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washer and dryer closet shelf
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fatboy
Administrator
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
Co-Founder
have to agree!
mtlogcabin
SAWHORSE
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
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
Registered User
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.
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
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
Administrator
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)
Dennis
Gold Member
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.cda said:
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
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
Gold Member
That is what I would have done anyway-- either fluorescent or LED.Pcinspector1 said:
I still think if there is a w/d in there then it is not a clothes closet but so be it.
Francis Vineyard
Registered User
Agree with Dennis, shelving for storage including linens, bedding and towels does not make it a clothes closet.
ICE
Oh Well
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.
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.
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