Carbon monoxide alarms required: every dwelling with attached garage or fuel-fired appliances

Description

Carbon monoxide alarms shall be hard wired, plug-in or battery type; listed as complying with UL 2034. They shall be installed in every dwelling unit with an attached garage or fuel-fired appliances. When more than one CO alarm is installed, they shall be interconnected so activation of one causes all to alarm.

Why this exists

Standard residential CO alarm requirement; Virginia adds explicit interconnect provision for multi-alarm installations.

Categories

Applies to

• Jurisdiction: Virginia

Source

Solver enforcement

Browsable only — the solver does not currently enforce this directive (no spec-level data to check against). This entry exists so the architect personas can cite it in conversation and the user can read what the rule says.

Related directives

• Garage / dwelling fire separation · IRC R302.6
• Habitable space minimum ceiling height · IRC R305.1
• Egress window net opening dimensions · IRC R310.2
• Stair riser, tread, and headroom · IRC R311.7
• Smoke alarms required throughout dwelling · IRC R314