washer connections shall be protected by <br />approved method. a listed non-removable hose bibb type backflow <br />WATER HEATER: <br />17. IRC Section M1307.2. Water <br />preventer, or atmospheric vacuum breaker. All <br />heaters shall be anchored or strapped to resist cross connections between potable water sources <br />horizontal displacement due to earthquake motion. and other systems, such as landscape irrigation <br />Strapping shall be at points within the upper one-systems, hydronic-radiant heating systems, <br />third and lower one-third of the appliance and shall swimming pools, etc. shall be equipped with <br />be at least 4” away from the controls. Where water backflow preventers in accordance with UPC <br />heaters are installed in locations where leakage of Section 603. <br /> <br />GARAGE / DWELLING DOOR: <br />21. IRC Section <br />the tank or connections can cause damage, a <br />watertight pan of corrosion-resistant materials shall R302.5.1. Openings from a private garage <br />be installed beneath the water heater with a directly into a room used for sleeping purposes <br />minimum ¾” diameter drain to an approved shall not be permitted. Other openings between <br />location. Temperature and pressure relief valves the garage and residence shall be equipped <br />shall be drained to outside, except that replacement with solid wood doors not less that 1-3/8 inches <br />water heaters shall only be required to provide in thickness, solid or honeycomb core steel doors <br />a drain pointing downward from the relief valve to not less than 1-3/8 inches thick, or 20-minute fire- <br />extend between 2’ and 6” from the floor with no rated doors. <br /> <br />GARAGE/DWELLING SEPARATION GARAGE <br />22. <br />additional floor drain. Drain may not be trapped <br />FLOOR: <br />IRC Section R309.2 The garage shall <br />and must terminate no more than 2’ or less than 6” <br />from the ground and shall not be threaded. . All be separated from the residence and its attic area <br />electric hot water heaters shall be placed on an R-by not less than ½” gypsum board applied to <br />10 pad when located in an unheated space or on a the garage side, including garages located <br />concrete floor. A thermal expansion (compression) less than 3’ from a dwelling unit on the same lot. <br />tank shall be installed on water heater tanks. Garages beneath habitable rooms shall be <br />18. separated from all habitable rooms above by not <br />L.P.G. (PROPANE) APPLIANCES: <br />IRC Appendix A <br />prohibits appliances from being installed in a <br />less than 5/8” Type X gypsum board. Structural <br />hazardous location, which is any location considered <br />members supporting the horizontal separation <br />to be a fire hazard for flammable vapors, dust, <br />shall be protected by minimum ½” gypsum board <br />combustible fibers or other highly combustible <br />(this includes all bearing walls, posts, columns, <br />substances. L.P.G. (heavier than air) containers <br />etc.). Ducts in the garage and ducts penetrating <br />shall not be installed in a basement, cellar, pit, <br />the walls or ceilings separating the dwelling from <br />under-floor space, below grade or similar location <br />the garage shall be constructed of a minimum <br />where heavier-than-air gas might collect. L.P.G. <br />No.26 gage sheet steel or other approved <br />tanks shall be installed in accordance with NFPA 58 <br />material and shall have no openings in the <br />and Chapter 38 of the 2006 International Fire Code. <br />garage. Openings around vents, pipes, ducts, <br /> <br />L.P.G. standard shall be NFPA 58. <br />cables, and wires shall be fireblocked with an <br />Typical LPG Tank Setbacks <br />approved material to resist the passage of <br /> <br />Required Setback from Buildings <br /> <br />L.P.G. Tank Size (gal <br />flame and products of combustion. The garage <br /> <br />and property lines <br /> <br /> <br />floor shall be of concrete or other approved <br />< 125zero, with conditions* <br /> <br /> <br />noncombustible material, and shall be <br />125 to 50010 feet <br /> <br /> <br />sloped to facilitate the movement of liquids to <br />500 to 200025 feet <br /> <br />a drain or toward the main vehicle entry <br /> <br />*Minimum 5 feet to property lines; building openings; sources of <br />doorway. A carport (open on at least 2 sides) may <br />ignition; ventilation air intakes; openings into direct-vent <br />have a floor surface of asphalt. <br /> <br />appliances. <br />SEPARATION BETWEEN DWELLING UNITS: <br />23. <br /> <br />IRC Section R317 Walls and floors separating <br />MANUFACTURER’S SPECS: <br />19. IRC M1307.1. The <br />dwelling units in two-family dwellings shall not be <br />manufacturer’s operating and installation instructions <br />less than 1-hr fire-resistance construction when <br />shall remain attached to the appliance until final <br />tested in accordance with ASTM E 119 or UL <br />The County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br /> <br /> <br />101 Pauahi Street, Suite 107 74-5044 Ane Keohoklole Hwy <br />ā <br />Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i 96740 <br /> <br />Tel: (808) 961-8331 Page 8 Tel: (808) 323-4720 <br /> <br />