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OBC 2006 Division B

7.6.1.1.

Version 0 — in force 31 December 2006

In force
Verified · covered Verified against the 2006-12-31–2007-04-01 consolidation, whose range covers the query date. How to read this

Provenance

OBC 1997 · continues from 7.6.1.1. — Pro

Base · O. Reg. 350/06 · ext← current

Original — base regulation

OBC 2012 · split into 7.6.1.1. — Pro

OBC 2012 · split into 7.6.3.1. — Pro

7.6.1.1. — Design, Fabrication and Installation

(1) Potable water systems shall be designed, fabricated and installed in accordance with good engineering practice, such as that described in the ASHRAE Guide and Data Books, the ASHRAE Handbooks and ASPE Data Books.

(2) Every fixture supplied with separate hot and cold water controls shall have the hot water control on the left and the cold on the right.

(3) Where hot and cold water are mixed and the temperature is regulated by a single, unmarked, manual control, a movement to the left shall increase the temperature and a movement to the right shall decrease the temperature.

(4) In a hot water distribution system of a developed length of more than 30 m or supplying more than 4 storeys, the water temperature shall be maintained by,

(a) recirculation, or

(b) a self-regulating heat tracing system.

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