[War Housing Manual]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
WAR HOUSING MANUAL.
INCLUDING
WAR HOUSING CRITICAL LIST
AND
PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING
APPLICATIONS
ISSUED BY HOUSING BRANCH
CONSTRUCTION BUREAU WAR PRODUCTION BOARD
Effective December 12, 1942
CONTENTS
Page
Preface_______________________________________________________________ v
Directive for Wartime Construction____________________________________ 1
Basis of housing program______________________________________________ 3
War Production Board orders affecting war housing____________________ 5
Application for rating—Privately financed_____________________________ 7
Application for rating—Publicly financed_____________________________~ 10
Utility allowances___________________________________________________ 11
War Housing Construction Standards_____,_'___________________________~ 20
War Housing Critical List____________________________________________ 21
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PREFACE
The purpose of this manual is to present in a general way, a digest of procedures and requirements covering the filing and processing of applications for war housing. It is intended to clarify procedures in the minds of those sponsoring, financing, constructing, and furnishing materials for projects that qualify under the war-housing program and thereby speed to completion this essential part of the Nation’s war effort.
Basically, the limitations and restrictions described in the manual are necessary in the interest of conserving all possible materials of construction—particularly lumber, steel, and copper—in order that all parts of the war program—both construction and production— might proceed without interruption due to critical material shortages. All who participate in the program—Government, owner, architect, and engineer, contractor and materials men—are partners, and all must contribute their full share in seeing to it that the housing needs of war workers are fulfilled with a minimum consumption of essential war materials.
It is not intended that the controls outlined in this manual should do other than speed the process of applications. By following them with understanding, valuable time will be saved and preference rating orders issued as properly as is consistent with a careful analysis of the conservation angles of the projects submitted.
Specifically—designs must be of the simplest type and in keeping with the War Housing Critical List, the War Housing Construction Standards, the Emergency Plumbing Standards and Housing Utility Allowances. In order that applications may be quickly analyzed in these respects, plans and specifications must be submitted complete, as outlined in various sections of the manual.
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DIRECTIVE FOR WAR-TIME CONSTRUCTION
Reproduced below is a directive issued jointly by the War and Navy Departments and the War Production Board. This directive covers the basic principles that must be employed in the design and execution of all war-time construction. It covers, briefly and concisely, the fundamental requirements that all projects must meet to qualify as essential to the war effort as well as the criteria that must be employed to bring a project into focus with accepted principles of conservation.
A careful study, not so much from the standpoint of a literal interpretation of the principles set forth in the Directive as from the standpoint of the spirit of its provisions will acquaint those who program, with the philosophy that should guide them in a determination ot the essentiality and urgency of projects. Likewise the principles that must guide architects, engineers,, and builders in respect of conservation of materials needed for an all out war effort, should become clear and form a background for the considerations entering into their selection of the kinds and amounts of materials which they specify for construction.
Wherever possible, designs should make use of substitutes for all the metals, but where metals are necessary, designs must be such as to use a minimum amount of them. Similarly, lumber uses must be scrutinized with an eye toward the employment of marginal grades and sizes, and dimensions selected that will result in a minimum of cutting waste. Requirements set forth in the Directive should be interpreted in terms of the site plan and its relation to electric, gas, water, and sewer lines as well as in terms of the physical relation of the site to the war plants which the housing is contemplated to serve.
DIRECTIVE FOR WAR-TIME CONSTRUCTION
To make available all possible material and effort for immediate war production, the following outlines the principles governing war-time construction :
1. In order that the consumption of materials and equipment by construction activities shall not impede the production of combat supplies and equipment, it is essential that all construction, whether financed by Government or other funds, be reduced to the absolute minimum necessary for the war effort. This applies also to construction essential for vital civilian needs.
2. Reduction in the consumption of materials and equipment by construction operations can be achieved either by the elimination of nonessential projects or parts thereof, by deferring projects not needed immediately, or by appropriate changes in design and construction methods which will favor the use of those materials which are most plentiful and which will interfere least with the production of combat matériel.
3. In order to establish effective measures for the control of construction, the following general policies have been established by the War Production Board, in consultation with the War and Navy Departments.
4. Before any construction project can proceed, it must be acted upon affirmatively by some agency of the Federal Government or by its duly authorized repre-,
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sentative. No project will be approved for construction unless it is found, by responsible authority, to meet the following criteria :
(a) It is essential for the war effort.
(&) Postponement of construction would be detrimental to the war effort.
(c) It is not practicable to rent or convert existing facilites for the purpose.
(d) The construction will not result in duplication or unecessary expansion of existing plants or facilites now upder construction or about to be constructed.
(e) All possible economies have been made in the project, resulting in deletion of all nonessential items and parts.
(f) The structure of the project has been designed of the simplest type, just sufficient to meet the minimum requirements. See paragraphs 5 and 6 also.
(g) The answers to the following questions relating to conditions at the proposed site are all affirmative to the extent that they are pertinent :
(1) Are there sufficient labor and materials available to build it?
(2) Will adequate public utilités be available without costly extensions?
(3) Will transportation be available to serve it?
(4) Will labor be available to man it? (Are housing and other community facilities adequate?)
(5) Will machine tools and other equipment be available to equip it?
(6) Will raw materials be available to operate it?
(7) Can the manufactured product be used at once—or stored until needed?
5. Priority of materials.—In general, all construction shall be of the cheapest, temporary character with structural stability only sufficient to meet the needs of the service which the structure is intended to fulfill during the period of its contemplated war use. Ordinarily, wood-frame construction is preferable to reinforced concrete, and reinforced concrete is preferred to steel. However, the guiding principle should always be to utilize those materials which are most plentiful and which, in the ultimate analysis, will cause the least interference with the production of combat matériel and the utilization of transportation and power.
6. Mechanical and electrical features shall be reduced to bare essentials. Air conditioning maÿ only be used where manufacturing processes make its use essential and not for the comfort or to increase efficiency of personnel. Electrical systems shall be of the simplest designs.
7. Construction materials and end products, the use of which is prohibited by the A. N. M. B. directive, “List of Prohibited Items for Construction Work,” dated April 1, 1942, and revisions thereof, shall not be specified, purchased, or used except under special waiver issued by competent authority as provided for.
8. Enforcement.—Each department having cognizance of construction work will require its subordinate activités to comply strictly with the foregoing general policies and any extensions thereof issued by proper authority. Each department shall arrange for frequent and adequate spot checks of its projects to make sure that all subordinate agencies of the department concerned are rigorously conforming to the established policies. Furthermore, violations of these policies must be followed by proper disciplinary action and the imposition of suitable penalties.
9. It should be made clear to all concerned that these general policies should govern not only direct construction for the War and Navy Departments but also other construction financed directly or indirectly with Government funds, and all private construction. The evasion of the requirements of the general policies by manufacturers or other parties will result in the imposition of penalties.
10. The War Production Board, the Army, and the Navy shall take immediate steps to effectuate in detail this directive. It is particularly important that any governmental agency which has contact with or control of privately owned expansions see to it that no violations of this directive occurs.
War Production Board.
Recommended :
W. H. Harrison, Director, Production Division.
Approved :
Donald M. Nelson,
Chairman.
War and Navy Departments.
Approved :
Henby L. Stimson,
Secretary of War.
Frank Knox,
Secretary of the Navy. May 20, 1942.
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BASIS FOR WAR HOUSING CONSTRUCTION
Gearing a peacetime economy to production for mechanized war has made necessary the construction of new industrial plants of enormous proportions in suburban communities as well as sizable expansions of existing plants in the larger manufacturing centers. Considerations which have entered into the selection of sites for these construction undertakings have not always made it possible to choose communities that were in a position to supply the labor needs of the plants to be selected, nor the housing for workers that must,,as a result, be brought in from other areas to meet local deficiencies. Consequently, additional housing has been required in many instances— on some occasions to the extent of creating entirely new communities that take on the complexion of small cities. In other instances minor housing programs consisting of scattered units have been needed to accommodate local shifts in population to the vicinity of the smaller expanded plants. For the most part, the community type of development has been sponsored by the National Housing Agency and financed with public funds appropriated for the purpose, while the scattered unit programs have been handled largely by private builders who have arranged their financing through private channels.
The determination—i. e., programing—of housing requirements for the localities affected by these industrial expansions is a function of the National Housing Agency. This Agency, based on studies which they coordinate, establishes the housing quotas by production areas. These areas usually are referred to as War Housing Critical Areas. Preference Rating assistance is given to projects which fall within these areas, but only to the extent that the projects comply with the quotas established by the National Housing Agency. Therefore, whenever an area quota is filled it is the policy not to approve additional housing facilities unless a further study by the National Housing Agency discloses additional needs in this respect. The extent to which public or private financing is employed depends upon factors involving permanency of the plants which the housing is intended to serve and which, therefore, has a bearing on the permanency of the housing itself.
Under criteria established for War Housing, individual units are limited to a selling price not to exceed $6,000 and, when offered for rent, the shelter rental cannot exceed $50 per month or twenty to twenty-five percent of the average worker’s income for the designated area, whichever is the lower.
It is the policy that emphasis be placed on rental developments rather than on for-sale developments. This policy is accordingly reflected in the processing considerations applied to applications for priority assistance.
With regard to publicly financed projects, temporary dormitory accommodations and demountable housing is emphasized, and these types, therefore, constitute a majority of the accommodations provided under this part of the program. The more permanent types of structures are provided almost entirely by private builders under private financing. With further reference to privately financed building, encouragement is given to the creation of additional facili-
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ties under the quotas by remodeling existing structures since in this manner accommodations can be obtained with greater speed and with less critical material.
Preference rating assistance for war housing, as stated above, is given only for dwelling units making up the critical area quotas. The method by which applications are made for such assistance and the related preference rating orders issued to cover them if approved, are summarized below :
Type of construction Application procedure Preference order
1. New construction publicly financed. Application is made directly by the National Housing Agency to the Housing Branch, Bureau of Construction, War Production Board. P-19-h.
2. New construction privately financed. Application on Form PD-105 is made by the owner to the local Federal Housing Administration office having jurisdiction over the location of the project. P-55.
3. Remodeling privately financed when plans and specifications are available. Application on Form PD-105 is made in the same manner as for new construction privately financed (Item No. 2 above). P-55.
4. Remodeling privately financed when plans and specifications are not available. Application on Form PD-406 is made by the owner to the local Federal Housing Administration office having jurisdiction over the location of the project. P-110.
It is important that applications be submitted in accordance with the above table. It is likewise important that no applications be submitted where the housing proposed is in excess of the quotas established for the critical areas. In submitting project applications, requirements set forth in the documents outlined below must have been taken into account and the intent of them incorporated in the design of the units proposed:
1. Directive for War-Time Construction.
2. War Housing Critical List.
3. War Housing Plumbing Standards.
4. Housing Utility Standards.
5. War Housing Construction Standards.
All other applicable conservation or limitation orders sn effect at the time the application is made for a preference rating order.
These documents must be thoroughly studied from the standpoint of their conservation provisions and, to be effective, applied to all projects while in the development stage. Fundamentally, the provisions set forth in the documents form the basis of the War Production Board’s considerations entering into materials control. If they are not so interpreted in the preparation of plans and specifications prior to submitting applications, processing will be delayed until complete information is secured from the field. This will mean delayed housing for war workers, but what is more vital, production of essential implements of war will be curtailed as a consequence.
In view of the above, every effort ought to be made by designers and engineers to prepare the owners’ plans and specifications in such a way as to call for minimum amounts of critical material consistent with the provisions of this manual. In this connection, all are urged to consult with contractors since no one is in a better position to effect conservation than the practical builders who have an intimate knowledge of materials use.
WAR PRODUCTION BOARD ORDERS AFFECTING WAR HOUSING CONSTRUCTION
The fact that war housing construction involves the use of endproducts manufactured from materials vital to the conduct of war, any orders issued by the War Production Board to conserve related raw material supplies have naturally affected the housing program. Orders pertinent in this connection may be divided into two general classifications, notably “M” Orders and “L” Orders. “M” Orders restrict the use of a particular material in manufacture, while “L” Orders limit production of materials or products to specific schedules or specific uses.
“M” Order restrictions have been incorporated in certain sections of this Manual, particularly those covering the War Housing Critical List, War Housing Plumbing Standards and Housing Utility Standards. On the other hand, the “L” Orders are not so readily interpreted in terms of specific details, in view of which, a brief digest of some of those affecting housing are outlined below.
The summaries of orders contained in this Manual are intended only to give a broad outline of the more important provisions of certain orders of the War Production Board as they exist on the date of the issuance of this Manual. Many provisions of these orders are being amended from time to time. Accordingly, the Manual can serve only as a guide to finding the applicable orders and not as a substitute for obeying the provisions of the orders themselves.
L-5D. Domestic mechanical refrigerators.
This order provides for the distribution of domestic mechanical refrigerator stocks. In this connection, builders and developers may file applications for authorization to purchase such equipment for use in privately owned housing built for war workers. Applications are made on Form PD—427 and filed with the local field office of the Federal Housing Administration. These applications are forwarded to the War Production Board for final disposition.
