No steam pipes shall be placed within two inches of any timber or woodwork unless the timber or woodwork is protected by a metal shield and then the distance shall not be less than one inch. All steam pipes passing through floors and ceilings or laths and plastered partitions shall be protected by a metal tube one inch larger in diameter than the pipe, and the space shall be filled in with mineral wool, asbestos or other incombustible material.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-1240; 1952 Code Section 47-1240; 1942 Code Section 7509; 1932 Code Section 7509; Civ. C. '22 Section 4624; 1917 (30) 77.