Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4101:8 - Board of Building Standards: Residential Code of Ohio › Chapter 4101:8-29 - Water Supply and Distribution › Section 4101:8-29-01 - Water supply and distribution

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
[Comment: When a reference is made
	 within this rule to a federal statutory provision, an industry consensus
	 standard, or any other technical publication, the specific date and title of
	 the publication as well as the name and address of the promulgating agency are
	 listed in rule
	 4101:8-44-01
	 of the Administrative Code. The application of the referenced standards shall
	 be limited and as prescribed in section 102.5 of rule
	 4101:8-1-01 of the
	 Administrative Code.]
SECTION
  2901
GENERAL
Deleted. See the Plumbing
	 Code.
SECTION
  2902
PROTECTION OF POTABLE WATER
	 SUPPLY
Deleted. See Section 608 of the
	 Plumbing Code.
SECTION 2903
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
Deleted. See Section 603 of the
	 Plumbing Code.
SECTION 2904
DWELLING UNIT FIRE SPRINKLER
	 SYSTEMS
2904.1
General.
The design and
  installation of residential fire sprinkler systems shall be in accordance with
NFPA 13, NFPA 13R,
NFPA 13D or Section 2904, which shall be
  considered to be equivalent to NFPA 13D. Partial residential sprinkler systems
  shall be permitted to be installed only in buildings not required to be
  equipped with a residential sprinkler system. Section 2904 shall apply to
  stand-alone electrical and multipurpose wet-pipe sprinkler systems that do not
  include the use of antifreeze. A multipurpose fire sprinkler system shall
  provide domestic water to both fire sprinklers and plumbing fixtures. A
  stand-alone sprinkler system shall be separate and independent from the water
  distribution system. A backflow preventer shall not be required to separate a
  sprinkler system from the water distribution system, provided that the
  sprinkler system complies with all of the following:
1.
										The system
  complies with
NFPA 13, NFPA 13R,
NFPA 13D or Section
  2904.
2.
										The piping material complies with Section 2906
and the plumbing code.
3.
										The system does
  not contain antifreeze.
4.
										The system does not have a fire department
  connection.
2904.1.1
Required sprinkler locations.
Sprinklers shall be installed to protect all areas of a
  dwelling unit.
Exceptions:
1.
											Attics, crawl
  spaces and normally unoccupied concealed spaces that do not contain fuel-fired
  appliances do not require sprinklers. In attics, crawl spaces and normally
  unoccupied concealed spaces that contain fuel-fired equipment, a sprinkler
  shall be installed above the equipment; however, sprinklers shall not be
  required in the remainder of the space.
2.
											Clothes closets,
  linen closets and pantries not exceeding 24 square feet ( 2.2
  m2) in area, with the smallest dimension not greater
  than 3 feet (915 mm) and having wall and ceiling surfaces of gypsum
  board.
3.
											Bathrooms not more than 55 square feet ( 5.1
  m2) in area.
4.
											Garages; carports;
  exterior porches; unheated entry areas, such as mud rooms, that are adjacent to
  an exterior door; and similar areas.