MarkhamBuilding InspectionsInspections
Fire Protection for Gas and Electric Ranges
Published by City of Markham
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- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Markham
- Date
- January 1, 2025
- For
- builder
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 2
Overview
Markham's Builder Tip Issue No. 14, dated January 1, 2025 and updated to the 2024 Ontario Building Code, on clearances around kitchen cooktops, filed with the City's housing tips. It quotes Article 9.10.22.2. on the 750 mm vertical clearance to framing, finishes and cabinets, reducible to 600 mm with noncombustible materials or a metal hood, and Article 9.10.22.3. on protecting combustible surfaces within 450 mm. The Objective explains the risk of a custom combustible hood matching the cabinets and shows a typical kitchen elevation.
What it covers
- 9.10.22.2. Vertical Clearances above Cooktops
- 9.10.22.3. Protection Around Cooktops
- Objective
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