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HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS <br />SECTION 2406 SAFETY GLAZING <br />2406.1 Human impact loads. <br />Individual glazed areas, including glass mirrors, in hazardous locations as <br />defined in Section 2406.4 shall comply with Sections 2406.1.1 through 2406.1.4. <br />Exception: Exception: Mirrors and other glass panels mounted or hung on a <br />surface that provides a continuous backing support. <br />2406.1.1 Impact test. <br />Except as provided in Sections 2406.1.2 through 2406.1.4, all glazing shall pass <br />the impact test requirements of Section 2406.2. <br />2406.1.2 Plastic glazing. <br />Plastic glazing shall meet the weathering requirements of ANSI Z97.1. <br />2406.1.3 Glass block. <br />Glass -block walls shall comply with Section 2101.2.5. <br />2406.1.4 Louvered windows and jalousies. <br />Louvered windows and jalousies shall comply with Section 2403.5. <br />2406.2 Impact test. <br />Where required by other sections of this code, glazing shall be tested in <br />accordance with CPSC 16 CFR Part 1201. Glazing shall comply with the test <br />criteria for Category II, unless otherwise indicated in Table 2406.2(1). <br />Exception: Glazing not in doors or enclosures for hot tubs, whirlpools, saunas, <br />steam rooms, bathtubs and showers shall be permitted to be tested in <br />accordance with ANSI Z97.1. Glazing shall comply with the test criteria for Class <br />A, unless otherwise indicated in Table 2406.2(2). <br />2406.3 Identification of safety glazing. <br />Except as indicated in Section 2406.3.1, each pane of safety glazing installed in <br />hazardous locations shall be identified by a manufacturer's designation <br />specifying who applied the designation, the manufacturer or installer and the <br />safety glazing standard with which it complies, as well as the information <br />specified in Section 2403.1. The designation shall be acid etched, sand blasted, <br />ceramic fired, laser etched, embossed or of a type that once applied, cannot be <br />removed without being destroyed. A label as defined in Section 202 and meeting <br />the requirements of this section shall be permitted in lieu of the manufacturer's <br />designation. <br />Exceptions: <br />1. For other than tempered glass, manufacturer's designations are not required, <br />provided the building official approves the use of a certificate, affidavit or other <br />evidence confirming compliance with this code. <br />2. Tempered spandrel glass is permitted to be identified by the manufacturer with <br />a removable paper designation. <br />2406.3.1 Multi -pane assemblies. <br />Multi -pane glazed assemblies having individual panes not exceeding 1 square <br />foot (0.09 m2) in exposed areas shall have at least one pane in the assembly <br />marked as indicated in Section 2406.3. Other panes in the assembly shall be <br />marked "CPSC 16 CFR Part 1201" or "ANSI Z97.1," as appropriate. <br />2406.4 Hazardous locations. <br />The locations specified in Sections 2406.4.1 through 2406.4.7 shall be <br />considered specific hazardous locations requiring safety glazing materials. <br />2406.4.1 Glazing in doors. <br />Glazing in all fixed and operable panels of swinging, sliding, and bifold doors <br />shall be considered a hazardous location. <br />Exceptions: <br />1. Glazed openings of a size through which a 3- inch -diameter (76 mm) sphere is <br />unable to pass. <br />2. Decorative glazing. <br />3. Glazing materials used as curved glazed panels in revolving doors. <br />4. Commercial refrigerated cabinet glazed doors. <br />2406.4.2 Glazing adjacent to doors. <br />Glazing in an individual fixed or operable panel adjacent to a door where the <br />nearest vertical edge of the glazing is within a 24-inch (610 mm) arc of either <br />vertical edge of the door in a closed position and where the bottom exposed <br />edge of the glazing is less than 60 inches (1524 mm) above the walking surface <br />shall be considered a hazardous location. <br />Exceptions: <br />1. Decorative glazing. <br />2. Where there is an intervening wall or other permanent barrier between the <br />door and glazing. <br />3. Where access through the door is to a closet or storage area 3 feet (914 mm) <br />or less in depth. Glazing in this application shall comply with Section 2406.4.3. <br />4. Glazing in walls on the latch side of and perpendicular to the plane of the door <br />in a closed position in one- and two-family dwellings or within dwelling units in <br />Group