Equipment To Be Installed Above Finish Floor Elevation

With the letter a has an attached garage floor elevation at or above the base flood elevation bfe the garage floor may be excluded for rating.

Equipment to be installed above finish floor elevation.

That wall would be 16 feet 6 inches above the finish floor. 9 1 elevation service equipment installed outside your home can usually be elevated above the flood level. Equipment mounted on an exte rior wall e g an electric meter incoming electric telephone and cable television lines usually can be mounted higher up on the same wall. In an elevation view all vertical dimensions within a finished interior space would reference a f f.

The electrical equipment itself may have a height that is less than 6 1 2 feet but if it is mounted so the top of the equipment is higher than 6 1 2 feet the minimum working space height shall be the equipment height. Equipment typically placed on the ground e g. The finish floor is then considered ff 0 0. Reference plane as it s name implies is the top surface of the finished flooring material.

Once the finish floor elevation is established the other project elevations are based off the finish floor. Typical usage is no component of a hanging light fixture to extend below 7 0 a f f above finished floor. For example you may have masonry walls on the sides of the building showing top of wall at 16 feet 6 inches on the drawings. The work space shall be clear and extend from the grade floor or platform to a height of 6 1 2 feet or the height of the equipment whichever is greater.