L-31. Limitation of natural or mixed natural and manufactured gas usage.
This order is designed to conserve the use of natural gas for essential war industries, notably for use as a fuel in the heat treatment of steel. The order prohibits the use of natural gas for the heating of space in new construction in certain specified areas as set forth in the order.
L-174. Limitation of manufactured gas.
This order prohibits the use of manufactured gas as a fuel for the heating of space. The problem of transportation of the fuels required to manufacture gas and the additional load resulting from the war program has made this order necessary.
L-41 as amended. Construction.
Conservation Order L-41 was issued to limit construction, whether or not priority assistance is required, to that which is essential to the war effort and to the health and safety. As applied to housing, a basic exemption of $200 is permitted during each consecutive 12-month period following the effective date of the order. All con
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struction above this value is not allowed to proceed without authorization from the War Production Board.
L-56. Fuel-oil conservation.
This order is designed to conserve the supply of fuel oil due to limited transportation facilities. It prohibits the use of oil as a fuel in new construction in areas set forth in the order.
L-77. Metal windows.
This order restricts the manufacture and sale of metal windows. Provision has been made, however, for the release of inventory stocks, and while use is prohibited in the War Housing Critical List, they may be released to war housing projects for which a rating has been assigned under Preference Rating Orders P-55, P-19D, P-19H, or P-110.
L-79. Plumbing and heating equipment.
This order is to insure that products required for plumbing and heating systems are available for war-program requirements. It restricts the purchase or sale of this equipment to preference rated orders carrying a rating of A-10 or higher, or for construction authorized under Conservation Order L-41.
M-208. Conservation of softwood lumber.
The purpose of Order M-208 is to control the use of construction lumber and divert available stocks and production to essential war projects.
Existing stocks of lumber made up of marginal grades and sizes can assist materially in completing many proposed housing projects. Following are recommendations which deal with suggestions as to the use of these marginal supplies, which if applied, will result in increasing available sources for light frame construction.
1. Greater dependence on the products of the small sawmill by contractors on housing projects located in timber regions.
2. Greater use of rough framing lumber.
3. A general lowering of grade specifications. Builders often do not use No. 3 Dimension because of waste in its use. It should be borne in mind that one principle of lumber grading rules is to obtain more or less equality in usability of different grades, price considered. No. 3 Dimension is ordinarily expected to yield material of No. 2 quality without wasting more than 25 percent of the piece. The value in the waste and the cost of cutting should not exceed the cost of Grade No. 3 under Grade No. 2. The same principle applies to boards, and No. 4 in some species and No. 3 in others should serve for sheathing and are not affected by Order M-208.
4. Use of shorter spans and hence short lengths. In the ordinary small house a larger proportion of lumber is cut on the job and used in short lengths. For example, as much as 20 percent of the framing lumber going into a small house is finally cut into lengths less than 8 feet long; in finish and trim, 60 percent; in subflooring, 26 percent; in wall sheathing, 30 percent; and in roof sheathing, 22 percent. These short lengths are not affected by Order M-208, and furthermore, they are available in suitable grades by cutting longer lengths of the lower grades which also are not affected by Order M-208.
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5. Use of the lowest grade of 1-inch finish (Grade C in some species, Grade D in others). These items are not satisfactory for use by many of the War Agencies and are accumulating at the mills. They might make rather expensive sheathing, but in certain types of walls or climates they could be effectively used for both sheathing and siding.
6. Greater use of 7/16" x 2/16" x 6" beveled siding. Two pieces come out of a 1-inch strip, while the same strip makes only one %-inch piece of drop siding.
7. Substitution of No. 2 and No. 3 grades of end-matched oak flooring for softwood flooring and omit subflooring.
8. Use the softer hardwoods in the lower construction grades, such as aspen, basswood, chestnut, gums, magnolia, willow, and yellow poplar.
9. Use of lumber substitutes.
A. Increase the use of wallboards, preferably nonwoodpulp boards, for exterior wall sheathing and interior wall covering. Also, increase the use of those types of substitutes which permit wider stud spacings.
B. Make greater use of concrete floors, masonry sidewalls, and composite board exterior wall coverings.
Supplementary Conservation Order M-9-C-4.
This supplement to the basic copper conservation order is particularly important in the construction industry. It prohibits the installation or connecting to a building of certain materials when they contain copper or copper-base alloy materials such as:
Pipe, tube, tubing, and fittings therefore.
Gutters, leaders, downspouts, expansion joints.
Mouldings, nails, screws, nuts and bolts.
Ornamental work, railings, grilles, reglets.
Roof, roofing, flashing valleys, and other roofing items.
Sheet, roll, strip.
Stair and threshold treads.
Terrazo strips, termite shields.
Weatherstripping, insulation.
The above orders, along with others not specifically referred to, are intended to curtail construction only in nonessential categories, and to channel the critical materials which they control, into essential war projects.
APPLICATIONS FOR PREFERENCE RATING PRIVATELY FINANCED
General.
In general, applications for preference ratings and exceptions to limitation orders, pertaining to privately owned war housing, are filed with the field offices of the Federal Housing Administration having jurisdiction over the area in which the project is located.
The Federal Housing Administration performs certain services to assist the War Production Board and the National Housing Agency in the processing of applications. Applications for preference ratings and exceptions to limitation orders are processed without charge to the applicant.
Projects must be located within reasonable commuting distance of the war activity. This is construed to mean within walking distance (but not, in any event, exceeding 2 miles) of {a) the war activities it is intended to serve, or (6) adequate public transportation, already operating or absolutely certain to be placed in operation in time to serve the project, the cost of which shall not exceed 40 cents per round trip on the cheapest available basis, and the running time of which shall not exceed 2 hours per round trip.
Shelter rents shall not exceed 20 to 25 percent of the family income as predetermined in the locality program set up by the National Housing Agency.
Conservation Order L-41.
This order, effective April 9, 1942, and as amended, relates solely to the starting of new construction and does not affect any construction begun prior to the effective date of the order.
Beginning of construction means the initiation of construction by physically incorporating into any construction material which is an integral part of the construction.
Applications for authority to begin construction in connection with privately owned war housing, other than rural residential, which are filed with the local county war board of the Department of Agriculture, costing $200 or more, are filed with the local field offices of the Federal Housing Administration and are classified as follows:
1. New construction war housing critical areas.—Applications involving new construction requiring priority assistance in war housing areas are filed under the procedure set up for Preference Rating Order P-55. In these cases Form PD-105 is filed and the Preference Rating Order P-55 issued pursuant to such application carries the authority to begin construction.
2. Remodeling and rehabilitation in war housing critical areas.— Applications requiring priority assistance involving remodeling or rehabilitation projects in defense areas are filed on Form PD-105 or PD-406, whichever is applicable, and the respective Preference Rating Orders P-55 and P-110 carry the authority to begin construction.
3. New construction, remodeling, or rehabilitation outside of war housing critical areas and in war housing critical areas not provided for in the applications specified in 1 and 2 where no priority assistance is required.—Applications shall be filed on Form PD-200 regardless of whether or not priorities-assistance is needed. If the application is approved, Preference Rating Order P-19h or authorization form PD-443 will be issued. Projects located outside of defense areas involving speculative building operations are discouraged. However, those involving meritorious single house projects or group projects essential to the war effort will receive individual attention.
New war housing—Priority assistance.
When a builder needs priorities assistance to secure materials entering into the construction of new privately owned war housing, application is made for a Preference Rating Order P-55.
Applications are made on Form PD-105, which may be secured at the local offices of the Federal Housing Administration, the War Production Board, or at financial institutions.
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The applications are filed at the office of the Federal Housing Administration and must be accompanied by the exhibits listed in the application.
If extension of utility services is necessary, Form PD-545, Producers’ Application for Approval of Construction of Utility Facilities—Pursuant to—Preference Rating Order PD-46, shall be submitted to FHA. This application is completed by the utility company and a separate application must be filed for each utility service involved.
The Federal Housing Administration receives and reviews the above mentioned applications and makes recommendations to the War Production Board. Preference rating orders are issued by the district offices of the War Production Board directly to the builders and the utility companies.
The Application Form PD-105 provides for several certifications by the builder and owner.
Remodeling—Priority assistance.
Preference Rating Order P-110 relates solely to a remodeling project which will not require for its completion critical materials having a cost, fôr each additional housing accommodation included in the project, in excess of $100 per room in such accommodation, but, in no event, in excess of $800 for the total project.
Applications for Preference Rating Order P-110 are made on Form PD-406 and are filed with the local field office of the Federal Housing Administration.
Remodeling projects using a greater amount of war housing critical materials than is allowed under the limitations of Preference Rating Order P-110 will remain subject to the terms of Preference Rating Order P-55.
Applications for preference ratings on remodeling projects requiring in excess of $800 of critical material will be made on Form PD-105 and filed with the local office of the Federal Housing Administration. Remodeling—No priority assistance needed.
Where priorities assistance is not needed a remodeling project may proceed unrestricted unless its cost exceeds the $200 limitation established by Conservation Order L-41, as amended, in which case authority to begin construction must be obtained by filing PD-105, PD-200, or PD-406.
Procedure following order issuance.
Reports.—Completion reports are required on the part of the builder as various units of approved projects are made available for occupancy. This report shall be made to the local Federal Housing Administration field office. In this connection, the builder will be contacted periodically by the field office of the Federal Housing Administration in order to secure knowledge of current construction progress and also to gather data relating to potential housing availability as a part of necessary occupancy surveys.
Successor builders.—Preference rating orders are not transferable. However, provisions are made for the assignment of quotas to sue-
cessor builders in cases where projects are not completed by the holder of an outstanding P-55 Preference Rating Order.
FHA Countersignatures on P—55.—The countersignature of an authorized agent of the Federal Housing Administration is required on {a) a builder’s subcontract where critical materials are involved, and (b) a builder’s or subcontractor’s purchase order to suppliers for all materials specified and approved under the P-55 Order issued. In addition to the above, the builder is required (a) to file with the local field office of the Federal Housing Administration a material allotment record. Form PR-1006, obtainable from the local Federal Housing Administration office, is used in this connection and makes provision for recording the items and quantity of all critical materials allotted to the builder or to any of the builder’s subcontractors. As indicated above, the builder is also required (5) to submit subcontracts and purchase orders to the local field office of the Federal Housing Administration for countersignature.
Amended material lists.—Requests for amendments to material lists approved under original P-55 or P-110 Preference Rating Orders grants should be submitted in letter form to the local office of the Federal Housing Administration, together with a copy of the original PD-105 or PD—106, as the case may be. Such requests should include the serial number and expiration date of the P-55 or P-110 Preference Rating Order, the reasons for the requested amendment, the types and quantities of critical materials to be substituted or added, and a statement that the builder has not extended the preference rating on a substituted item.
Change of stipulation rental or sales price.—Provision is made for a review of requests to increase the rental rates or selling prices set forth in the Form PD-105 application as filed and approved. Such requests shall be made in letter form and shall be filed with the local field office of the Federal Housing Administration that processed the particular PD-105 on which a change is requested. The request shall show the serial number of the P-55 Preference Rating Order to which it relates and must contain sound and sufficient reasons which would justify the applicant’s request for increase. Consideration will be given to such increases only in exceptional cases where undue hardship is involved and only to the extent that the builder has been subjected to increased costs over which he had no effective control between the date of filing his PD-105 application and the completion of construction.
APPLICATIONS FOR PREFERENCE RATING— PUBLICLY FINANCED
Applications for publicly financed war housing originate with the determination of need and the assignment of the project by the National Housing Agency to the Federal Public Housing Authority. They in turn assign the projects to their regional offices for the development of site locations, plans, specifications, and the awarding of contracts.
The application for priority assistance originates with these regional offices and is made directly to the Washington, D. G., office of that
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agency. The details applying to these applications are incorporated in the Federal Public Housing Authority’s Manual which is available in their regional offices.
Before the War Production Board can process these applications the following information is necessary :
1. Letter of transmittal.
2. Application for preference rating.
3. Site plan.
4. Site specifications.
5. Building plans.
6. Building specifications.
7. List of materials comprising quantities and kind of critical materials to be used.
8. Utility applications with a separate application for each utility service required.
9. Where project is subdivided, a letter giving in detail the various parts thus subdivided.
A statement justifying provision of the housing covered by the application must be presented. Justification details must include the development of essentiality and relative urgency of the project through reference to the number of workers to be housed and the war plants to be served by the project, expected rate and volume of new employment and in-migration, and the vacancy picture or other pertinent information relating to housing conditions in the area.
If the application is approved, a P-19h Preference Rating Order is issued for the project and authorization Form PD-545b is granted for the related off-site utility connections and extensions.
HOUSING UTILITY ALLOWANCES
Projects shall be located and designed so as to restrict the use of critical materials for utility extensions and connections to the absolute minimum practicable within the limits of available sites which are suitable for projects to house workers employed at designated war facilities.
