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Thefollowingwatersupplylinesshallbeappropriatelyinsulated: <br />Watersupplylineslocatedintheattic. <br />Waterheatercoldwatersupplylines;alsoappliestowaterheaterslocatedin <br />thegarage. <br />Watersupplylinesexposedtotheweather. <br />Electricalwiringundersinks/basins(usuallyfromagarbagedisposal)mustnot <br />presentahazardorthreattotheoccupants.Thewiringmustnotcomeincontact <br />withwaterlinesandpossiblewaterleakage. <br />Themainmetercompartmentshallbefreeofstagnatedwaterandevidenceof <br />possibleleakage. <br />2.Drain,Waste,VentLines <br />Unitsmusthavesanitaryfacilitiesandasafemethodofsewagedisposal. <br />Existingdrainage,waste,andventsystemshouldbeadequatelysizedtoprovide <br />drainageandremovalofwastes. <br />Existingventsmustpreventpressurebuildupandsewergasfromenteringtheunit. <br />Existingtrapsorotherplumbingcomponentsthatarebrokenorleakingshallbe <br />repairedorreplacedasnecessarywithsimilarcomponentsandinstalledin <br />accordancewith’“ÒE-·Ò©;©x­instructionsandcurrentIRC. <br />3.WaterHeaters <br />Thewaterheater(WH)shallprovideanadequatesupplyofhotwateratalltaps. <br />EachdwellingunitshallhaveagasfiredorelectricWHwithatleastaminimum <br />capacityof30gallons. <br />TheWHshallbeconnectedtoanappropriateflue,toventcombustiongasestothe <br />exterior. <br />TheWHshallbeequippedwithanappropriatesizedtemperatureandpressure <br />reliefvalvewithdischargepipeproperlyinstalled. <br />WHdischargelineshallbedirectedapproximately6inchesabovefloorortothe <br />exterior. <br />AshutoffvalvetotheWHcoldwatersupplylineshallbepresent.Thevalveshall <br />belocatedatorneartheWHandshallbereadilyaccessible. <br />WHcoldwatersupplylineshallbecompletelyinsulatediflocatedintheattic, <br />garageandotherlocationsinwhichtheWHmaybeexposedtolowtemperatures <br />whichmayresultinthereferencedlinefreezing. <br />AWHinstalledwhereleakageoftheWHtankorconnectionsmaycausedamage, <br />shallbeinstalledinagalvanizeddrainpanorinotherpanslistedforsuchuse. <br />GasandelectricWHlocatedinthegarageandthathaveanignitionsourceshallbe <br />elevated18inchesabovethegaragefloor. <br />Exception:ElevationisnotrequirediftheWHislistedas{EŒ’’,Œ;vapor <br />©;­z­·“·|and{z“­·ŒŒ·zš“without;Œ;Ý·zš“u| <br />TheWHshallnotbelocatedinanyroomusedordesignedforsleepingpurposesor <br />inaclothescloset. <br />3719BDrain, Waste, Vent Lines | Harris County Minimum Property Standards, June 2011 <br /> <br />