washer and dryer closet shelf

[SCBO1]

Do you enforce IRC2012, E4003.12 in regards to luminaries and the location to the shelf in a washer and dryer closet or is making up code?

pc1

 

[fatboy]

Does it have a hanging rod? If so, I don't think you have a choice, the section is clear. We have always used the rod as the determining factor.

 

[RJJ]

have to agree!

 

[mtlogcabin]

or the highest clothes-hanging rod

The minimum clearance between luminaires installed in clothes closets and the nearest point of a closet storage area shall be as follows:

Two different paragraphs two different things to measure from

 

[jdfruit]

If you can use it; NEC 410.2 does a very specific job in defining the closet storage space. Doesn't have to be clothes.

 

[SCBO1]

I've always enforced it requiring the clearance if a shelf is installed. Then the contractors would leave the shelf out forcing my hand and making me use my crystal ball enforcement.

The shelf above the W&D is often used to store blankets and pillows and probably Massdriver's camouflage gear which is highly flammable and toxic!

pc1

 

[fatboy]

Not sure what I was thinking when I replied, but of course, the clearance required is from the shelf, regardless of rod. (been out of the field too long I guess)

 

[cda]

CLOSET. A small room or chamber used for storage.

 

[Dennis]

CLOSET. A small room or chamber used for storage.

There is a difference between a closet and a clothes closet. IMO, this is not a clothes closet but a laundry room. Does this mean every room with a shelf is a closet? I don't think so.

 

[SCBO1]

Dennis, ...It's not a laundry room.

R304.3 Minimum room dimensions. Room dimensions have not been met, less than 7-ft, it's a closet with a wire shelf to stack and hang clothes.

Contractor changing to a fluorescent fixture with no issues.

pc1

 

[Dennis]

Dennis, ...It's not a laundry room.R304.3 Minimum room dimensions. Room dimensions have not been met, less than 7-ft, it's a closet with a wire shelf to stack and hang clothes.

Contractor changing to a fluorescent fixture with no issues.

pc1

That is what I would have done anyway-- either fluorescent or LED.

I still think if there is a w/d in there then it is not a clothes closet but so be it.

 

[Francis Vineyard]

Agree with Dennis, shelving for storage including linens, bedding and towels does not make it a clothes closet.

 

[ICE]

So a box of Downey Dryer Sheets isn't going to catch fire like a stack of T-shirts?

I was inspecting high pile storage racks. The racks were placed dead center under the warehouse lights. It is a huge building and the light fixtures are large. They are storing upholstered furniture. About a foot from the lights. I rode a pallet to the ceiling. I could smell the heat. I was surprised that the place wasn't on fire. I made them move the light fixtures. Is there a code for that?

Do what you've got to do when you've got to do it.