Anybody here familiar with the IBC, International Building Code. I have three questions I couldn't locate the answers to after researching them in the IBC code books at the library Monday.
1. According to the IBC, how high does manufactured chimney have to go above, and adjacent to the roofline or an adjacent exterior wall. My own IBC Mechanical Code book mentions clearances for vents, but is unclear if they are using the term vents interchangeably with chimneys, more specifically manufactured chimney (ala Supervent), in this context.
2. By the IBC, using an appropriate pass-through connector, how close to a sheetrocked ceiling can you go with single wall pipe before you have to transition to UL 103 HT double or triple wall manufactured chimney? The Supervent chimney piping diagram at Lowes showed the pipe transitioning right at the ceiling line. Didn't look at all safe.
3. According to the IBC, is there a regulation how thick, or fire resistant, sheetrock has to be in a residential boiler room, and does it have to be of any special type? The library did not have the IBC fire code book.
Thanks,
Mike
1. According to the IBC, how high does manufactured chimney have to go above, and adjacent to the roofline or an adjacent exterior wall. My own IBC Mechanical Code book mentions clearances for vents, but is unclear if they are using the term vents interchangeably with chimneys, more specifically manufactured chimney (ala Supervent), in this context.
2. By the IBC, using an appropriate pass-through connector, how close to a sheetrocked ceiling can you go with single wall pipe before you have to transition to UL 103 HT double or triple wall manufactured chimney? The Supervent chimney piping diagram at Lowes showed the pipe transitioning right at the ceiling line. Didn't look at all safe.
3. According to the IBC, is there a regulation how thick, or fire resistant, sheetrock has to be in a residential boiler room, and does it have to be of any special type? The library did not have the IBC fire code book.
Thanks,
Mike