Section 400.4563. Laundries.

Rule 563. (1) In a newly constructed, remodeled, or converted large or secure facility with a laundry, the laundry shall comply with all of the following requirements:

(a)   Be located in a room constructed of materials that have a 1-hour fire resistance rating.

(b)   Have steam lines installed with a 1-inch clearance from combustibles.

(c)    Have dryer vents constructed of rigid metal vented directly to the exterior or through the roof. Lint traps shall be cleaned each time the dryer is used.

(d)  Have 100% automatic and manual shutoff controls for gas appliances other than domestic laundry equipment, which need only have manual shutoff controls.

(e)   Have adequate outside air for combustion where combustion-type equipment is used.

(2)   In a newly constructed, remodeled, or converted facility, laundry chutes shall be in compliance with all of the following requirements:

(a)   Be enclosed in shafts constructed of an assemblage of noncombustible materials having at least a 1-hour resistance to fire. If the shaft does not extend through the roof of the building, the top shall be covered with noncombustible material affording at least a 1- hour resistance to fire. There shall be no openings into the shaft other than those necessary to the intended use of the laundry chute. Feed doors shall be located in an enclosed room that is provided with automatic sprinkler protection or compartment separated from other parts of the building by walls, a floor, and a ceiling having a fire- resistance rating of not less than 1 hour with openings to such rooms or compartments

protected by B-labeled fire doors and in labeled frames with self-closing, positive latching hardware.

(b)   Have a sprinkler head installed at the top of the chutes and within the laundry chutes at alternate floor levels in buildings over 2 stores in heights.

(c)  Empty into a separate room, closet, or bin constructed of materials having at least a 1-hour resistance to fire and protected by automatic sprinklers.

(d)   Have an open vent at the top where the shaft extends through the roof of the building, a skylight which is glazed with ordinary glass and which is not less than 10% of the shaft area, or a window of ordinary glass which is not less than 10% of the shaft area and which is set into the side of the shaft with the sill of the window not less than 2 feet above the roof level and 10 feet from any property line or other exposure it faces.

(3)    In an existing facility, laundry facilities and laundry chutes approved before these rules take effect shall continue to be approved until the facility is converted or the portion of the facility which includes the laundry facility or chute is remodeled.

History: 1983 AACS; 2015 AACS.