A plan devised to speed up utility connections to war housing projects became effective June 23, 1942. The procedure provides for processing and rating war housing projects and related utility applications simultaneously.
The same rating assigned to a project will be assigned to utility applications. The utility ratings may be used by utility companies to withdraw material from excess stock, to buy material from another utility company or to purchase material from other suppliers.
Inserted in this manual are forms which were issued in connection with the procedure.
Where the requirements exceed the allowances of the Housing Utility Standards, applications will be filed and processed in the same manner, accompanied by two letters stating the reasons for the appeal ; one from the builder and one from the utility company involved. These cases will be referred for decision to the power branch of the War Production Board. Interpretations of the housing utility standards and cases involving inability to secure utility material to
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connect war housing projects should also be taken up with the Power Branch of the War Production Board, Washington, D. C.
War Production Board, Washington, D. 0., September 25, 1942.
To all Utilities.
Administrative Letter No. 6
Subject: Extensions to serve dwelling units.
Amendment 4 and Supplementary Order P-46b to Preference Rating Order P-46, which chiefly affect the construction of utility extensions to serve dwelling units, have just been issued.
Amendment 4 to P-46, a copy of which is enclosed, is designed to make it possible to assign ratings under paragraph (b) (1) (iii) of P—46 sufficiently high to enable utilities to purchase iron, steel, and copper items needed to construct utility extensions' to serve war housing and other war projects, where items containing these metals are included in the war project.
Supplementary Preference Rating Order P-46b, a copy of which is also enclosed, provides blanket authorization under certain restrictions to construct extensions to serve consumers who need gas and electric ranges and water heaters for which service is not available. This order does not permit connections for gas appliances when facilities for electric connections are in place, nor for electric appliances when gas facilities are installed. Other limitations on such connections are stated in the order. These limitations are made necessary by the critical requirements for materials for direct war purposes. In applying this supplementary order cooking devices without ovens should not be considered to be ranges. Additional utility facilities for the sole purpose of serving gas or ele ;tric water heaters are not permitted.
Wé also wish to call your attention to new procedures which have been established in the case of dwelling construction for which materials are on hand and for which authorization to begin construction is being requested under the recent amendment to Order L-41. In such cases the Construction Bureau of the War Production Board is changing its procedures so that preference ratings will be assigned to all dwellings in this class approved under the order, in place of giving authority to begin construction on PD-443, constituting a release from the provisions of L-41. In connection with this change in procedure, whenever extensions of utility services are required to serve this type of construction, form PD-545 for the utility services should be attached to, and filed concurrently with, the PD-200 application for approval of residential construction under L-41. Utility extensions to such dwellings must conform to the Housing Utilities Standards. When a PD-200 application is approved and a preference rating assigned to residential construction, the same preference rating will be assigned on form PD-545 B to the utility construction.
In addition, form PD-545 should now be used to make application for the approval of extensions to serve dwellings for which priority assistance for remodeling is being requested on form PD-406.
We are enclosing a chart showing those situations where form PD-545 is used for utility extensions, the conditions under which certain types of housing applications are made, and the agency with which these forms are filed. There has been no change in the procedure outlined in our letter of June 23 regarding applications on form PD-545 for approval of utility extensions to serve privately and publicly financed housing projects for which materials are not on hand.
The policies which will be followed by the Power Branch in passing upon PD-1A, PD-200, or P-46 applications covering utility services to nonrated houses, except where very unusual circumstances exist, will be as follows :
A. No extensions will be approved that do not conform to the Housing Utilities Standards.
B. Where the proposed utility construction conforms to the Standards, the construction will be approved if the following conditions are met :
1. The dwelling unit is located in “Private housing priorities localities” as defined by the National Housing Agency (this rule applies to new, remodeled, and old dwelling units), or
2. The dwelling unit (not in a location shown on the NHA list) is to be occupied by war workers or military personnel, or
3. The dwelling unit (not in a location shown on the NHA list) replaces one which previously had utility services and was destroyed by fire, windstorm, or other causes beyond the owner’s control.
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Your attenton is called to the fact that the exception permitting certain exten-sons, stated in paragraph (f) (3) (ii) (b) in Preference Rating Order P-46, has not been changed. Furthermore, the policies which will be followed in processing applications for the extension of services to dwellings wired or with foundations complete on March 26, 1942, outlined in paragraph (f) of Administrative Letter No. 3, are still in effect. The criteria of that paragraph (2,000 feet, steel wire primaries) are being applied to applications requesting extension of facilities to dwelling units for the occupancy of persons who previously had utility service and who have been forced to move by the building of a war establishment.
Herbert S. Marks,
Acting Chief, Power Branch.
Housing utilities standards applications and ratings
Housing priority application Form No. Type of work Utility application Form No. Where to file Where utility and housing ratings issued
PD-105 Privately financed dwellings for which material must be purchased. PD-545... Local FHA. WPB Field Office.
PD-200 !... Privately financed dwellings for which material is on hand. PD-545... Local FHA (houses). Local CWB (farms). WPB Construction Bureau, New York. WPB Construction Bureau, New York.
PD-406 Residential renovation for which material must be purchased. PD-545... Local FHA. WPB Field Office.
PD-200 1... Residential renovation for which material is on hand. PD-545... Local FHA (houses). Local CWB (farms). WPB Construction Bureau, New York. WPB Construction Bureau, New York.
PD-200 Publicly financed housing projects. PD-545... FPHA WPB Housing Branch, New York.
PD-200.... Trailers and trailer camps (publicly financed). PD-545... FPHA WPB Housing Branch, New York.
PD-200 Trailers and trailer camps (privately financed). PD-545... Local FHA. WPB Housing Branch, Construction Bureau.
FHA—Federal Housing Administration.
FPHA—Federal Public Housing Authority.
WPB—War Production Board.
CWB—County War Board.
1 Form PD-200 is also used as a housing priorities application for privately financed housing when the housing quotas have been exhausted in the locality where the construction is proposed or the housing is located in a nonquota area.
The Housing Utilities Standards apply where utility extensions are needed to serve any type of housing except:
1. Where dwelling units require extensions to serve gas or electric ranges or hot water heaters in certain limited cases (blanket authorization given by P-46);
2. Where dwelling units were wired or piped or foundations were completed prior to July 1,1942, and require an extension of 250 feet or less (blanket authorization given by P-46, paragraph (/) (2) (ii) (b)) ;
3. Where dwelling was wired or piped or where foundation was completed prior to March 26, 1942 (specific authorization is given to applications in conformity with paragraph (f) Administrative Letter No. 3).
WAR PRODUCTION BOARD
P-46 AS AMENDED MARCH 26, 1942, AMENDMENT 4
Part 978—Utilities—Maintenancei, Repair, ano Supplies
[Amendment 4 to Preference Rating Order P—46 as amended March 26,1942]
Paragraph (b) (1) (iii) of Preference Rating Order P-46 (§ 978.1 )* is hereby amended to read as follows :
“(iii) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (e) (2), deliveries, to a producer, of material required by him for the construction of transmission, switching and
1 F. R. 2348, 4699, 5272, 5903.
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distribution facilities necessary to serve projects bearing a rating of A-5 or better, or to serve equipment the delivery of which is rated A-5 or better, are assigned the same rating as is assigned to such project or to the delivery of such equipment ; except that where such project or such equipment is assigned two or more ratings and both or all of these are A-5 or better, deliveries to a producer of items containing either copper or iron, or steel are assigned the highest rating as is assigned by the project or equipment rating order to deliveries of items containing the like metal, and in the case of all other items such deliveries to a producer are assigned the lowest rating which is assigned to such project or equipment.”
Issued this 12th day of September 1942.
Amory Houghton, Director General for Operations.
WAR PRODUCTION BOARD
P-46-b
Part 978—Utilities : Maintenance, Repair, and Supplies
[Supplementary Preference Rating Order P—46—b]
In accordance with the provisions of § 978.1. Preference Rating Order P-%62 as amended, which the following order supplements.
§ 978.3. Supplementary Preference Rating Order P-46-b. The provisions of paragraph (f) (3) (ii) (&) of Preference Rating Order P-46 as amended shall not apply to g,as and electric service connections required to permit the operation of a gas or electric range in the dwelling of a domestic consumer : Provided, That:
(a) Complete facilities are not installed for serving either a gas range or an electric range;
(b) The dwelling proposed for connection is not equipped with a range of any kind;
(c) Connections (including any additional service drop, primary, secondary, and ground conductor, but excluding service entrance conductor and interior wiring) can be made with an expenditure by the producer of not more than the following amounts of material:
( i) In the case of an electric range, 15 pounds of copper, or
(i i) In the case of a gas range, 75 feet of one and one-quarter inch steel pipe, or any length of steel pipe weighing in the aggregate not more than 170 pounds.
(P . D. Reg. 1, as amended, 6 F. R. 6680; W. P. B. Reg. 1, 7 F. R. 561; E. O. 9024, 7 F. R. 329; E. O. 9040, 7 F. R. 527; E. O. 9125, 7 F. R. 2719; sec. 2(a), Pub. Law 671, 76th Cong., as amended by Pub. Laws 89 and 507, 77th Cong.)
Issued this 25th day of September 1942.
Ernest Kanzler, Director General for Operations.
WAR PRODUCTION BOARD HOUSING UTILITIES STANDARDS
[As amended to August 25, 1942]
Sections 125, 142, 143, 150, 162, 230, 330, and 460 of the Housing Utilities Standards issued June 23, 1942, are hereby amended, and a new section 144 is hereby established to read as follows:
100 General provisions.
110 Scope.—
111 These standards govern approvals of all future applications for the construction of utility facilities for water, gas, electric, and sewer service for housing projects by producers and builders.
112 These standards supersede the “Maximum Standard for Gas and Water Service” and the “Maximum Standard for Electric Service” issued by the Chief of the Power Branch on May 18,1942.
2 7 F. R.2348, 4699, 5272, 5903, 7234.
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120 Definitions.—
121 “Builder” means the person to whom the preference rating on material entering into the construction of the housing project, or to whom the authorization to begin construction of the housing project is or will be granted, as the case may be.
122 “Effective date” means 15 days after date of issuance of these standards.
123 “Housing project” means the project described in the application for preference rating on material entering into housing construction, or in the application for authority to begin housing construction, as the case may be.
124 “Housing project started” means that the foundation for one or more structures in the project has been completed.
125 “Main” means distribution piping for water, gas, or sewage which is located in the public right-of-way of a street, alley, or utility easement, or distribution piping in any location which serves two or more structures, except distribution piping which is located in a private easement and serves two adjacent structures.
126 “Approach facilities” mean those which are not within the boundaries of the project and not within streets or easements where they bound the project.
127 “Site facilities” mean those within the boundaries of the housing project including those within streets or easements where they bound the . project.
128 “Service” means distribution facilities which extend from a main or from electric secondary wires to dwelling facilities and which are used by one structure or which are located in a private easement and used by two adjacent structures.
129 “Producer” means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, governmental corporation or agency, or any organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not, engaged in, or constructing facilities for the purpose of engaging in, one or more of the following activities:
(a) Supplying electric power directly or indirectly for general use by the public.
(&) Supplying gas, natural or manufactured, directly or indirectly for general use by the public.
(c) Supplying water directly or indirectly for general use by the public.
(d) Supplying public sanitation services.
130 General.—No project for the construction of utility facilities for housing will be approved unless the Producer certifies that all reasonable precautions have and will be taken with respect to the utility project to assure compliance with the standards established herein and the following criteria:
131 The construction will not result in duplication or unnecessary expansion of facilities existing, now under construction, or about to be constructed.
132 The facilities have been designed for critical material and labor economy at the expense, where necessary, of long range dollar economy in capital investment and operating expense.
133 The utility facilities have been designed in relation to the housing facilities so as to restrict the over-all weight of critical material to be used in the utility project to bare wartime essentials.
140 Material.—Subject to the limitations established by these standards for the construction of utility facilities for housing projects:
141 Material included and of the composition specified in section 700 of the Defense Housing Critical List is allowed and may be used.
142 Material, subject to priority or allocation control, which differs in composition from that specified in such list, or in these standards, may be used only when withdrawn or obtained (with or without preference rating) from stocks or inventories of producers or suppliers which existed prior to July 8, 1942.
143 Material in stocks or inventories of a producer which differs in composition from that specified in such list, or in these standards, and which is suitable as a substitute for that so specified shall be used unless the producer is reasonably assured that such material will be needed for other essential projects; provided that no such material which exceeds the limits on size established by these standards shall be used without specific approval from the War Production Board.
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144 Material not subject to priority or allocation control and not included in such list, or in these standards, is allowed and may be used.
150 Location of structures, in general.—Structures shall be located so as to minimize the use of critical material in the construction of the required utility extensions and connections.