R-2. <br />2406.4.3 Glazing in windows. <br />Glazing in an individual fixed or operable panel that meets all of the following <br />conditions shall be considered a hazardous location: <br />1. The exposed area of an individual pane is greater than 9 square feet (0.84 <br />m2); <br />2. The bottom edge of the glazing is less than 18 inches (457 mm) above the <br />floor; <br />3. The top edge of the glazing is greater than 36 inches (914 mm) above the <br />floor; and <br />4. One or more walking surface(s) are within 36 inches (914 mm), measured <br />horizontally and in a straight line, of the plane of the glazing. <br />Exceptions: <br />1. Decorative glazing. <br />2. Where a horizontal rail is installed on the accessible side(s) of the glazing 34 <br />to 38 inches (864 to 965 mm) above the walking surface. The rail shall be <br />capable of withstanding a horizontal load of 50 pounds per linear foot (730 N/m) <br />without contacting the glass and be a minimum of 1 1/2 inches (38 mm) in cross - <br />sectional height. <br />3. Outboard panes in insulating glass units or multiple glazing where the bottom <br />exposed edge of the glass is 25 feet (7620 mm) or more above any grade, roof, <br />walking surface or other horizontal or sloped (within 45 degrees of horizontal) <br />(0.78 rad) surface adjacent to the glass exterior. <br />2406.4.4 Glazing in guards and railings. <br />Glazing in guards and railings, including structural baluster panels and <br />nonstructural in -fill panels, regardless of area or height above a walking surface <br />shall be considered a hazardous location. <br />2406.4.5 Glazing and wet surfaces. Glazing in walls, enclosures or fences <br />containing or facing hot tubs, spas, whirlpools, saunas, steam rooms, bathtubs, <br />showers and indoor or outdoor swimming pools where the bottom exposed edge <br />of the glazing is less than 60 inches (1524 mm) measured vertically above any <br />standing or walking surface shall be considered a hazardous location. This shall <br />apply to single glazing and all panes in multiple glazing. <br />Exception: <br />1. Glazing that is more than 60 inches (1524 mm), measured horizontally and in <br />a straight line, from the water's edge of a bathtub, hot tub, spa, whirlpool or <br />swimming pool. <br />2. Outboard sacrificial panes in laminated insulating glass units in walls where <br />the exterior of the unit is not exposed to any of the hazardous locations specified <br />in Section 2406.4.3 or 2406.4.5. <br />2406.4.6 Glazing adjacent to stairs and ramps. <br />Glazing where the bottom exposed edge of the glazing is less than 60 inches <br />(1524 mm) above the plane of the adjacent walking surface of stairways, <br />landings between flights of stairs, and ramps shall be considered a hazardous <br />location. <br />Exceptions: <br />1. The side of a stairway, landing or ramp that has a guard complying with the <br />provisions of Sections 1013 and 1607.8, and the plane of the glass is greater <br />than 18 inches (457 mm) from the railing. <br />2. Glazing 36 inches (914 mm) or more measured horizontally from the walking <br />surface. <br />2406.4.7 Glazing adjacent to the bottom stair landing. <br />Glazing adjacent to the landing at the bottom of a stairway where the glazing is <br />less than 36 inches (914 mm) above the landing and within 60 inches (1524 mm) <br />horizontally of the bottom tread shall be considered a hazardous location. <br />Exception: Glazing that is protected by a guard complying with Sections 1013 <br />and 1607.8 where the plane of the glass is greater than 18 inches (457 mm) from <br />the guard. <br />2406.5 Fire department access panels. <br />Fire department glass access panels shall be of tempered glass. For insulating <br />glass units, all panes shall be tempered glass. <br />SECTION 2407 GLASS IN HANDRAILS AND GUARDS <br />2407.1 Materials. <br />Glass used as a handrail assembly or a guard section shall be constructed of <br />either single fully tempered glass, laminated fully tempered glass or laminated <br />heat strengthened glass. Glazing in railing in -fill panels shall be of an approved <br />safety glazing material that conforms to the provisions of Section 2406.1.1. For <br />all glazing types, the minimum nominal thickness shall be 1/4 inch (6.4 mm). Fully <br />tempered glass and laminated glass shall comply with Category II of CPSC 16 <br />CFR Part 1201 or Class A of ANSI Z97.1. <br />2407.1.1 Loads. <br />The panels and their support system shall be designed to withstand the loads <br />specified in Section 1607.8 using a safety factor of four. <br />2407.1.2 Structural glass baluster panels. <br />Guards with structural glass baluster panels shall be installed with an attached <br />top rail or handrail. The top rail or handrail shall be supported by not fewer than <br />three glass baluster panels, or shall be otherwise supported to remain in place <br />should one glass baluster panel fail. <br />Exception: An attached top rail or handrail is not required where the glass <br />baluster panels are laminated glass with two or more glass plies of equal <br />thickness and of the same glass type. The panels shall be tested to remain in <br />place as a barrier following impact or glass breakage in accordance with ASTM <br />E2353. <br />2407.1.3 Parking garages. <br />Glazing materials shall not be installed in handrails or guards in parking garages <br />except for pedestrian areas not exposed to impact from vehicles. <br />2407.1.4 Glazing in wind-borne debris regions. <br />Glazing installed in in -fill panels or balusters in wind-borne debris regions shall <br />comply with the following. <br />2407.1.4.1 Balusters and in -fill panels. <br />Glass installed in exterior railing in -fill panels or balusters shall be laminated <br />glass complying with Category II of CPSC 16 CFR Part 1201 or Class A of ANSI <br />Z97.1. <br />2407.1.4.2 Glass supporting top rail. <br />When the top rail is supported by glass, the assembly shall be tested according <br />to the impact requirements of Section 1609.1.2 (HVHZ shall comply with Section <br />1618.4.6.4). The top rail shall remain in place after impact. <br />SECTIONR903 <br />WEATHER PROTECTION <br />R903.1 General. <br />Roof decks shall be covered with approved roof coverings <br />secured to the building or structure in accordance with the <br />provisions of this chapter. Roof assemblies shall be designed and <br />installed in accordance with this code and the approved <br />manufacturer's installation instructions such that the roof <br />assembly shall serve to protect the building or structure. <br />R903.2 Flashing. <br />Flashings shall be used to seal roofing systems, where the <br />system is interrupted or terminated and shall be installed in a <br />manner that prevents moisture from entering the wall and roof <br />through joints in copings, through moisture permeable materials <br />and at intersections with parapet walls and other penetrations <br />through the roof plane. <br />R903.2.1 Locations. <br />Flashings shall be installed at wall and roof intersections, <br />wherever there is a change in roof slope or direction and around <br />roof openings. Where flashing is of metal, the metal shall be <br />corrosion resistant with a thickness of not less than provided in <br />Table R903.2.1 or in compliance with RAS 111. <br />Exception: Flashing is not required at hip and ridge junctions. <br />TABLE R903.2.1 METAL FLASHING MATERIAL <br />GAGE MINIMUM <br />WEIGHT <br />MATERIAL <br />THICKNESS <br />GAGE <br />(inches) <br />Copper <br />0.024 <br />- <br />1 (16 oz) <br />Aluminum <br />0.024 <br />- <br />- <br />5tainless steel <br />- <br />28 <br />- <br />26 <br />26 <br />Galvanized <br />0.0179 <br />(zinc coated <br />(zinc coated <br />steel <br />G90) <br />G90) <br />Aluminum <br />26 <br />26 <br />zinc coated <br />0.0179 <br />(AZ50 <br />(AZ50 <br />steel <br />alum zinc) <br />alum zinc) <br />Zinc alloy <br />0.027 <br />- <br />- <br />Lead <br />- <br />2.5 (40 oz.) <br />- <br />Painted terne <br />- <br />- <br />1.25 (20 oz.) <br />REVISIONS <br />NO <br />DATE <br />DESCRIPTION <br />u <br />� � C <br />W u <br />� o � <br />en o� E c <br />L M O <br />.0 E <br />OA a <br />O a 40 <br />.� rA <br />a � [ <br />m <br />tv <br />V <br />vas cc <br />2s7 22 <br />.-�-00 <br />m <br />�cmwEn <br />G.c� V_tT <br />X 0 <br />C O Or--0 <br />co <br />QM <br />0 co <br />C: <br />co wL_a72 <br />L .i> � � O <br />U- <br />��0 <br />c cn CL ► cu ca <br />E ��� a)4, E <br />U$U o 2F <br />maQ;coV <br />��:Dw <br />U C s> 0� rn <br />LCo <br />N <br />.. y V N N M <br />cO ov �_ �.- <br />�� 00 <br />u- <br />tv W <br />moo�Nc <br />W vo,- <br />O O C Cv N F- , O <br />�o °r,'N=ic ii <br />co <br />W <br />..J <br />< <br />U) <br />Q <br />w <br />2 <br />0 <br />.__I <br />J <br />Q <br />Q <br />F- <br />U <br />U <br />D <br />D <br />Cr <br />�, <br />c.� <br />011 <br />..l <br />JOB NO. <br />MASTER <br />DATE <br />JANUARY 1, 2021 <br />DRAWN BY <br />Daniel M. Ossman <br />SHEET NO. <br />S-4 <br />