[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 5]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR3280.204]



[Page 119]

 

                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

 CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING--FEDERAL HOUSING 

        COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 3280_MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS--Table 

of Contents

 

                          Subpart C_Fire Safety

 

Sec.  3280.204  Kitchen cabinet protection.



    (a) The bottom and sides of combustible kitchen cabinets over 

cooking ranges to a horizontal distance of 6 inches from the outside 

edge of the cooking range shall be protected with at least \5/16\-inch 

thick gypsum board or equivalent limited combustible material. One-inch 

nominal framing members and trim are exempted from this requirement. The 

cabinet area over the cooking range or cooktops shall be protected by a 

metal hood (26-gauge sheet metal, or .017 stainless steel, or .024 

aluminum, or .020 copper) with not less than a 3-inch eyebrow projecting 

horizontally from the front cabinet face. The \5/16\-inch thick gypsum 

board or equivalent material which is above the top of the hood may be 

supported by the hood. A \3/8\-inch enclosed air space shall be provided 

between the bottom surface of the cabinet and the gypsum board or 

equivalent material. The hood shall be at least as wide as the cooking 

range.

    (b) The 3-inch metal eyebrow required by paragraph (a) of this 

section will project from the front and rear cabinet faces when there is 

no adjacent surface behind the range, or the \5/16\-inch thick gypsum 

board or equivalent material shall be extended to cover all exposed rear 

surfaces of the cabinet.

    (c) The metal hood required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this 

section can be omitted when an oven of equivalent metal protection is 

installed between the cabinet and the range and all exposed cabinet 

surfaces are protected as described in paragraph (a) of this section.

    (d) When a manufactured home is designed for the future installation 

of a cooking range, the metal hood and cabinet protection required by 

paragraph (a) of this section and the wall-surfacing protection behind 

the range required by Sec.  3280.203 shall be installed in the factory.

    (e) Vertical clearance above cooking top. Ranges shall have a 

vertical clearance above the cooking top of not less than 24 inches to 

the bottom of combustible cabinets.