151 Where, prior to July 8, 1942, either a water main, gas main, or electric primary or secondary facility adequate to serve the structure, was installed in a street, alley, or utility easement adjacent thereto, the structure is eligible for connection to all utility services provided that :
1511 In the case of structures started prior to July 8, 1942, utility connections started on or after that date comply with the restrictions of sections 200, 300, 400, and 500; or
1512 In the case of structures started on or after July 8, 1942, utility, connections started on or after that date comply with the restrictions of sections 200, 300, 400, and 500, and the structure is located, within the limits of local ordinance, zoning, or recorded private restrictions established prior to June 23, 1942, so as to minimize the use of critical materials.
152 Where, prior to July 8, 1942, neither a water main, nor a gas main, nor an electric primary and secondary facility adequate to serve the structure is installed in a street, alley, or utility easement adjacent to the structure, and the main or mains and electric facilities necessary to serve the structure must all be installed on or after July 8, 1942, to be eligible for connection such structure shall be located in 'accordance with sections 153 and 154.
153 Where the water or gas main or electric primary or secondary facility is located in the public right-of-way of a street (as legally described, platted or dedicated), the average distance from structures to the nearest boundary of such right-of-way shall not exceed :
1531 50 feet—for structures started prior to July 8, 1942, in housing projects started prior to July 8, 1942 ;
1532 25 feet or the legal minimum distance established prior to June. 23, 1942, by local ordinance, zoning or recorded private restriction, whichever is the greater—for housing projects started prior to July 8, 1942, but structures started on or after July 8, 1942 ;
1533 25 feet except as provided in section 1534—for housing projects started on or after July 8, 1942;
1534 25 feet plus one-half the amount by which 50 feet exceeds the width of such public right-of-way—for structures in housing projects started on or after July 8, 1942, where the public right-of-way is less than 50 feet in width and where the legal minimum setback established prior to June 23, 1942, exceeds 25 feet due to planned future widening of the public right-of-way.
154 Where the water or gas main or electric primary or secondary extension serving the structure is located in an alley or utility easement or other than in the public right-of-way of a street, the average distance from structures to such mains and to such electric primary and secondary extensions shall not exceed :
60 feet—for housing projects started prior to July 8, 1942.
50 feet—for housing projects started on or after July 8, 1942.
160 Length of services:—
161 No service shall exceed the shortest possible distance from the main or electric distribution line to the point of connection with the installation or installations made by the builder of the structure or structures served.
162 Where a complete or partial joint service for water, gas, or electricity for two adjacent structures or two adjacent dwelling units requires less over-all weight of critical material than individual services, individual services are not allowed except for that part of a service to which the title would be in more than one person.
200 Standards for water facilities.
210 General.—Mains and services shall be designed in cohsideration of the interior piping so as to use the least: possible over-all weight of critical material.
220 Material.—As allowed by section 140, except that both master and individual water meters are allowed.
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230 Length of mains.—The total length of mains in lineal feet (including both approach and site mains and all mains furnished or constructed by the builder) which are to be constructed to serve the housing project shall not exceed:
231 60 times the number of dwelling units to be served by such mains (excluding dwelling units served from mains already installed)—in the case of housing projects started prior to April 22, 1942; or
232 50 times the number of dwelling units to be served by such mains (excluding dwelling units served from mains already installed)—in the case of housing projects started on or after April 22, 1942.
240 Size of fire mains.—Fire mains shall be the minimum size commercially available which will deliver at any hydrant a flow of 500 gallons per minute with a terminal pressure at the hydrant of 10 pounds per square inch except where hydrants provide protection for management, commercial or dormitory facilities, in which case the fire flow available at any such facility may be 1000 gallons per minute, with a terminal pressure at the hydrant of 10 pounds per square inch.
250 Fire hydrants.—Not more than an average of one hydrant is allowed for each 140,000 square feet or fraction thereof of gross area of the project and adjacent occupied residential area.
260 Size of mains and services for domestic supply.—Mains for domestic supply and service piping shall be the smallest commercial size available which under existing operating conditions will deliver the flows (maximum instantaneous demand) set forth below with a residual pressure for structures containing 8 dwelling units or less of 25 pounds per square inch at the inlet to the meter (or at the structure, where meters are not installed) and with a residual pressure for structures containing more than 8 dwelling units of 6 pounds per square inch at the most remote fixture; provided that service piping smaller than %-inch shall not be required. „ . . ,
Maximum instantaneous
Number of dwelling units served : demand in gallons
1____________________________________________________________- io
2_____________________________________________________________ 15
3_____________________________________________________________ 20
6___________________________________________________________ 30
10_______________________________________________________ 40
15________________________________________________________ 50
25___________________________________________________________ 70
50--------------------------------------------------------- 10°
100___________________________________________________________!50
200-----------------------------,-----------------------------250
500_________________-_________________________________________4°0
1,000-----------------------------------------------------050
261 To determine maximum instantaneous demand for dormitories, divide the number of persons to be housed at 100 percent occupancy by 2 to establish the equivalent number of dwelling units.
262 Interpolate for numbers of dwelling units not shown.
300 Standards for gas facilities.
310 General.—Mains and services shall be designed in consideration of the interior piping so as to use the least possible over-all weight of critical material.
320 Material.—As allowed by section 140.
330 Length of mains.—The total length of mains in lineal feet (including both approach and site mains and all mains furnished or constructed by the builder) which are to be constructed to serve the housing project shall not exceed:
331 60 times the number of dwelling units to be served by such mains (excluding dwelling units served from mains already installed)—in the the case of housing projects started prior to April 22,1942 ; or
332 50 times the number of dwelling units to be served by such mains (excluding dwelling units served from mains already installed) in the case of housing projects started on or after April 22, 1942.
340 Size of mains and service piping.—Mains and service piping shall be the smallest commercial size available which under existing operating conditions will deliver gas in quantities capable of carrying the applicable
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peak load set forth below with pressure specified in section 350; provided that service piping smaller than 1%-inch for low pressure and %-inch for high or intermediate pressure is not required.
Number of dwelling units Peak-hour load in therms Number of dwelling units Peak-hour load in therms
A. Cooking only B. Cooking and water heating A. Cooking only B. Cooking and water heating
1 0.7 0.8 50 6.8 8.6
2 1.1 1.3 100 10.0 12.5
4 1.7 2.0 200 1 16.0 20.0
6 2.1 2. 5 500 31.0 38.0
10 2.7 3.4 l,000_ 51.0 60.0
20 4.0 5.0
O. Where gas space heating in addition to gas cooking and water heating is specified and approved for the housing project, the total peak-hour load calculated for sizing pipe shall be the load in (B) above plus 90 percent of the connected heating load.
350 Pressure.—
351 Where use of high pressure or low pressure is optional for approach or site facilities, that pressure shall be selected which will permit construction of required facilities with the least over-all weight of critical material.
352 For the purpose of sizing low-pressure distribution, residual pressure shall not exceed 3-inch water column !or 0.006 times the B. t. u. content of the gas, whichever is greater, calculated at the outlet of the meter for the individual dwelling, or at the entrance to the dwelling structure in case individual meters are not installed; provided that such residual pressure may be increased 1-inch water column where pressure regulators are installed for space heating equipment.
353 For the purpose of sizing high- or intermediate-pressure distribution, the residual pressure shall not exceed 1 pound per square inch calculated at the entrance of the regulator.
400 Standards for electric facilities.
410 General.—Primary, secondary, and service facilities shall be designed in consideration of the service entrance facilities, service equipment, and interior wiring so as to use the least over-all weight of cdpper and steel.
420 Maximum copper allowance.—The average weights of copper for extensions of service, secondary, primary, and grounding conductors (including approach and site facilities) to be constructed to serve the housing project shall not exceed the limitations of section 450 or the following, whichever is the lesser.
421 Housing projects started prior to April 22, 1942, 60 pounds per dwelling unit.
422 Housing projects started on or after April 22 but prior to the effective date, 30 pounds per dwelling unit.
423 Housing projects started on or after the effective date:
Dwelling type: Pounds of copper »
1 family detached structures___________________________ 30 per dwelling unit.
1 family semidetached and 2 family detached
structures_______________________________________________ 25 per dwelling unit.
1 The above maximum allowances :
(a) Shall include all service drop, secondary, primary, and grounding conductors.
(b) Shall include all distribution from the point of contact of the service drop to the service entrance conductor of a single dwelling unit.
(c) Shall exclude any service entrance conductor and interior wiring which served one dwelling unit only.
(d) Shall be reduced by the weight of copper conductors which would have been required in cases where steel conductors are used.-
(e) Shall be increased 4 pounds per dwelling unit where electric cooking or electric cooking and water heating is specified and approved for the housing project.
(f) For the producer, shall be reduced by the weight of all copper conductors in any service, secondary, primary or grounding conductors (as described in a, b, c, d, and e above), which are furnished by the builder.
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Dwelling type—Continued.
1 family row structures, 2 family row structures, Pounds of copper and 3 or more family structures__________20 per dwelling unit.
Dormitory projects..----------------------_________________ 6 per person.
430 Material.—As allowed by section 140 except :
431 Conductors insulated with rubber or rubber content not allowed for primary, secondary, service drops or for bracketing along a building.
432 Underground distribution not allowed.-—Underground service not allowed except for service requiring larger than No. 2 conductors.
433 Steel conductors allowed for primary.—Copper allowed only where required delivery dates cannot be met with steel for housing projects started prior to the effective date, and for all projects where the voltage spread with steel would exceed 105 to 125 volts.
434 Copper conductors allowed for secondary and service drops.
(For street lighting material see sec. 473)
440 Voltage.—
441 Where a choice of voltage is available for primary distribution, that voltage—generally not to exceed 4.4 kilovolts—shall be selected which will permit construction of. required facilities with the least over-all weight of copper and of steel.
442 Desgn of distribution facilities shall be based on a voltage spread of 105 to 125 volts (more than twice the conventional spread) measured at the entrance point to the branch circuits for the dwelling unit or group of dormitory rooms. Control of voltage drop only to avoid nuisance, such as lamp flicker due to fluctuating loads, shall be eliminated.
450 Size of primary, secondary, and service conductors.—Primary, secondary, and service conductors are limited to the least quantity of steel and copper which, with voltage held constant by use of regulators, will deliver the applicable peak demand set forth below with residual voltage of 105 volts at the entrance side of the branch circuits for each dwelling unit or group of dormitory rooms.
Number of dwelling units per feeder or transformer Peak demand in kilowatts per dwelling unit1 Nuinber of dwelling units per feeder or transformer Peak demand in kilowatts per dwelling unit1
A. Lighting only B. Lighting and refrigeration C. Lighting, refrigeration, cooking, and hot water A. Lighting only B. Lighting and refrigeration O. Lighting, refrigeration, cooking, and hot water
1 0.600 0.725 2.8 100 .350 .375 1 0
10 . 500 .575 1.8 500 .250 .300 9
25 .400 .500 1.2 1,000 . 200 .225 .8
50 .375 .425 1.1
1 Peak demand for dormitory projects shall be calculated at not to exceed 125 watts per person exclusive of infirmaries, cafeterias, and recreation facilities; where such facilities are provided the peak demand shall be calculated at not to exceed 200 watts per person.
Interpolate for numbers of dwelling units not shown.
451 In general where copper is used for primary, the approach lines will be 2#6 conductors and the site distribution will be 1#6 using the common neutral of the secondary which will be 3 #6.
452 In general the service to one dwelling unit or two adjacent dwelling units will be 2 #8, and where electric cooking or electric cooking and off-peak (10 hours or less) water heating is specified and approved for the housing project, the service for one dwelling unit will be 3#8.
4©) Transformers.—Transformer capacity shall not exceed the size commercially available which is equal to or next larger than the result obtained by multiplying the number of dwelling units served from the transformer by the peak demand per dwelling unit set forth in section 450.
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470 Street lighting.—
471 Where the most remote dwelling structure in housing the project does not extend beyond 1,000 feet from existing street lighting, new lighting is not allowed. In other cases, street lighting fixtures shall not be spaced closer than one for each 1,000 feet of streets within the project, including streets where they bound the project.
472 Conductor length shall not exceed 50 percent of total lineal feet of streets within the housing project, including streets where they bound the project.
473 Material.—Only overhead steel conductors allowed. Metal mast arms and ornamental posts not allowed except for withdrawal from stock without replacement. Transformers for series circuit allowed if secured from surplus stock without replacement.
500 Standards for public sanitation facilities.
510 Material.—As allowed by section 140 except that ferrous metal is allowed for force mains.
520 Force mains.—The average length of metal force mains for the project as a whole, including both approach and site mains, which are to be constructed to serve the housing project shall not exceed 20 feet per dwelling unit for all housing projects started after the effective date.
WAR PRODUCTION BOARD HOUSING UTILITIES STANDARDS
INTERPRETATIONS AS OF AUGUST 25, 1942
The following interpretations of the Housing Utilities Standards, as amended, are issued to assist producers and builders in filing applications for priorities assistance on Form PD-545. Interpretations are numbered to correspond to the section of the Housing Utilities Standards to which they relate.
100 Form PD-545 as filed by the producer should include information on all utility extensions which are to be installed by the producer whether they are site facilities or approach facilities. Information on extensions which are to be installed by the builder should not be included in such form, but information on the utility materials to be installed by the builder should be furnished in a separate summary attached to Form PD-545. Utility extensions constructed by builders as well as those constructed by producers must be included in determining compliance with the standards.
