Building Code Recommended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, New York: An Ordinance Providing for Fire Limits, and Regulations Governing the Construction, Alteration, Equipment, Repair Or Removal of Buildings Or Structures1915 - 326 pages |
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12 inches 30 feet anchored approved arches auditorium blocks brick building or structure buildings of Class cast iron ceiling cellar cement mortar cent chimney Code columns combustible court curtain diameter dumbwaiter elevator enclosed entrance erected exceed exceeding extreme fibre stress feet in height fire doors fire limits fire test fire walls fire windows fireproof buildings fireproof construction fireproof material flues frame buildings girders grade gypsum hallway heavy zigzag line horizontal exit inches in thickness inches thick incombustible material least length live load lot line masonry metal lath non-fireproof buildings NOTE occupied owner paragraph partitions party wall permitted pipe plaster Portland cement pounds per square protected reinforced concrete roof safe Sections 90 shafts side skylight slabs smoke pipe space span sprinklers square feet square inch stairs standpipe steel story street supported tenement house terra cotta thereof timber tion ventilating vertical width wooden yard
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Page 142 - All tests shall be made in accordance with the methods proposed by the Committee on Uniform Tests of Cement...
Page 11 - Words' used in this code in the present tense include the future as- well as the present; words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; the singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular; the word "person...
Page 117 - ... and such trap-doors shall be kept closed at all times except when in actual use by the occupant or occupants of the building having the use and control of the same.
Page 245 - Except that in tenement houses hereafter erected not exceeding four stories and cellar in height and which are not occupied or arranged to be occupied by more than...
Page 252 - In every tenement house occupied by more than two families a proper light shall be kept burning by the owner in the public hallways, near the stairs, upon the entrance floor and upon the second floor above the entrance floor of said house, every night from sunset to sunrise throughout the year, and upon all other floors of the said house from sunset until ten o'clock in the evening.
Page 83 - Timber. All timbers and wood beams used in any building shall be of good sound material free from rot, large and loose knots, shakes or any imperfection whereby the strength may be impaired, and be of such size and dimensions as the purposes for which the building is intended require.
Page 48 - ... anchors, placed two feet apart and properly fastened or driven into the old walls in rows alternating vertically and horizontally with each other, the old walls being first cleaned of plaster or other coatings where any lining is to be built against the same. No rubble wall shall be lined except after inspection and approval by the Department.
Page 257 - ... said place where fat boiling is done are made safe by fireproof materials around the same, and there shall be no openings either by door or window...
Page 28 - When a doubt arises as to the safe sustaining power of the earth upon which a building is to be erected the...
Page 140 - ... in the proportion of one part of cement, two parts of sand and four parts of stone or gravel, or in such proportion as to produce a maximum density.