Oil Service Stations
Oil Service Stations
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Trying to find some clear code and direction about protection oil change service pits. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Thanks,
Eric Hendrix, SET
NICET Certified
Design Manager





RE: Oil Service Stations
Any ventilation provided
RE: Oil Service Stations
Eric Hendrix, SET
NICET Certified
Design Manager
RE: Oil Service Stations
RE: Oil Service Stations
Cannot design beyond the scope of what the business says it is going to do.
RE: Oil Service Stations
See sections 4.2.3, 7.4.5 and 8.3.2 they all refer to pits in garages regarding electric classification, ventilation and egress.
This is from the 2012 30A handbook, they actually show a picture of a Jiffy Lube facility as a reference.
7.4.5 Pits, Belowgrade Work Areas, and Subfloor Work Areas.
Comments from the handbook
Subsection 7.4.5 addresses the lower-level work areas of “quick-lube” service stations and similar facilities. Due to the number of vehicles capable of being serviced on a daily basis by these facilities, servicing the vehicles from the lower-level area is more efficient and actually safer than raising the vehicle on a lift. Service pits, subfloor work areas, and belowgrade work areas are below the level of the surface on which the vehicle to be serviced is located.
The difference between a service pit or subfloor work area and a belowgrade work area is that the service pit or subfloor work area is generally much smaller, usually extending only under the vehicle being serviced, while the latter tends to be the same size as the building’s footprint. The belowgrade work area, in addition to being larger, usually is subject to the same building code requirements as would a floor or story of a building, including fixed lighting, ventilation, minimum headroom, and alternate means of egress. See Exhibit II.7.3.
7.4.5.1 Pits, belowgrade work areas, and subfloor work areas used for lubrication, inspection, and minor automotive maintenance work shall comply with the provisions of this chapter, in addition to other applicable requirements of this code.
RE: Oil Service Stations
Maybe stookey has it
RE: Oil Service Stations
RE: Oil Service Stations
With that attitude neither.
Eric Hendrix, SET
NICET Certified
Design Manager
RE: Oil Service Stations