122 The maximum allowances set forth in the standards are less stringent for facilities installed or construction under way prior to July 8, 1942 (which is 15 days after the date these standards were originally issued), than for new facilities or construction which starts thereafter.
123 “Housing project” means one or more house structures. The project may be for new construction or for rehabilitation.
124 “Foundation completed” means foundation ready to receive the first-floor joists.
150 As used in this section “public right-of-way” includes right-of-way shown as dedicated or as proposed for dedication on the project plat which will be submitted as a part of the builder’s application for priorities assistance, whether or not such right-of-way has been ofiicially dedicated.
230 The length of mains to be installed by builders should be shown on a separate summary attached to Form PD-545.
260 In the case where the producer knows that an additional extension will soon be required to connect structures planned in the near future, economy may dictate the use of an over-size facility for the first extension, so that additional loads may later be handled. In such cases the producer should file a request for an exception to the requirements of this section as a part of Form PD-545 explaining the need for the over-size facility with specific reference to the projects expected to be served. See comment B in the interpretation of Form PD-545 below. A separate PD-545 application should be submitted for each housing project.
330 See interpretation of section 230.
340 If the producer knows that an additional extension will soon be required, see comment on 260.
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420 The maximum copper allowance per dwelling unit includes the weight of current-carrying conductors, but excludes the weight of copper in equipment such as transformers and meters and the weight of insulation. In computing such allowance, the weight of conductor installed by builders (other than service entrance and interior wiring) must be included along with the weight of conductor installed by producers. The weight of conductor installed by builders should be shown on a separate summary attached to Form PD-545.
431 In accordance with section 143 as amended, use of rubber-covered service cable is permitted provided it is in excess stocks.
Form PD-545
A. Summary of materials.
The item “Total cost of all material in proposed facilities” called for in the summary of materials, should include not only the cost of the main elements listed in the summary, but also the cost of all accessory materials and equipment necessary to make a complete installation. A list of materials other than shown on Form PD-545 which will be necessary to serve a project may be attached to PD-545 but is not required. Ratings issued pursuant to applications on Form PD-545 cover not only material listed on such form, but also accessory material the cost of which is included in “Total cost of all materials in proposed facilities.” B. Cases where necessary construction exceeds Housing Utilities Standards.
If the producer making application on Form PD-545 is unable to construct required connections without exceeding restrictions set up by the Housing Utilities Standards, but the project is recommended as urgently needed by the local Federal Housing Administration office, a letter from the producer and one from the builder requesting consideration of the application should be filed with Form PD-545. These letters should specifically enumerate each item of the standards which it is necessary to exceed, should include a signed recommendation from the local F. H. A. office, and should explain fully the necessity for an exception. A qualifying phrase should also, of course, be added to the certification in item C, referring to such summary.
In all such cases, the War Production Board field office or the Housing Priorities Branch of the War Production Board will refer the file to the Power Branch of the War Production Board, which will, after consideration, advise the field office or the Housing Priorities Branch whether exceptions to the standards in each case may be allowed.
DEFENSE HOUSING CRITICAL LIST
(Which may also be designated as War Housing Critical List)
100 General provisions.
110 Scope.—
111 This War Housing Critical List supersedes and nullifies the Defense Housing Critical List effective February 24, 1942. It is the list referred to in Preference Rating Orders P-55, P-110, P-19-d, and P-19-h for War Housing. It also constitutes an appendix to the Army and Navy Munitions Board “List of Prohibited Items for Construction Work.”
112 This list is based upon the critical positions at the time of issuance, of materials essential to the construction, allocation, and equipment of housing, and is subject to revision by the Director General for Operations whenever warranted by a change in the critical position of the materials included. ’
113 Only the materials and products included in this list, and only in such limited quantities and for such limited uses as are herein specified or imposed by an applicable preference rating order, are eligible for procurement by the extension of a preference rating order granted for a housing project.
114 Materials not included in this list and not subject to allocation or priority control may be used without restriction or limitation, provided, however, that nothing herein is intended to limit the application of the provisions of Priorities Regulation No. 1.
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115 The War Housing Critical List is not a specification; it is a list of maximum allowances. It is the obligation of all who are concerned with using the materials herein allowed to effect all possible conservation so that current production can be devoted to direct war requirements.
120. Substitutes.—
121 Materials or products, subject to allocation or priority control, which differ in composition or exceed the maximum sizes or weights specified in this list and which are available from existing inventories may be used except as provided in 122. The Preference Rating assigned by any Preference Rating Order referred to in section 111 above mgy be extended to secure delivery of such substitute materials or products previously produced provided delivery is made from the supplier’s existing stocks or inventories and that manufacturers may assign preference ratings only to replace inventories with products that conform to the current critical list.
122 The preference rating shall not be extended to secure delivery of the following materials and products:
1221 Materials not subject to allocation or priority control.
1222 Copper or copper-base alloys in any form except that which has been fabricated as hardware, plumbing fixture fittings and trimming, lighting fixtures, or as otherwise specifically allowed by sections 200 through 700.
1223 Rigid conduit, electrical metallic tubing, flexible metal conduit, and armoured cable or interior wiring or service entrance installations which are required by the list to be made without metallic raceways or armoured cable.
130 Definitions.—
131 “Applicable code or regulation” means a code or regulation of a public body having jurisdiction.
132 “Multifamily dwelling” means a dwelling containing separate living units for three or more families with joint facilities or services or both. For the purpose of the War Housing Critical List, the term “joint facilities” means any one or more of the following which serve three or more families: Entrance hall, stairway, storage or laundry facilities, bathroom or toilet, attic, heating plant, hot-water generator, and electrical service equipment; the term “joint services” means janitorial and maintenance services.
200 Structure.
210 Reinforcinff steel bars, mesh or fabric, tie wire and accessories—only for reinforced concrete or reinforced masonry.—
211 Where essential for earthquake or hurricane resistance.
212 Foundations and grade beams only when required by variations in soil-bearing values.
213 General concrete construction for multifamily structures over three stories high only to the extent required to meet the minimum requirements of the applicable code or regulation. Such structures may only be authorized by special permission.
214 Concrete capping for termite resistance on continuous foundation walls and piers exceeding 16 inches in width—mesh or fabric only permitted.
215 Interior stairs for multifamily structures three stories or more high only where required by applicable code or regulation.
216 Lintels only where arch construction cannot be used.
220 Miscellaneous steel and iron.
221 Anchors, dowels, cleats, timber connectors, belts, and tie rods with nuts and washers.
222 Plates for framing wood trusses.
223 Hangers or angle clips for headers and trimmers. Joist hangers not permitted.
224 Fireplace dampers—ferrous metal uncoated without metallic throats.
230 Exterior fire escapes for multifamily dwellings over two stories high—ferrous metal only. Interior ferrous metal stairs not permitted.
240 Insect screen mesh (in nonmetallic frames only) ; half screens for double-hung windows; no porch screens.
241 Painted steel.
242 Thin coat galvanized steel.
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250 Fire doors, Including frames and trim» for multifamily dwellings and dormitories where required by applicable code or regulation—wood cored with nonmetallic coated ferrous sheet metal covers not heavier than No. 26 gage. This provision does not apply to individual apartment entrance doors.
260 Roofing and sheet metal:
261 Fittings, fastenings, hangers, and cleats—ferrous metal zinc coating permitted.
262 Solder containing not more than 30 percent tin.
263 Flashings—ferrous sheet metal not heavier than No. 26 gage. Zinc coating permitted—Hard lead not heavier than 2% pounds per square foot, or soft lead weighing not more than 4 pounds per square foot.
264 Gutters and downspouts—ferrous metal not heavier than No. 26 gage; zinc coating permitted. Allowed only in multifamily dwellings over two stories high.
265 Wire basket strainers for downspouts connected to sewer lines—ferrous metal zinc coated.
266 Scuppers and downspout connections for flat roofs of ferrous sheet metal not heavier than No. 26 gage ; zinc coating permitted.
267 Gravel stops for flat roofs of ferrous metal not wider than 6 inches and not heavier than No. 26 gage; zinc coating permitted.
268 Metal corners for wood siding when made from waste wasters, zinc coating permitted.
270 Lath and accessories.—
271 Lath—ferrous metal without metallic coating and not heavier than 2% pounds per square yard for use as base of ceramic tile, plaster base soffits of wood stairs in multifamily dwellings over two stories high and plaster base in heater rooms of multifamily dwellings.
272 Corner and joint reinforcing—made of ferrous metal lath, without metallic coating, weighing not more than 2% pounds per square yard and cut into strips not wider than 5 inches. Limited to internal angles and for reinforcement at joints between different kinds of plaster base.
273 Corner beads for vertical exterior angles only—zinc coating permitted. 274 Fastenings for nonmetallic lath—ferrous metal without metallic coating. 275 Exterior stucco fabric or mesh, weighing not more than 2 pounds per square yard (metal weight)—ferrous metal without metallic coating.
280 Glazing points—zinc or ferrous metal.
290 Builders and cabinet hardware.—In accordance with the following specifications :
Note.—For description of finishes and types referred to by number, see the Federal Specifications for Builders’ Hardware.
291 Finish:
Door and window trim, except as noted:
2911 Black lacquer or Japan, US-18A, USID on iron or steel.
2912 Black lacquer over phosphate treatment, U. S. 18A on iron or steel.
2913 Baked enamel colored, for iron or steel.
2914 Exterior hardware and exterior hardware fastenings for windows and doors may be zinc coated where used under extreme exposure conditions as interpreted by the field offices processing applications provided that extreme exposure conditions shall not be deemed to exist in areas more than 50 miles distant from the Great Salt Lake or from bodies of salt water on the eastern and western seaboard and in island territories or possessions and not more than 100 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico.
Applications:
2911-2913. Only for interior use.
2912 Only for iron or steel on exteriors.
Die castings shall meet all requirements on die castings in the effective issue of emergency alternate Fed. Spec. EFFH-106.
292 Doors:
2921 Entrance doors—(a) Common entrance to multifamily dwellings: 1% pair butts, type 2014%F. primed:
Size 3%" x 3%" for 1%" door.
Size 4” x 4" for 1%" door.
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Mortise-lock set, type 88:
Type 88—5 to 6" x 3%" x %" japanned iron case. Backset 2%". Solid front 8 x 1%". Latch bolt, minimum 1 x ; minimum throw Dead bolt, minimum x minimum throw Lock shall have 1 bronze cylinder, with or without removable and interchangeable core feature, with five or more pin tumblers giving practically unlimited changes. Ferrous front and bolts and wrought steel strike. Two brass keys.
Knobs:
Type 210B, except steel on exterior; glass, porcelain, or plastic, on interior; diameter 214". Wrought steel shank on glass knobs.
Escutcheons:
Type 300 outside x 302 inside; wrought steel or cast iron.
Option:
Type 150, tubular or type 161, cylindrical, except steel, cast iron or die cast. Solid or 2-piece front, ferrous metal for bolt, steel front and strike.
Type 154, tubular except steel, cast iron or die cast. Solid or 2-piece front, brass 5-pin tumbler cylinder, 2 brass cylinder keys.
Knobs:
210-B except steel on exterior: glass, porcelain, or plastic, on interior; diameter 2^4" wrought steel shank on glass knobs. Escutcheons:
Rose 1%" x 2", or 2" diameter steel or cast iron on exterior; steel, cast iron, or plastic on interior.
2922 Interior entrance doors public hall to units in multifamily dwellings.
Pr. butts—type 2014%P. primed:
Size 3%" x 3%" for 1%" door.
Size 4" for 1%" door.
Mortise latch set, type 28, except japanned iron case 1%" x 3%" x ; front wrought steel 3%" x 1" compression spring, iron hub, ferrous bolt, steel strike. Latch bolt %" x %6°—%" throw.
Knobs:
Type 210B, glass, porcelain, or plastic; diameter 2". Wrought shank on glass knobs.
Escutcheons:
Pendant type, wrought steel—cast iron or plastic, approximately 7" x 1%**.
Option:
Type 150, tubular or type 161, cylindrical, except steel, cast iron or die cast. Solid or 2-piece front, ferrous metal for bolt, steel front and strike.
Knobs:
Type 210B, except steel on exterior; glass, porcelain or plastic on interior; diameter, 2". Wrought steel shank on glass knobs.
Escutcheons:
Rose 1%" x 2", or 2" diameter steel or cast iron on exterior; steel, cast iron, or plastic on interior.
Rim night latch:
2%" x 3%" cast-iron case, ferrous bolt, brass 5-pin tumbler cylinder, 2 brass cylinder keys.
Option:
Type 154 tubular, except steel, cast iron, or die cast. Solid or 2-piece front; brass 5-pin tumbler cylinder, 2 brass cylinder keys.
Wood door stop:
2%" projection, rubber tip, unfinished.
Letter box (only for multifamily dwellings) :
Group letter boxes in accordance with United States postal regulations—ferrous metal only.
