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GENERAL INSTALLATION INFORMATION
CODES
Adhere to all local codes or, in their absence, the latest edition of THE NATIONAL FUEL GAS
CODE ANSI Z223.1 or NFPA54 which can be obtained from…
American National Standards Institute, Inc.
1430 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
or
National Fire Protection Association, Inc.
Batterymarch Park
Quincy, MA 02269
ADEQUATE COMBUSTION AND VENTILATION AIR
This heater shall not be installed in a conined space or unusually tight construction unless provi
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sions are provided for adequate combustion and ventilation air.
The National Fuel Gas Code, (ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54)
, deines a conined space as a space whose
volume is less than 50 cubic feet per 1,000 BTU per hour (4.8 m
3
per kw) of the aggregate input
rating of all appliances installed in that space. An unconined space is deined as a space whose
volume is not less than 50 cubic feet per 1,000 BTU per hour (4.8 m
3
per kw) of the aggregate
input rating of all appliances installed in that space. Rooms communicating directly with the space
in which the appliances are installed, through openings not furnished with doors, are considered
a part of the unconined space.
UNUSUALLY TIGHT CONSTRUCTION IS DEFINED AS CONSTRUCTION WHERE…
a)
walls and ceilings exposed to the outside atmosphere have a continuous water vapor
retarder with a rating of 1 perm
(6 x 10
11
kg per pa-sec-m
2
) or less with openings gasketed
or sealed;
b) weather striping has been added on openable windows and doors, and
c) caulking or sealants are applied to areas such as joints around window and door frames,
between sole plates and loors, between wall-ceiling joints, between wall panels, at penetra
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tions for plumbing, electrical, and gas lines, and at other openings.