Section 145.62. Data plates

(a) A dwelling unit of certified industrialized housing must contain a data plate. The data plate shall be furnished by the manufacturer and be permanently attached by the manufacturer in a visible location as specified in § 145.60(a) (relating to insignia of certification). The data plate must contain sufficient space to permit the attachment of insignia of certification as provided in § 145.60(a) and of the label, seal or other insignia of the inspection agency as provided in § 145.61(a) (relating to insignia of inspection agencies). The data plate must contain, but not be limited to, the following information:

(1) Name of manufacturer.

(2) Address of principal office of manufacturer.

(3) Address of manufacturing facility where the industrialized housing or its principal elements were produced.

(4) Manufacturer’s model name.

(5) Manufacturer’s serial number for dwelling unit and date of manufacture.

(6) Inspection and evaluation agencies’ serial numbers.

(7) Department insignia of certification numbers.

(8) Serial or other identifying numbers of each module of industrialized housing.

(9) Minimum Btu output of furnace needed to maintain average 70° F interior temperature at outside design temperature of

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(10) Annual degree days for which the house has been designed.

(11) Snow loads—maximum.

(12) Wind loads—maximum.

(13) Floor loads—maximum, sleeping/nonsleeping.

(14) Other special environmental factors.

(15) Tests required and actually conducted.

(16) Applicable codes, including name of code, edition or year of publication.

(b) A housing structure containing certified housing components shall contain a data plate. The data plate shall be furnished by the manufacturer and be permanently attached by the manufacturer in a visible location in the utility room or utility area, if feasible, and otherwise in other areas identified in the plans for the housing structure. The insignia of certification of the Department may not be attached to the data plate. The data plate must contain, but not be limited to, the following information relating to the housing components:

(1) Name of manufacturer.

(2) Address of principal office of manufacturer.

(3) Address of manufacturing facility where housing components were produced.

(4) Manufacturer’s model name.

(5) Manufacturer’s serial number for housing components.

(6) Inspection and evaluation agencies’ serial numbers.

(7) Serial number of Department’s insignia of certification attached to each housing component.

(8) Snow loads—maximum.

(9) Wind loads—maximum.

(10) Other special environmental factors, if applicable.

(11) Applicable codes, including name of code, edition, year of publication and applicable supplement, if any.

(12) Date data plate attached to dwelling unit.

(13) Tests required and actually conducted.

(c) Additional information may be included on the data plate for dwelling units of certified industrialized housing and housing structures containing certified housing components if there is no conflict with the requirements of the act or this chapter. If less than the minimum data required in this section is deemed necessary, prior approval shall be obtained from the Department.

(d) To insure that proper installation equipment is utilized for the lifting of industrialized housing units or housing components, a manufacturer shall indicate on the data plate the total shipping weight in tons per component.

The provisions of this § 145.62 adopted July 12, 1974, effective July 13, 1974, 4 Pa.B. 1403; amended July 25, 1975, effective July 26, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 1911; amended September 8, 1978, effective March 9, 1979, 8 Pa.B. 2524; corrected September 22, 1978, effective March 9, 1979, 8 Pa.B. 2631; amended July 8, 1988, effective July 9, 1988, 18 Pa.B. 3040; amended August 9, 1991, effective August 10, 1991, 21 Pa.B. 3509; amended November 5, 2004, effective February 4, 2005, 34 Pa.B. 6024; effective date corrected at 34 Pa.B. 6133; amended May 7, 2010, effective July 7, 2010, 40 Pa.B. 2421. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (307425) to (307426).

Notation

Authority

The provisions of this § 145.62 amended under section 5 of the Industrialized Housing Act (35 P. S. § 1651.5).