Furnace Closet Door Code

Furnaces have their own supply and exhaust vents that need to be installed along with the unit.

Furnace closet door code.

Even if the vents are opened up the door also still needs to be sealed as far as i can tell. A furnace can be installed various places in a house in a basement an attic a garage a ground floor utility room or outside the walls. The afternoon inspection of new construction under construction had them in an upstairs hall. How to build a furnace enclosure.

Codes for a water heater in the closet. It is often desirable to do so in a. Is there a code requirement for the type of door required for a utility closet housing a gas furnace and water heater. Using double doors provides enough space to replace the furnace and water heater.

There is no general code restriction to having the furnace in a storage closet off of the bedroom. These vents are pipes that drop from the attic down into the closet. Ventilating a closet is generally easy to do. In houses that lack a basement or garage it is necessary to install the water heater somewhere inside the house itself.

My main concern was if there is a general code restriction to having the furnace in a storage closet off the bedroom. Since modern building codes allow combustion air to be provided by the attic vents can be installed in the closet ceiling. Any help would be appreciated. Depending on building codes in your area you will need to install either a double pipe system or a single pipe with a double inner layer.

Thank you for the replies.