Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › ADMINISTRATION › Section 7.13 - Repairs

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Any existing
					 device subject to this chapter which is damaged by fire or other causes
					 including ordinary wear, when major repairs or replacement become necessary,
					 shall be replaced or rebuilt in conformity with the requirements of this
					 chapter for new construction and installation of such devices, except that it
					 is not required that the hoistway be fireproof when the existing hoistway is
					 used.
(b) The removal and
					 reerection of elevators, escalators, and dumbwaiters in new locations shall be
					 in conformity with the requirements for new elevators, escalators, and
					 dumbwaiters. Existing hoists, when used as permanent installations, may not be
					 reerected in new locations.
(c)
					 Before work costing $1,000 or more is commenced on the repair of elevator
					 devices, duplicate applications for such repair work shall be filed with the
					 Department by the building owner or the elevator contractor. Before work
					 costing $1,000 or more and involving major repairs as defined in subsection (e)
					 is commenced on the repair of elevator devices, duplicate applications for such
					 repair work plus a $50 fee for a permit shall be filed with the Department by
					 the building owner or the elevator contractor and a permit covering such
					 repairs or changes shall be obtained from the Department.
(d) After work costing $1,000 or more is
					 completed, the building owner or elevator contractor shall notify the
					 Department and such repairs may be inspected by the Department for approval.
					 After work costing $1,000 or more and involving major repairs as defined in
					 subsection (e) is completed, the building owner or elevator contractor shall
					 notify the Department and such repairs will be inspected by the Department for
					 approval.
(e) Major repairs shall
					 include but shall not be limited to the following changes in an elevator:
					 increase in the rated load or speed, increase in the dead weight of the car,
					 change in travel, change in the type of operation or control, change in the
					 size or number of suspension ropes, change in the size or type of guide rails,
					 change in classification from freight elevator to passenger elevator, change in
					 the power supply, change in the type of car or counterweight safety,
					 installation of a new driving machine, installation of a new controller,
					 installation of new brakes, replacement of hoistway doors, addition of landing
					 door interlocks, addition of door operating devices, addition of auxiliary rope
					 fastening devices, addition of car leveling, addition of roller guide shoes,
					 and addition of new car or counterweight safety. As to hydraulic elevators,
					 major repairs shall include the preceeding changes as appropriate, and shall
					 include but shall not be limited to the following changes: installation of
					 different control valves, replacement of existing relief and check valves,
					 replacement of existing supply pipings and fittings, replacement of existing
					 tanks, replacement of cylinder, replacement of plunger, and increase in the
					 working pressure by more than 3.0%.
The provisions of this §
													7.13 issued under act of May 2,
						  1929 (P. L. 1518, No. 452) (35 P. S. §§
														1341-1356).
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													7.251 (relating to
						  general).