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For all side wall horizontally vented gas fueled equipment
installed in every dwelling, building or structure used in
whole or in part for residential purposes, including those
owned or operated by the Commonwealth and where the
side wall exhaust vent termination is less than seven (7)
feetabovefinished grade in the areaoftheventing,includ-
ing but not limited to decks and porches, the following re-
quirements shall be satisfied:
Installation of Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Atthetimeof installation of the side wall horizontal vented
gas fueled equipment, the installing plumber or gas fitter
shallobserve that a hard wired carbon monoxide detector
with an alarm and battery back-up is installed on the floor
level where the gas equipment is to be installed. In addi-
tion,theinstallingplumberorgasfitter shall observe that a
battery operated or hard wired carbon monoxide detector
with an alarm is installed on each additional level of the
dwelling,buildingorstructureserved by the side wall hori-
zontalventedgas fueled equipment. It shallbetherespon-
sibilityofthe property owner tosecuretheservicesof qual-
ifiedlicensedprofessionals fortheinstallationof hardwired
carbonmonoxidedetectors.
In the event that the side wall horizontally vented gas fu-
eledequipmentisinstalledinacrawlspaceoranattic,the
hard wired carbon monoxide detector with alarm and bat-
tery back-up may be installed on the next adjacent floor
level.
In the event that the requirements of this subdivision can
not be met at the time of completion of installation, the
ownershallhavea period of thirty (30) days tocomplywith
theaboverequirements;provided,however,thatduringsaid
thirty(30)dayperiod, a battery operated carbon monoxide
detector with an alarm shall be installed.
Approved Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Eachcarbonmonoxide detector asrequiredinaccordance
withtheaboveprovisionsshallcomplywith NFPA720 and
beANSI/UL2034 listed and IAS certified.
Signage
Ametal or plastic identification plate shall be permanently
mountedtothe exterior of thebuildingata minimum height
of eight (8) feet above grade directly in line with the ex-
haust vent terminal for the horizontally vented gas fueled
heating appliance or equipment. The sign shall read, in
print size no less than one-half (1/2) inch in size, “GAS
VENT DIRECTLY BELOW. KEEP CLEAR OF ALL OB-
STRUCTIONS”.
Inspection
Thestateorlocalgasinspectorofthe side wall horizontally
ventedgasfueledequipment shall not approve theinstalla-
tion unless, upon inspection, the inspector observes car-
bonmonoxidedetectorsandsignageinstalledinaccordance
withtheprovisionsof248CMR 5.08(2)(a)1 through 4.
Exemptions
Thefollowingequipmentisexemptfrom248CMR5.08(2)(a)1
through4:
• TheequipmentlistedinChapter10entitled“Equipment
Not Required To Be Vented” in the most current edition
of NFPA54 as adopted by the Board; and
• ProductApproved side wall horizontally vented gas fu-
eledequipmentinstalledin a room or structure separate
fromthe dwelling, building or structure used in whole or
inpartfor residential purposes.
MANUFACTURERREQUIREMENTS
Gas Equipment Venting System Provided
Whenthemanufacturer of ProductApproved side wall hori-
zontally vented gas equipment provides a venting system
designorventing system components with the equipment,
the instructions provided by the manufacturer for installa-
tionoftheequipmentandtheventingsystemshallinclude:
• Detailed instructions for the installation of the venting
system design or the venting system components; and
• A complete parts list for the venting system design or
ventingsystem.
Gas Equipment Venting System NOT Provided
When the manufacturer of a Product Approved side wall
horizontallyventedgasfueledequipmentdoesnotprovide
the parts for venting the flue gases, but identifies “special
venting systems”, the following requirements shall be sat-
isfiedby the manufacturer:
• Thereferenced“specialventingsystem”instructionsshall
beincludedwiththeapplianceorequipmentinstallation
instructions;and
• The“special ventingsystems”shallbeProductApproved
by the Board, and the instructions for that system shall
includea parts list and detailed installation instructions.
Acopyofall installationinstructions forallProductApproved
sidewallhorizontally ventedgasfueledequipment, all vent-
ing instructions, all parts lists for venting instructions, and/
or all venting design instructions shall remain with the ap-
pliance or equipment at the completion of the installation.
See Gas Connection section for additional Common-
wealth of Massachusetts requirements.
NOTE: The following requirements reference various
Massachusetts and national codes not contained in
this document.
G. Requirements for the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts