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F. Installation of Heating and Cooking Appliances
1. Kerosene and oil stove shall be equipped with a primary control
furnished as an integral part of the appliance by the manufacturer to
stop the flow of oil in the event of flame failure.
2. A conversion range oil burner shall be equipped with a thermal (heat-
actuated) valve in the oil supply line, located in the burner
compartment of the stove.
3. Oil burning appliance, small heating and cooking appliances shall be
installed in accordance with NFPA 31 on Standards for the Installation
of Oil Burning Equipment or with other internationally accepted
standards.
DIVISION 15. ORGANIC COATINGS
SECTION 10.4.15.1
CONSTRUCTION
A. Process Building
1. Manufacturing of organic coating shall be done on buildings without
basements or pits and shall be constructed with non-load bearing
walls and with fire resistive construction of noncombustible materials.
2. Organic coating manufacturing operations and operations incidental
to or connected with organic coating manufacturing shall not be
located in the same building with other occupancies.
3. Each organic coating factory located within fifteen meters (15 m) of
adjoining property or structures or public thoroughfare shall have the
exposing wall constructed as indicated below:
Table 32: FIRE RESISTANCE RATING OF EXPOSING WALL OF ORGANIC
COATING FACTORIES, BY DISTANCE FROM ADJOINING PROPERTY OR
STRUCTURE
Distance from adjoining property or
structure of public thoroughfare
Less than 3 meters
3 meters to 9 meters
Over 9 meters but less than 15 meters
Fire Resistance Rating
of Exposing Wall
At least 4 hours
At least 3 hours
At least 2 hours
4. Raw materials and finished stock storage buildings shall be limited to
one (1) storey in height and either detached or cut-off from
manufacturing buildings by non-combustible construction having a fire
resistance rating of at least two (2) hours. Openings shall be equipped
with fire doors of at least one and a half (1.5)-hours fire resistance
rating.
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