Gas Meter Room Fire Rating

2 only dry type electrical equipment is used.

Gas meter room fire rating.

4 no combustible storage is permitted. 3 10 in any multiple dwelling where there is an existing gas meter located in any boiler room or other room or space containing a heating boiler one additional gas meter may be installed in such room or space provided such additional gas meter is installed adjacent to the existing gas meter. Co is flammable at 12 5 percent. Nfpa 20 ventilating and protecting fire rated pump rooms published on june 2 2015 june 2 2015 18 likes 6 comments.

All entry and exit doors must be rated commensurate with the rating of the wall. Natural gas meter room design requirements 1. Fire rated walls must have a minimum 2 hour fire rating or as specified in the california building code for group h division 1 occupancies. As explained in my last article co is a flammable gas that is poisonous toxic colorless odorless tasteless and slightly lighter than air at room temperature.

Gas meter room doors that open outwards directly on to the footpath shall feature 180 hinges. 2 hour fire rated door to provide structural stability. All internal doors shall be close fitting and fitted with. All gas meter room doors shall provide for a mechanism to allow them to be fixed in the open position during maintenance.