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2923 Entrance door to single units:
1% Pr. butts—Type 2014 %P. primed:
Size 3%" x 3%" for 1%" door.
Size 4"x4" for 1%" door.
Mortise latch set, type 28, except japanned iron case 1%" x 3%" x front wrought steel 3%" x 1”, compression spring, iron hub, iron bolt, steel front and strike. Latch bolt %" x —%" throw.
Knobs:
Type 210B except steel on exterior, glass, porcelain or plastic on interior ; glass knob with wrought steel shank, diameter 2". Escutcheon:
Pendant type approximately 7" x 1%", wrought steel, cast iron, or plastic.
Option:
Type 150, tubular or type 161, cylindrical except steel, cast iron or die cast. Solid or 2-piece front, ferrous metal for bolt, steel front, and strike.
Knobs:
210B glass, porcelain or plastic; glass knob, with wrought steel shank, diameter 2".
Escutcheons:
Rose 1%" x 2", or 2" diameter, steel, cast iron, or plastic.
Rim night latch:
2%" x 3%" cast iron case, ferrous bolt, brass 5-pin tumbler cylinder, 2 brass cylinder keys.
Option:
Type 154, tubular, except steel, cast iron, or die cast. Solid or 2-piece front; brass 5-pin tumbler cylinder, 2 brass cylinder keys.
Wood door stop:
2%" projector, rubber tip, unfinished.
2924 Rear door:
1% Pr. butts—Type 2014%P. primed:
Size 3%" for 1%" door.
Size 4" for 1%" door.
Mortise latch set, type 28, except japanned iron case 1%" x j front wrought steel 3%" x 1" compression spring; iron hub, ferrous bolt, steel strike. Latch bolt %" x —%" throw.
Knobs:
Type 210B, except steel on exterior; glass, porcelain or plastic, on interior; diameter 2". Wrought steel shank on glass knobs.
Escutcheons:
Pendant type, wrought steel or cast iron, approximately 7” x 1%".
Option:
Type 150, tubular or type 161, cylindrical, except steel, cast iron, or die cast. Solid or 2-piece front, ferrous metal for bolt, steel front and strike.
Knobs:
Type 210B, except steel on exterior; glass, porcelain or plastic on interior; diameter 2". Wrought steel shank on glass knobs.
Escutcheon:
Rose 1%" x 2'*, or 2" diameter steel or cast iron on exterior; steel, cast iron, or plastic on interior.
Mortise bolt, type 1053A, steel or cast-iron bolt and strike; wrought steel or cast-iron turnpiece and plate.
Rim night latch:
2%" x 3%" cast-iron case, ferrous bolt, brass 5-pin tumbler, cylinder, 2 brass cylinder keys.
Option:
Type 154 tubular,’ except steel, cast iron or die cast. Solid or 2-piece front; brass 5-pin tumbler cylinder, 2 brass cylinder keys.
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Wood door stop:
2%” projector, rubber tip, unfinished.
2925 Bathroom Door:
Pr. butts—type 2014% P. primed:
Size 3%” for 1%" door.
Size 4" for 1%” door.
Mortise latch set—type 28, except japanned iron case
1%"x3%"x%6", front wrought steel 3%"xl", compression spring, iron hub, iron bolt, steel front and strike. Latch bolt %"x%6"—%" throw.
Knobs:
Type 210B, glass, porcelain or plastic; glass knob with wrought-steel shank, diameter 2".
Escutcheon:
Pendent type approximately 7” xl%” wrought steel, cast iron, or plastic; stop on inside to lock against outside; emergency entrance from outside.
Option:
Type 150, tubular or type 161, cylindrical, except steel, cast iron, or die cast. Solid or 2-piece front, steel bolt, frpnt, and strike.
Knobs:
Type 210B, glass with wrought-steel shank, porcelain or plastic; diameter 2”.
Escutcheon:
Rose I%"x2", or 2" diameter, steel, cast iron, or plastic; stop on inside to lock against outside; emergency entrance from outside. Stops may be in knob or tubular types.
2926 Interior doors. Closet doors.
Pr. butts—type 2014% P. primed:
Size 3%” for 1%” door.
Size 4” for 1%" door.
Mortise latch set—type 28, except japanned iron cast
1%" x3%" x; front wrought steel 3%"xl" compression spring iron hub, iron bolt, steel strike.
Knobs:
Type 210B, glass, with wrought-steel shank, porcelain or plastic; diameter 2”. Standard closet spindle.
Escutcheons:
Pendant type, wrought steel, cast iron, or plastic. Approximately 7”xl%”.
Option:
Type 150, tubular or type 161, cylindrical, except steel, cast iron, or die cast. Solid or 2-piece front, iron, steel, or die-cast bolt, steel front and strike.
Knobs:
Type 210B glass, with wrought-steel shank, porcelain or plastic; diameter 2”. Turn knob head on spindle for closet interiors.
Escutcheons:
Rose 1%" x2", or 2" diameter, steel, cast iron, or plastic.
2927 Double-acting doors:
Set of steel floor hinges, double-acting commercial spring type with wrought-steel side plates having prime coat.
Push plates—beveled glass, size approximately 3" x 12”.
2928 Screen doors:
Spring hinges, shall be cast iron or wrought steel, japanned, surface type, size 3” fixed tension spring.
Catches shall be either rim type or tubular mortise type wrought steel or cast iron.
Option:
Pr. butts 3”x3”—coiled spring—Hook and eye 3”— ferrous metal.
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293 Cabinets:
Hinges for lipped doors—steel, prime coat, surface type exposed or semiconcealed ; for flush doors, concealed pivots may be used.
Knobs or pulls shall be glass, plastic, or hardwood, unfinished.
Catch—friction catch.
Option—push-button catch.
Note.—Flush doors requiring no pulls or knobs preferred.
294 Windows:
2941 Double-hung sash:
Spiral and spring balances—ferrous metal (only 1 spring balance per sash)
Sash lock, cast iron or wrought steel approximate size 2%" x
2942 Casements opening in: .
Butts 3" x 3", type 2014^P.
Surface bolt, type 1060A, size 6" (for pairs of casements only.) One only casement fastener lever handle projecting 1%", approximately 1%" x l%e"-
2943 Casements opening out:
Butts 3" x 3", type 2014y2P-
One pair half surface steel extension hinges prime coat, for single sash only where sash cannot be reached from ground, roof or similar point of access.
Surface bolt type 1060A, size 6" (for pairs of casements only).
One only casement fastener lever handle projecting 1%", approximately 1%" X
One only casement adjuster, type 1000, except of ferrous metal (1 to each sash) or one 8" ferrous metal hook and eye.
Option:
Steel pivot top and bottom fixtures—pivot consists of sill plate, sash plate, arm and sliding shoe.
2944 Cellar windows:
Shall have complete set, wrought steel, japanned, including 1 pr. hinges, 1%" x 2%" japanned steel, fast pin. 06" thick catch B1137A hook and eye 1601c except japanned, and eye for holding open.
2945 Window screens:
Full length, hangers, type 1825 to 1825B, to suit detail. Hook and eye type 1601C, size 1%" (unfinished)
Sliding screens—2 steel springs, japanned, 1223A.
2946 Storm sash—1 pair hangers:
2-10" adjusters—Ferrous metal.
295 Garage hardware:
Hinge type 2209,12" with steel pin, 3 to the door.
Thumb latch type 1189A.
Bolt type 1022B 6".
Cane—12" wrought steel.
Padlock eyes—No. 1540.
296 . Maintenance and management building:
2961. Exterior entrance doors to public space:
To have hardware as specified for entrance doors to single units.
Stationary leaf of double doors to have chain bolt type 1025A 6" at top and foot bolt type 1047A 6" at bottom.
Other exterior door to have hardware as specified for entrance doors, to single units.
2962 Doors to manager’s office:
Doors to superintendent’s office.
Doors to other rooms indicated as requiring locks with keys, such as store rooms, shops, etc.
To have hardware as specified for interior entrance doors to units in multifamily dwellings.
2963 Doors to private toilets:
To have hardware as specified for bathroom doors in dwelling units substituting lock type 17A-EK with wrought steel front and strike.
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2964 Doors to public toilets (other interior doors) :
To have hardware as specified for interior doors in dwelling units. 2965 Cabinets under counter in public space:
To have hardware as specified for cabinets.
Doors requiring locks to have type 701B cupboard lock with wrought steel case, bolt, strike, and cylinder.
2966 Windows:
To have hardware as specified under windows and casements in dwelling units.
297 Miscellaneous:
2971 Padlocks for bulkheads, garages, and doors to cellar spaces shall be 1%” in size, disk tumbler, or pin tumbler construction with ferrous or die cast case.
2972 Self-releasing fire exit devices where required by applicable code or regulation, ferrous metal, no metallic coating.
2973 Automatic fire-door fixtures where required by applicable code or regulation, ferrous metal, no metallic coating.
2974 Door closer:
Type 3001, ferrous metal with hold open feature size as required according to manufacturers schedule of requirements for various size doors.
Door closer bracket (ferrous metal) for doors opening out, or other conditions where bracket is essential.
Closers allowed only for doors permitted under item 250 and on entrance doors to public toilet rooms having more than 2 urinals and/or water closets.
2975 Wood-venetian blind hardware—not more than 15 ounces of metal per blind.
2976 Shade fixtures—ferrous metal, no metallic coating.
2977 Brackets for wood hand rails—ferrous metal, no metallic coating. 298 Rough hardware:
2981 Nails and screws for rough and finished carpentry—ferrous metal, uncoated or nonmetallic coated.
2982 Zinc coated nails, optional for all purposes in Hawaii and optional elsewhere for roof hovering, exterior sheet metal work and wall ties ; electrolytic zinc coated nails optional for exterior side wall finishes.
2983 Wall ties—ferrous metal nonmetallic coated; zinc-coated sheet metal optional for masonry veneer over frame construction.
299 Dormitories—Temporary buildings.
1%2991 Exterior entrance doors:
1% Pr. butts 2014%P. primed size 4" x 4”.
Mortise lock type 105 with 1 cylinder only. Stop work controlled through cylinder by custodian or management key. Type 105— 5” to 6" x 3%” x japanned iron case. Solid or 2-piece front. Cylinder may be with or without removable core feature with 5 or more pin tumblers and 2 brass keys. Ferrous front bolts and strike knobs.
Knobs:
Type 210B, except steel on exterior * glass, porcelain or plastic on interior. Wrought steel shank on glass knobs.
Escutcheon:
Type 300, size 10” x 2%” wrought steel or cast iron outside.
Type 300, size 7” x 2W wrought steel, cast iron, or plastic inside.
Option:
Lock type 165 cylindrical except that stop work is to be controlled only through cylinder by custodian or management key.
Knobs:
Type 210B, except steel on exterior; glass, porcelain or plastic on interior. Wrought steel shank on glass knobs.
Escutcheons:
Rose of standard diameter required for proper application, wrought steel or cast iron on exterior, wrought steel, cast iron, or plastic on interior.
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Pair of doors: Stationary leaf:
1 surface bolt 1060A—y2" half round 12" long for top.
1 surface bolt 1060A—%" half round 9" long for bottom. Exterior exit doors:
1% pr. butts 2014^P. primed size 4" x 4".
Self-releasing fire-exit devices, ferrous metal, no metallic coating. Vestibule doors:
Doors corridors to stair halls, doors in fire wall connecting corridors.
Doors corridors to public toilets and shower rooms:
Pr. butts 2014%P. priced (doors over 7' 0"<*to have 3 butts: Size 3^" x 3%" for 1%" door.
Size 4" for 1%" door.
Push plate 14" x3%" glass or plastic.
Door pull 6%" ferrous or plastic without back plate.
Doors corridors to dwelling rooms.
Doors corridor to house supervisor apartment.
Doors to offices.
Doors to other rooms indicated as requiring locks with keys such as domestic rooms, storage room, store rooms, mail rooms, coat rooms, diet kitchens, shops to have hardware as specified for interior entrance.
Dutch doors to have surface bolt—1060A x %" half round 4" long.
Closets in individual dwelling rooms:
Pr. butts 2014% P, primed, size 3%" x 3%" for 1%" doors. 1% pr. half surface hinges primed, size 3" with fast-pin for plywood doors.
Rim night-latch 2%" x 3%" cast-iron case, ferrous bolt and strike, cylinder may be with or without removable core feature with 5 or more pin tumblers and 2 brass keys. Omit latch hold-back feature.
Option:
Type 154 tubular, except steel or cast iron.
Solid or 2-piece front. Cylinder may be with or without removable core feature with 5 or more pin tumblers and 2 brass keys. Ferrous front, bolt, and strike. Omit latch hold-back feature.
Knob: Nonmetallic with bolt through door.
Note.—Where thin doors require other than manufacturers’ standard cylinder ring, difference is to be adjusted with wood. Doors to private bath rooms off shower rooms or corridors.
Doors to private toilet rooms off vestibule corridors or offices.
To have hardware as specified for bath room doors in dwelling units substituting lock type 17A—EK with wrought-steel front and strike.
