Establishes minimum regulations for mechanical systems using prescriptive and performance-related provisions.

2006 International Mechanical Code (soft cover)


TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Section

101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

102 Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

103 Department of Mechanical Inspection . . . . . . . . . . 2

104 Duties and Powers of the Code Official . . . . . . . . . 2

105 Approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

106 Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

107 Inspections and Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

108 Violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

109 Means of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

CHAPTER 2 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Section

201 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

202 General Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

CHAPTER 3 GENERAL REGULATIONS . . . . . . . 19

Section

301 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

302 Protection of Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

303 Equipment and Appliance Location . . . . . . . . . . . 21

304 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

305 Piping Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

306 Access and Service Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

307 Condensate Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

308 Clearance Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

309 Temperature Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

310 Explosive Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

311 Smoke and Heat Vents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

312 Heating and Cooling Load

Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

CHAPTER 4 VENTILATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Section

401 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

402 Natural Ventilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

403 Mechanical Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

404 Enclosed Parking Garages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

405 Systems Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

406 Ventilation of Uninhabited Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

CHAPTER 5 EXHAUST SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Section

501 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

502 Required Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

503 Motors and Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

504 Clothes Dryer Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

505 Domestic Kitchen Exhaust Equipment. . . . . . . . . 40

506 Commercial Kitchen Hood Ventilation

System Ducts And Exhaust Equipment . . . . . . 41

507 Commercial Kitchen Hoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

508 Commercial Kitchen Makeup Air. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

509 Fire Suppression Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

510 Hazardous Exhaust Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

511 Dust, Stock and Refuse Conveying Systems . . . . 49

512 Subslab Soil Exhaust Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

513 Smoke Control Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

514 Energy Recovery Ventilation Systems . . . . . . . . . 54

CHAPTER 6 DUCT SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Section

601 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

602 Plenums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

603 Duct Construction and Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . 56

604 Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

605 Air Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

606 Smoke Detection Systems Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

607 Ducts and Transfer Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

CHAPTER 7 COMBUSTION AIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Section

701 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

702 Indoor Air. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

703 Outdoor Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

704 Combined Use of Indoor and

Outdoor Air (Condition 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

705 Combined Use of Indoor and

Outdoor Air (Condition 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

706 Forced Combustion Air Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

707 Direct Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

708 Combustion Air Ducts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

709 Opening Obstructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

710 Opening Location and Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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CHAPTER 8 CHIMNEYS AND VENTS . . . . . . . . . 69

Section

801 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

802 Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

803 Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

804 Direct-vent, Integral Vent, Mechanical

Draft Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

805 Factory-built Chimneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

806 Metal Chimneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

CHAPTER 9 SPECIFIC APPLIANCES,

FIREPLACES AND SOLID FUELBURNING

EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . 75

Section

901 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

902 Masonry Fireplaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

903 Factory-built Fireplaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

904 Pellet Fuel-burning Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

905 Fireplace Stoves and Room Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . 75

906 Factory-built Barbecue Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . 75

907 Incinerators and Crematories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

908 Cooling Towers, Evaporative

Condensers and Fluid Coolers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

909 Vented Wall Furnaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

910 Floor Furnaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

911 Duct Furnaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

912 Infrared Radiant Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

913 Clothes Dryers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

914 Sauna Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

915 Engine and Gas Turbine-powered

Equipment and Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

916 Pool and Spa Heaters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

917 Cooking Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

918 Forced-air, Warm-air Furnaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

919 Conversion Burners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

920 Unit Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

921 Vented Room Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

922 Kerosene and Oil-fired Stoves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

923 Small Ceramic Kilns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

924 Stationary Fuel Cell Power Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

925 Masonry Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

926 Gaseous Hydrogen Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

CHAPTER 10 BOILERS, WATER HEATERS

AND PRESSURE VESSELS. . . . . . . . 81

Section

1001 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

1002 Water Heaters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

1003 Pressure Vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

1004 Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

1005 Boiler Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

1006 Safety and Pressure Relief Valves

And Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

1007 Boiler Low-water Cutoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

1008 Steam Blowoff Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

1009 Hot Water Boiler Expansion Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

1010 Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

1011 Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

CHAPTER 11 REFRIGERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Section

1101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

1102 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

1103 Refrigeration System Classification . . . . . . . . . . . 86

1104 System Application Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

1105 Machinery Room, General Requirements . . . . . . 91

1106 Machinery Room, Special Requirements . . . . . . . 92

1107 Refrigerant Piping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

1108 Field Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

1109 Periodic Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

CHAPTER 12 HYDRONIC PIPING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Section

1201 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

1202 Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

1203 Joints and Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

1204 Pipe Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

1205 Valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

1206 Piping Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

1207 Transfer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

1208 Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

1209 Embedded Piping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

CHAPTER 13 FUEL OIL PIPING

AND STORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Section

1301 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

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1302 Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

1303 Joints and Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

1304 Piping Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

1305 Fuel Oil System Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

1306 Oil Gauging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

1307 Fuel Oil Valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

1308 Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

CHAPTER 14 SOLAR SYSTEMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Section

1401 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

1402 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

1403 Heat Transfer Fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

1404 Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

CHAPTER 15 REFERENCED STANDARDS . . . . . 105

APPENDIX A COMBUSTION AIR OPENINGS AND

CHIMNEY CONNECTOR

PASS-THROUGHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

APPENDIX B RECOMMENDED PERMIT

FEE SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

INDEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

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