North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 14 - Director, Division of Health Service Regulation
Subchapter J - JAILS, LOCAL CONFINEMENT FACILITIES
Section .1500 - CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR EXISTING FACILITIES
Section 14J .1513 - WALLS
Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 14J .1513
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
Walls and partitions shall be made of either reinforced concrete or masonry or the following materials:
(1) Steel grating of either tool-resisting steel or open hearth steel as specified in the plans:
(a) Tool-resisting steel grating shall meet
the following construction requirements:
(i)
Seven-eighths of an inch or one inch diameter vertical double-ribbed round bars
spaced not over four inches on center, passing through and interlocking at each
intersection with 3/8 inch x 2-1/4 inches or 3/8 inch x 2-1/2 inches
tool-resisting flat bars spaced on 12 inch centers for 7/8 inch bars and on 18
inch centers for one inch bars;
(ii) Vertical framing bars shall be 3/8 inch
x 2-1/4 inches or 3/8 inch x 2-1/2 inches tool-resisting flat bars.
(b) Open hearth steel grating
shall meet the following construction requirements:
(i) Seven-eighths of an inch or one inch
diameter vertical double-ribbed round bars spaced not over four inches on
center, passing through and interlocking at each intersection with 3/8 inch x
2-1/4 inches or 3/8 inch x 2-1/2 inches horizontal flat bars spaced on 12 inch
centers for 7/8 inch bars and on 18 inch centers for one inch bars;
(ii) Vertical framing bars shall be 3/8 inch
x 2-1/4 inches or 3/8 inch x 2-1/2 inches open hearth flat bars.
(2) Steel plate used in a wall or ceiling shall meet the following construction requirements:
(a) not less than 3/16 inch open hearth
steel, or
(b) not less than 1/4
inch tool-resisting steel.
Authority
G.S.
153A-220;
153A-221;
Eff. June
1, 1990;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. January 5,
2016.
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