Stall doors in toilet:
Pr. spring hinges cast iron or wrought steel japanned, surface type, size 3" with fixed tension spring.
Mortise bolt:
Type 1053A, steel or cast-iron case bolt and strike; wrought-steel or cast-iron turn piece and plate.
Pulls size 4" wrought steel or cast iron.
Janitor’s closets or other closets in corridors, offices, etc. (except closets in dwelling rooms). (To have hardware as specified for closet doors in dwelling units.)
Where doors are required to be locked.
Rim night latch 2%" x 3%" cast-iron case, ferrous bolt and strike. Cylinder may be with or without removable core feature with 5 or more pin tumblers and 2 brass keys.
Option:
Type 154 tubular except steel or cast iron.
Solid or 2-piece front; cylinder may be with or without removable core feature with 5 or more pin tumblers and 2 brass keys.
Ferrous front bolt and strike.
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Double-acting doors (to have hardware as specified for double-acting doors in dwellings) :
Doors requiring lock to have:
Type 153, tubular dead lock steel or cast iron.
Solid or 2-piece front; Cylinder may be with or without removable core feature with 5 or more pin tumblers and 2 brass keys.
Front, bolt and strike to be ferrous metal. Type 1060A, wrought-steel bolts, half round, 12” long at top and 9” long at bottom for pairs of doors.
Panel boards:
Key cabinets:
Pr. wrought-steel butts with fast pin, size 2^”.
Type 701B cupboard lock with wrought-steel case bolt and strike; length of cylinder governed by thickness of door.
Batten doors:
Pr. wrought-steel tee hinges 6”.
Rim night latch 2%” x 3%” cast-iron case, ferrous bolt and strike; cylinder may be with or without removable core feature with 5 or more pin tumblers and 2 brass keys.
All other doors not otherwise covered (to have hardware as specified for interior doors in dwellings) :
Doors requiring lock to have:
Type 4A, lock 3%” to 3%” x 3%” to 3%” x %” japanned iron case, front 5%” x 1”. Lock shall have 1 tubular and 1 steel key. Front, bolts and strike to be ferrous metals.
Double hung windows (to have hardware as specified under Dwellings) :
Casements (to have hardware as specified under dwellings). Cabinets (hardware as specified under cabinets in dwelling units).
Doors requiring locks to have type 701B cupboard lock with wrought-steel case bolt strike and cylinder.
Horizontal sliding sash.
Ferrous metal fastener with two strikes to permit ventilation.
Gates in office counters.
Pr. Spring hinges wrought steel or cast iron, japanned, surface type, size 3” with fixed tension spring.
300 Electrical.
310 General.—
311 Outlets.—The number of outlets allowed for fixtures, snap switches, convenience and special-purpose receptacles for each dwelling unit shall not exceed the sum total calculated as follows:
a. Bathroom—1 outlet.
b. Kitchen—2 outlets.
c. Separate dining room or dining space—2 outlets; dining space— 2 outlets.
d. Living room—3 outlets.
e. Each other habitable room—2 outlets.
f. Each private hall—1 outlet.
g. One exterior entrance—2 outlets.
h. Utility room—2 outlets.
i. Basement, in dwellings which do not contain a utility room—2 outlets.
j. Other areas and special-purpose outlets; number as determined for the individual case by the office processing the application.
The following items each count as one outlet provided the wiring device is installed in 1 outlet box: single snap switch—combination snap switch and convenience outlet—duplex convenience outlet—fixture outlet—combination fixture and convenience outlet—special-purpose outlet.
320 Service entrance.—
321 Nonmetallic service cables. (Type S. E.)
322 Moisture-resistant cables only for underground installation in nonmetallic service raceways. (Type U. S. E. without rubber jackets).
323 Service cable head.
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324 Service equipment, panel boards and enclosures—nonmetallic materials or ferrous sheet-metal enclosures; nonmetallic coated sheet metal; zinc-coated sheet metal for exterior use or where embedded in exterior concrete or masonry. Copper or copper alloy for current carrying parts only. Over-current devices may be fuse or automatic type, thermal or magnetic.
330 Interior wiring.—
331 Covered neutral cable.
332 Insulated single conductors.
333 Nonmetallic sheathed cable.
334 Nonmetallic service cable—for range and domestic water-heater circuits and for feeders from a master-serving cabinet to supply other structures—wiring only permitted where this equipment is available for immediate installation. Wire for future installations not permitted.
335 Flexible metal conduit—ferrous metal, zinc coating permitted—only for flexible connections to motor terminals as an extension of 336 or 337 following.
336 Electrical metallic tubing—ferrous metal—enameled or zinc coated; permitted only where it is essential to embed wiring in masonry or concrete.
337 Rigid conduit—ferrous metal—enameled or zinc coated; for sizes.over 2" in connection with permitted use as per item 336.
338 Conductor sizes shall be the minimum sizes permitted by 1940 National Electrical Code, except that varnished cambric insulated conductors larger than 3/0 AWG and rubber-insulated conductors (where permitted) in raceways or cable, shall be the minimum sizes permitted by the 1937 National Electrical Code. Rubber insulation permitted only on building wires (not including solidly grounded conductors) in wet locations.
340 Outlet boxes.—
341 Nonmetallic type.
342 Ferrous type, where connected to permitted metallic raceways or armored cable; zinc coating permitted.
350 Plates and wiring devices, such as convenience and special purpose receptacles, switches and lamp holders ; nonmetallic plates, nonmetallic outer shells and covers for lamp holders.
360 Fittings.—
361 Clamps, lock-nuts, connectors, bushings, and nipples—ferrous metal zinc coated.
362 Hangers, straps, supports, sleeves, and fastenings—ferrous metal no metallic coating.
363 Cable connectors—copper and copper alloy for current carrying parts only.
370 Solder.—Solderless connectors desirable.
380 Lighting -fixtures.—Nonmetallic materials—copper or copper alloy permitted for current carrying parts only—ferrous metal without metallic coating permitted only to the extent that nonmetallic substitutes are not available. Metal posts for supporting fixtures not permitted. Fluorescent lighting not permitted.
390 Low-tension communication assemblies.—One bell permitted for each dwelling unit located on the second floor or above, having an individual private stair leading to a privatè entrance at the street level. Private telephones not permitted.
400 Plumbing and gas distribution.
410 General.—
411 Permitted quantities of materials are limited to those necessary to meet minimum requirements of the current Emergency Plumbing Standards for War Housing.
412 In each dwelling unit there is permitted installation of not more than the following fixtures :
1 single or double laundry tray;
1 single compartment kitchen sink or a combination sink and laundry tray, either 1-piece or 2 ;
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2 water closets with tanks.
1 lavatory.
1 shower stall or tub.
No metal cabinets or drainboards.
413 Plumbing fixture allowances for women’s dormitories:
1 water closet for every 8 occupants
1 shower for every 10 occupants
1 lavatory for every 6 occupants.
1 bath tub for every 25 occupants.
414 Plumbing fixtures allowances for men’s dormitories.
Same as item 413 with the following changes:
1 urinal for every 15 occupants.
1 water closet for every 10 occupants.
420 Fixtures, fixture fittings, and trimmings.—
421 Fixtures:
Nonmetallic materials for bodies—nonmetallic coated ferrous metal for shower stall frames, wall hangers, and fasteners—ferrous metal lath or mesh for reinforcement of fixture bodies.
422 Fixture fittings and trimmings:
Copper or copper base alloy limited to valve seats, valve stems, bonnets, disks and disk screws, or valve trimming units combining these separate parts into 1 unit, provided it is limited to the minimum amount practicable. Balance of material shall be ferrous metal, lead or nonmetallic.
Brass allowed for ball cock, not for float rod, standpipe hush, and refill tubes.
No chromium, nickel, copper, copper base alloy, or cadmium may be used as a finish on any fittings or trim. Zinc coating permitted.
Escutcheons, closet tank balls, and floats to be of nonmetallic materials except for spuds.
430 Sanitary drainage system.—
431 Soil pipe, fittings, cleanouts, plugs, floor drains, and ferrules—cast iron. Lead cleanout plugs also permitted.
432 Screw pipe and fittings:
4321 Screw pipe—ferrous metal, zinc coating permitted.
4322 Screw pipe fittings—ferrous metal, zinc coating permitted.
433 Lead pipe, and fittings, and solder:
4331 Lead pipe.
4333 Weldng rod.
434 Caulking lead.
435 Flashing—ferrous sheet metal not heavier than No. 26 gauge; hard lead not weighing more than 2^ lbs. per sq. ft.; soft lead weighing not more than 4 lbs. per square foot. Ferrous metal not permitted for shower pans.
436 Hangers, supports and miscellaneous iron—ferrous metal no metallic coating.
437 Sump pump or ejector assembly, with nonmetallic collecting basins; may be authorized with special permission.
438 Oakum only to the extent that substitutes are not available.
439 Reinforcing steel for concrete septic tanks.
440 Water supply.—
441 Water-supply pipe—ferrous metal, zinc coated or cement lined; or lead.
442 Water-supply-pipe fittings—as for 411 brass solder nipples and wiping solder—containing not more than 38 percent tin by weight and then only for the installation or repair of water service pipes connecting the piping of the structure with a water supply main.
443 Valves—with ferrous metal bodies—brass bodies for valves 2" or smaller permitted only to the extent that valves with ferrous metal bodies are not available.
4431 Shut-off valves.
4432 Relief valves.
4433 Sill cocks—not more than 2 per dwelling unit for 1-family, 2-family and row-house structures; and not less than 100' apart around the perimeter of multifamily structures. (2 minimum).
4434 Pressure-reducing valves.
444 Hangers and supports and miscellaneous iron-ferrous metal, no metallic coating.
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450 Domestic hot water heaters and storage tanks.—Ferrous metal uncoated, non-metallic coated, or zinc coated when required by water conditions— Stands of nonmetallic materials—tank insulation required—metal jackets not permitted over tank insulation.
Maximum tank capacity shall be based on number of dwelling units served as follows:
1 dwelling unit________-_____15 gallons or less except a maximum
tank capacity of 30 gallons is permissible where tank is used with coal or wood burning equipment without controls.
2 or 3 dwelling units________ 40 gallons.
4 or 5 dwelling units________ 66 gallons.
6, 7, or 8 dwelling units---- 82 gallons.
9 or more dwelling units----- 10 gallons per dwelling unit.
Tank drain cocks not permitted and requirements of tank tests not to exceed 250 pounds per square inch.
451 Direct fired coils for boilers or furnaces, with storage tank.
452 Direct fired coil, fin or tube heaters with storage tank.
453 Tank type—direct fired gas, oil, coal.
454 Direct fired water jacket type with storage tank.
455 Indirect coil type with storage tank or instantaneous.
460 Control equipment for domestic hot water heating.—Ferrous metal, brass held to minimum necessary.
4621 Safety valves—pressure relief, temperatures relief or combination pressure and temperature relief.
4622 Operating and safety controls.
4623 Gas shut-off valves.
470 Water softeners.—
(Permitted only in areas where water softeners are now in general use.) 471 Tanks—nonmetallic shells for single family units and for systems with capacities 42 GPM or less—ferrous metal without metallic coating for larger capacities.
472 Valves—with ferrous metal bodies—brass bodies for valves 2 inches or smaller permitted only to the extent that valves with ferrous metal bodies are not available.
480 Gas distribution.—
481 Pipe, fittings, hangers,, supports and fastenings—ferrous metal, no metallic coating.
482 Regulators—ferrous metal with brass held to minimum necessary.
483 Valves—with ferrous metal bodies—brass bodies for valves 2" or smaller permitted only to the extent that valves with ferrous metal bodies are not available.
Note.—In areas where gas for space heating is restricted, sizes of gas lines shall be only as needed for water heating and cooking. Piping for use of bottled gas (liquefied petroleum) permitted only where special authorization has been granted.
500 Heating.—See War Housing Constructor! Standards.
510 General.—
511 The maximum net hourly output capacity of the heating unit or system as determined in 514 or 515 hereof is the capacity after deductions have been made for piping and pick-up, attached domestic water heaters, and non-dwelling heating loads—available to provide for the total hourly heat loss of the dwelling it heats. Such maximum net hourly output capacity in B. t. u. shall not exceed 66 times the dwelling area in square feet or 80,000 B. t. u. per dwelling unit, whichever is the smaller.
512 The total hourly heat loss of a dwelling shall not exceed, in any case, 66 times the dwelling area in square feet or 80,000 B. t. u. per dwelling unit, whichever is the smaller and shall be determined in accordance with the data and methods described in the current edition of the “Guide” of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers or by an alternate method which results in not less than the amount determined by the “Guide” method. Such total hourly heat loss shall be based on maintaining 70° F. inside the dwelling when the outside temperature is at the design temperature for the locality. (Space
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such as unheated garages, attic and basementless spaces shall be calculated at outside design temperature.) Storm windows and doors furnished shall be credited with the heat loss reduction they effect. Regardless of the capacity of heating plant installed, the heat loss of a one family or multifamily dwelling or dormitory shall not exceed these limits.
