Indiana Administrative Code › Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION › Article 18 - MECHANICAL CODE › Rule 1.6 - 2014 Indiana Mechanical Code › Section 1.6-6 - Chapter 5; exhaust systems

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  22-13-2-2
Affected: IC 22-12-7; IC 22-13; IC 22-14; IC 36-8-17
Sec. 6.
(a) Amend
				Section 501.1 by adding after "Section 502" "within the scope of Section
				101.2".
(b) Amend Section 502.4,
				Exception by adding the following text Lithium-ion "and lithium metal polymer"
				batteries shall not require "additional" ventilation "beyond that which would
				normally be required for human occupancy of the space.".
(c) Delete 502.8.1.1 (4) in its
				entirety.
(d) Amend Section 504.6.4
				by adding at the end of the last sentence "or 504.6.4.3".
(e) Add Section 504.6.4.3, Engineered Exhaust
				System to read as follows: Clothes dryer exhaust ducts that utilize an
				engineered exhaust system designed by a registered design professional shall be
				an accepted design method. Engineering documentation shall be made available to
				the code official.
(f) Amend the
				first sentence in Section 506.3.11 by inserting "fire resistance" after
				"penetrates a". Amend the last sentence by deleting "506.3.10.1, 506.3.10.2,
				506.11.2 and 506.3.10.3" and inserting "506.11.1, 506.11.2 or
				506.11.3".
(g) Amend Section
				506.3.11.2 by deleting "1497" after UL and inserting "1479".
(h) Amend Section 506.5.5 by deleting
				"506.3.12" and inserting "506.3.13".
(i) Amend Section 507.1, Exception 2, by
				deleting the text of the second sentence in its entirety and inserting the
				fiillowing: The heat and moisture loads from such appliances shall be accounted
				for in the building HVAC design.
(j)
				Amend Section 507.2 by inserting "and Table 507.2" after "507.2.2".
(k) Add Table 507.2, Type 1 Exhaust Hoods -
				When Required:
Table 507.2 Type 1 Exhaust Hoods - When Required
Appliance Type
Type I Hood Required?
Reference
LIGHT-DUTY COOKING APPLIANCE. Light-duty cooking
							 appliances include gas and electric ovens (including standard, bake, roasting,
							 revolving, retherm, convection, combination convection/steamer, countertop
							 conveyorized baking/finishing, deck and pastry), electric and gas
							 steam-jacketed kettles, electric and gas pasta cookers, electric and gas
							 compartment steamers (both pressure and atmospheric) and electric and gas
							 cheesemelters.
Only if the device produces grease or smoke, and the
							 exception to 507.2.1 does not apply.
507.2.1
MEDIUM-DUTY COOKING APPLIANCE. Medium-duty cooking
							 appliances include electric discrete element ranges (with or without oven),
							 electric and gas hot-top ranges, electric and gas griddles, electric and gas
							 double-sided griddles, electric and gas fryers (including open deep fat fryers,
							 donut flyers, kettle flyers and pressure flyers), electric and gas conveyor
							 pizza ovens, electric and gas tilting skillets (braising pans) and electric and
							 gas rotisseries.
Yes, unless the exception to 507.2.1 applies.
507.2.1
HEAVY-DUTY COOKING APPLIANCE. Heavy-duty cooking
							 appliances include electric under-fired broilers, electric chain (conveyor)
							 broilers, gas under-fired broilers, gas chain (conveyor) broilers, gas
							 open-burner ranges (with or without oven), electric and gas wok ranges, and
							 electric and gas over-fired (upright) broilers and salamanders.
Yes, unless the exception to 507.2.1 applies.
507.2.1
EXTRA-HEAVY-DUTY COOKING APPLIANCE. Extta-heavy-duty
							 cooking appliances include appliances utilizing solid fuel such as wood,
							 charcoal, briquettes, and mesquite to provide all or part of the heat source
							 for cooking.
Yes. In addition, these devices must be under their
							 own Type I hood system, and exhaust independently of other exhaust systems.
507.2.1 507.2.4
DOMESTIC COOKING APPLIANCES
Yes, if used in a Retail Food Service Establishment
							 and the device produces grease or smoke.
507.2.3
(l)
				Amend Section 507.2.1 as follows:
(1) Before
				"Exception" insert "1".
(2) Delete
				the words "electric" and "approved".
(3) Add Exception 2 to read as follows:
				Exception 2: Conveyor type pizza ovens not used to cook "raw fatty proteins"
				such as bone-in, skin-on chicken, raw hamburger, raw bacon, raw sausage, raw
				steaks, and similar items.