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Request ID: 8467
Date Submitted: October 21, 2020
Requested By: Eric Victor
Code: Plumbing
Edition: 2017
Chapter: Chapter 6 Water Supply and Distribution
Section: 607.1
Topic: Hot or Tempered water in nonresidential occupancies
Question:
Is it the intent of the last sentence of 607.1, which reads "In nonresidential occupancies, hot water or tempered water shall be supplied for bathing and washing purposes," to require non-public lavatories (lavatories considered private - confined in a classroom) in a public school to have hot or tempered water delivered from them?
Comments:
A public school has bathrooms within a classroom and the AHJ has agreed that these bathrooms may be deemed as private since they are limited to those students within the classroom. However, the public school is stating they do not have to provide hot or tempered water to the lavatories since they are not public and are using 416.5 as the reason. The AHJ has denied plans based on the last sentence of 607.1 and has interpreted 607.1 to require hot or tempered water be piped to lavatories confined within classrooms. SREF does not specifically exempt bathrooms from this requirement, therefore it is the AHJ's understanding that public schools shall meet this requirement.
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