513 Dwelling area is the total area used for dwelling purposes contained within the exterior walls at each principal floor level excluding garage and unfinished storage space, but including only the finished area of any living, sleeping, dining or kitchen space located in the basement or attic.
514 Equipment may be rated within a range of specified firing rates selected by the manufacturer if at any firing rate within that range its performance certified by the manufacturer to have been determined by test is within the limitation of the applicable code or standard specified in 515.
515 Except as provided in 514 hereof, the maximum net hourly output capacity is determined as follows:
5151 Floor furnace:
Gas-fired—90 percent of published, listed, or labeled output rating determined in accordance with “Gas Floor Furnaces, Gravity Circulating Type, Commercial Standard, CS99-42,” or 90 percent of the American Gas Association output rating.
Oil-fired—90 percent of manufacturer’s certified output rating at 70 percent or higher efficiency.
5152 Space heater:
Solid fuel burning—According to the “Tentative Draft of Commercial Standard for Coal Burning Space Heaters, TS-3297.”
Gas-fired—90 percent of A. G. A. output rating
Oil-fired—100 percent of the published, listed or labeled rating determined in accordance with “Flue Connected Oil Burning Space Heaters Equipped With Vaporizing Pot Type Oil Burners, Commercial Standard, CS101-43.”
5153 Pipless gravity furnace:
Hand-fired coal—90 percent of the manufacturer’s certified register output at 55 percent or higher efficiency.
Oil-fired—90 percent of the manufacturer’s certified register output at 70 percent or higher efficiency.
5154 Gravity furnace:
Solid fuel burning—90 percent of the manufacturer’s certified register output at 55 percent or higher efficiency.
Gas-fired (furnace-burner unit) 75 percent of A. G. A. bonnet output rating.
Oil-fired (furnace-burner unit) according to “Proposed Commercial Standard for Warm Air Furnaces With Vaporizing Pot Type Oil Burners, TS-3303, or subsequent revision thereof.
5155 Forced warm-air furnace:
Hand or mechanically fired solid fuel burning—according to “Tentative Commercial Standard for Coal Burning Warm Air Furnaces.” Gas-fired (fan-burner-furnace .unit) 85 percent of A. G. A. output rating.
Oil-fired (fan-bumer-furnace unit) according to “Proposed Commercial Standard for Warm Air Furnaces Equipped With Pot Type Oil Burners, TS-3303,” or subsequent revision thereof.
5156 Boiler (only for heating systems serving three or more dwellings units or for extensions of existing plants to service additional living accommodations).
Gas fired—65 percent of A. G. A. output rating.
Hand-flred or mechanically fired (all fuels) 100 percent of current Institute of Boiler and Radiator Manufacturers’ Ratings for cast iron boilers, or 100 percent of net rating certified by the manufacturer to have been obtained by test procedure. in accordance with the I. B. R Testing and Rating Code less (in each case) 12,000 net B. t. u. per dwelling unit for domestic hot water heated indirectly by the heating boiler.
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516 Limitation on oil-fired equipment. The installation of oil-fired equipment for space-heating is not permitted within the areas restricted by the W. P. B. limitation order L-56.
517 Limitation on gas-fired equipment: The installation of equipment utilizing natural, mixed natural and manufactured, or manufactured gas is not permitted for space heating within the areas restricted by W. P. B. limitation order L-31 and L-174.
PERMISSIBLE INSTALLATIONS
520 Overflow heaters.—
521 Floor furnaces and pipeless gravity furnaces—ferrous metal—no metallic coating.
5211 Registers—stamped, fabricated or cast ferrous metal—no metallic coating.
522 Space heaters, stoves and other similar heating devices—ferrous metal—no metallic coating. (Refractory lined type shall be used wherever available in lieu of all metal type.)
530 Warm air distribution systems.—
531 Furnaces—ferrous metal—no metallic coating.
5311 Fans, blowers and motors—for forced air systems.
5312 Filters—for forced warm air systems—nonmetallic containers and filter material with ferrous metal grid.
532 Distribution materials:
5321 Ducts—straight runs of nonmetallic materials, zinc coated ferrous metal permitted for fittings, hangers, and fastenings. Metal heavier than No. 26 gauge not permitted.
5322 Registers and grilles—Registers of stamped, fabricated, or cast ferrous metal, no metallic coating. Metallic grilles not permitted.
540 Steam or hot-water systems (only for heating systems serving 4 or more families or for extensions of existing plants to service additional living accommodations).
541 Boilers—cast iron with brass safety devices and cocks limited to minimum practicable and with pressure gauges for steam boilers and combination temperature and altitude gauges for hot-water boilers. Metal jackets over insulation not permitted.
542 Distribution materials:
5421 Piping—ferrous metal—no metallic coating.
5422 Fittings—cast ferros metal—no metallic coating.
5423 Valves—with ferrous metal bodies—brass bodies for valves 2" or smaller permitted only to the extent that valves with ferrous metal bodies are not available, (a) flow control valve for forced circulation hot-water system; (b) check, blow-off, gate, globe, cock, radiator; (c) air valves.
5424 Traps for multifamily steam systems: (a) radiator—no metallic coating; (b) boiler return, blast, bucket, float and thermostatic.
5425 Radiators and convectors—ferrous metal, no metallic coating and no metal enclosures or fronts. Cast iron tubular radiation not to exceed 4.7 lbs. per square foot of heating surface.
5426 Hangers, brackets, and fastenings—ferrous metal, no metallic coating.
5427 Magnesia pipe covering and high temperature molded asbestos pipe covering—permitted for use in parts of installations where temperatures are above 212° F., and for all temperatures for underground insulation.
543 Accessories:
5431 Pump assemblies—water circulators, condensation and return line vacuum.
5432 Expansion tanks for hot-water systems—ferrous metal, no metallic coating.
550 Firing equipment.—See paragraphs 516 and 517.
551 Oil, gas, or sawdust burners.
553 Oil storage tanks—-ferrous metal, no metallic coating; size not to exceed 275 gallons capacity for tanks serving three units or less and to not
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more than 100 gallons per dwelling unit for tanks serving four dwelling units or more. Shells of ferrous metal tanks shall be less than thick. Ferrous metal reinforcing permitted for concrete tanks which are the preferred type.
554 Oil-line pumps.
555 Vent, fill, and oil-line piping and fittings—ferrous metal, no metallic coating.
560 Control equipment.—
561 Electrical material as allowed under 330, 340, 350, 360, and 370 of Electrical Section.
562 Relays and solenoids.
563 Damper regulators.
564 Thermostats (room, aquastats, air stats, combination fan and limit controls, combustion safety controls).
565 Pressure controls:
5651 Pressure-reducing valves.
5652 Pressure stats.
5653 Pressure-relief valves.
566 Shut-off cocks for gas heaters, furnaces, and boilers.
570 Breechings and smokepipe.—Ferrous metal, no metallic coating. Breechings for multifamily heating systems may include necessary clean-out doors. Ferrous sheets less than thick.
580 Vents and flues.—For heating equipment in prefabricated houses—ferrous metal, no metallic coating. Vents may include necessary casings, supports, and connections.
600 Household equipment.
610 Ranges of the type available in the industry except electric ranges.
620 Ice-cooled refrigerators (not mechanical) for individual family dwelling units of the type available in the industry.
630 Ice or mechanically cooled refrigerators of 20 cubic feet capacities or over— wooden interiors and exteriors—insulation other than cork and jute—zinc coated ferrous metal evaporators—compressor units—wood shelving— zinc coated ferrous metal hardware.
640 Incinerator equipment for multifamily dwelling units only, incinerator proper and flue of nonmetallic materials, permitted only where no other method of disposal is available.
641 Fire and ash doors, gratings, lintels, frames, and anchors—ferrous metal, nonmetallic coating.
642 Hopper doors and hardware—ferrous metal, no metallic coating.
650 Cafeteria and kitchen equipment not containing chrome, nickel, or other nonferrous metals except in special cases copper may be permitted for conducting electric current on specially approved electrically operated equipment. In no case is ferrous metal permitted where wood can be used.
700 Land development and utility service.
710 General.—Land development and utility service items purchased or installed by a public utility are not eligible under Housing Preference Rating Order. The following items are eligible only when they are an integral part of the housing project and are included in the contract for constructing the project.
720 Water supply and distribution.—
721 Wells:
7211 Reinforcing steel for dug well slabs.
7212 Castings and drop pipe—ferrous metal, zinc coating optional.
722 Pumps and pumping equipment:
7221 Shallow and deep well pumps and pumping equipment, including motors and incidental electric wiring and control equipment.
7222 Pressure tank—ferrous metal, zinc coating optional. Capacity not to exceed 42 gallons. Pressure tanks for community systems not permitted.
723 Pipe and fittings of ferrous metal only to the extent that less critical substitute materials are not commercially available; lead; reinforced concrete; asbestos cement; wood pipe and metal banded; zinc coating permitted on ferrous metal pipe 2" or smaller.
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724 Miscellaneous :
7241 Caulking lead.
7242 Wiping solder containing not more than 38 percent tin by weight and only for the installation or repair of water service pipes connecting the piping of the structure with a water supply main.
7243 Oakum, only to the extent that substitutes are not available.
7244 Solder nipples and ferrules of secondary brass and only to the extent that substitutes are not available.
725 Valves—with ferrous metal bodies—brass bodies for valves 2" or smaller permitted only to the extent that valves with ferrous metal bodies are not available.
726 Valve and meter boxes and covers—nonmetallic materials except reinforcing steel and ferrous metal bands permitted where necessary.
727 Fire hydrants—ferrous metal with brass for working parts only.
728 Storage reservoirs, tanks, and supports.
7281 Reinforcing steel or steel bands or rods and miscellaneous steel and iron for concrete or wood storage tanks or reservoirs.
7282 Reinforcing steel or timber connectors, etc., for wood or concrete tank supports. Structural steel permitted if tank tower is more than 100' high.
729 Meters—master only.
730 Gas distribution.—
731 Pipe and fittings—ferrous metal, no metalic coating.
732 Valves—with ferrous metal bodies—brass bodies for valves 2" or smaller permitted only to the extent that valves with ferrous metal bodies are not available.
733 Meters—master and individual.
734 Pressure regulators and governors.
735 Valve and meter boxes and covers—nonmetallic materials except reinforcing steel and ferrous metal bands permitted where necessary.
736 Caulking lead.
740 Electric distribution.—
741 Pole hardware and guys—ferrous metal, zinc coated where necessary. Metallic guy guards not permitted.
742 Conductors, connectors and fittings—steel for primary; copper permitted for primary only where required delivery dates cannot be met with steel or where the voltage spread with steel would exceed 105 to 125 volts. Copper permitted for secondary and service drops, conductors insulated with rubber or rubber content not allowed for primary, secondary, service drops or for bracketing along a building.
743 Raceways and fittings—nonmetallic except for vertical runs where exposed for underground service; underground distribution not permitted ; underground service not permitted except for sevice requiring larger than No. 2 conductors.
744 Transformer and protective equipment—ferrous metal, no metallic coating : copper or copper alloy for current carrying parts.
745 Manhole and vault equipment.
7451 Vault hardware—ferrous metal, no metallic coating.
7452 Supports for vault equipment, ferrous metal—no metallic coating.
746 Auxiliary equipment.
7461 Circuit breakers, copper or copper alloy for current carrying parts only.
7462 Instrument transformers, copper or copper alloy for current carrying parts only.
747 Meters—master and individual.
750 Drainage and sewers.—
751 Reinforcing steel for drainage pipe, culverts and inlets.
•752 Angles, frames and gratings for drainage inlets only where inlets are subjected to vehicular traffic and other locations are not possible— ferrous metal, no metallic coating.
753 Sewer service—metal not permitted except within 5 feet of the structure served.
754 Force (pressure) sewer mains—piping of ferrous metal or reinforced concrete only permitted to extent that pipe using less critical materials is not available.
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760 Sewerage treatment and pumping plants (metal septic tanks not allowed).
761 Reinforcing steel and miscellaneous iron for structural elements.
762 Pipe and fittings—ferrous metal, nonmetallic coating ; only to the extent that nonmetallic piping is not usuable and/or not available.
763 Caulking lead.
764 Valves—with ferrous metal bodies—brass bodies for valves 2" or smaller permitted only to the extent that valves with ferrous metal bodies are not available.
765 Pumps and pumping equipment, including motors and incidental electric wiring and control equipment.
770 Utility service manholes, vaults and pits.
771 Reinforcing steel for self-supporting slab covers.
772 Manhole frames and covers consisting of combination of concrete and ferrous metal; reinforcing steel and ferrous metal bands.
773 Step bars—ferrous metal.
780 Anchors, dowels, tie rods and bolts with nuts and washers—ferrous metal.
790 Asphalt.
The use of asphalt for road work is prohibited. In areas where adequate supplies of asphalt exist, permission to use same may be granted upon request.
800 Painting.
810 Paints and varnishes as permitted to be manufactured by the War Production Board.
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1942