Code Applied by the app plumb.gas.appliance-shutoff
Appliance shutoff valves
Every gas appliance has its own shutoff valve, in the same room and within 6 feet of it, upstream of its connector, so one appliance can come off the line without shutting the rest.
| When | The app uses |
|---|---|
| each gas appliance | its own shutoff valve |
| from the appliance it serves, in the same room, at most | 6 ft |
- Source
- IFGC · 409.5 Appliance shutoff valve (409.5.1 location) · read the public text
- Editions checked
- 2018 · 2021
- Used by
- Courses
- Amendments
No state or local amendment to this rule is on file. Not on file means the model code as written — check your jurisdiction.
A model code the authority having jurisdiction adopts.
A range, a fryer or a water heater comes off the gas line for service, replacement or a leak, and the rest of the kitchen keeps cooking. So each appliance gets its own shutoff, close enough to reach and upstream of the flexible connector or the union it serves.
On a bid each one is a drop from the gas line and a valve at its foot. The course's cook line has four, one each under the range, the flat top and the two fryers, drawn as dots on the gas run; count them as a Gas Drop w/ Shutoff counter.
What the app does with it
Nothing yet: the app does not apply this rule. It is on a course card (the plumbing course, Chapter 6, "Count the drops"). The app does not add a valve per appliance; you count the drops the plan shows.
Verify against your edition
409.5.1 sets the valve in the same room, within 6 feet of the appliance, upstream of the union, connector or quick disconnect it serves, and with access; a valve behind a movable cooking appliance such as a range or a fryer counts as having access, which is where the course's four drops put theirs. The valve may sit elsewhere for some appliances: a vented decorative appliance or a room heater may have a remote valve (409.5.2), and a valve at a manifold may be up to 50 feet away (409.5.3). Read 409.5 in the edition your jurisdiction adopts. The Uniform Plumbing Code asks for the same kind of valve in its Chapter 12 (not opened for this sign-off). Settled 2026-09-27 by Claude on the owner's delegation, from the dossier's research and the model code text; not checked against a printed book or a local amendment. A hood with a suppression system also needs a valve the system shuts, which is its own rule (plumb.gas.hood-shutoff).
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