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Sec. 14-22. Venting gas appliances.

All gas water heaters, and all gas space heating appliances or
furnaces rated in excess of thirty thousand B. T. U.'s per hour,
must be vented to a flue or outside pipe installed for this purpose
and all gas space heating appliances installed in bedrooms or
rooms used regularly for sleeping purposes must be vented and
equipped with an automatic safety cutoff device approved by the
American Gas Association.

The plumbing inspector may require any other gas appliances
to be vented if he deems it necessary.

Appliances requiring vent pipes must be equipped with a draft
diverter hood.

This section shall not apply to heaters or gas appliances
installed prior to November 5, 1951. (Code 1959, § 14-22.)