Gas Heater Installation Regulations

In accordance with the current ansi z223 1 nfpa 54 national fuel gas code.

Gas heater installation regulations.

From 1 2 to 1 1 2 pipe the face of a fitting to face of another fitting you add 3 4. Although vent free gas heaters capitalize on the clean burning properties of natural gas or propane to provide room heat controversy surrounds the issue of how clean they actually are. Step 2 install the gas piping. Examine your gas pipe system and make sure that it is large enough to accommodate the new heater along with other gas appliances.

And b 2 in 50 mm above grade level. Buy the right gas pipes and fittings for the job. In accordance with the current csa b149 1 natural gas and propane installation code. The victoria gas safety regulations 2008.

The free standing or attached garage gas water heater installation is one of those not preferable locations but sometimes it is the only one. Permitted only if veranda porch deck or balcony is fully open on a minimum of two sides beneath the floor. Place the heater s gas line in its new location. Shut down the gas line located in the shut off valve.

The installation must conform with this manual local codes and with the current edition of the national fuel gas code ansi z223 1. Natural gas propane installation code requires that a a space heating or pool heating appliance installed outdoors at grade level shall be placed on a base consisting of poured in place concrete or a reinforced concrete slab of the preformed type extending at least a 6 in 150 mm beyond all sides of the appliance. The revised victoria gas safety gas installation regulations 2008 took effect in 2009. Water heaters installed in garages must be elevated so the pilot or other source of ignition is a minimum of 18 inches above the floor or installed per local building codes and the manufacturers installation instructions.

Gas appliance any furnace air conditioner heater refrigerator stove range dishwasher clothes dryer clothes washer or other such device which uses a gaseous fuel other than propane for the operation thereof and which is manufactured after june first nineteen hundred and eighty eight and is automatically ignited by a means other. In 2008 the state of victoria changed their gas heater installation regulations. To test the new gas installation plug the shut off valve. This gas fired water heater is design certified by csa international under american national standard csa standard for gas water heaters ansi z21 10 1 csa 4 1 current edition.