N.J. Admin. Code § 5:10-27.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

Section 5:10-27.4 - Specifications for window guards

(a) Window guards shall be so constructed as to reject the passage of a solid four-inch sphere at every space and interval.

(b) Window guards shall bear a 150 pound load at center span when extended to maximum width or shall meet the performance tests of ASTM F2006-00 or ASTM F2090-01a, incorporated herein by reference.

(c) Window guards shall be constructed of metal or of other material of comparable strength and durability and shall allow for the passage of natural light and ventilation, as required by N.J.A.C. 5:10-16.

(d) Window guards shall be designed, constructed and installed so as to serve their intended protective purpose without any risk of collapse, breakage, spreading of the bars or other malfunction.

(e) Window guards shall protect the full openable area of each lower window. Installation of rigid metal stops in the upper tracks of a lower window, or other attempts to limit the ability to raise the lower window, shall not be an acceptable method of satisfying the requirements of this section.

(f) Window guards shall be securely fastened in order to bear the required load.

(g) All window guards shall be so designed and installed as to ensure that any space between the lowest section of the top horizontal bar of the window guard and the bottom of the upper sash is less than four inches.

(h) Screws used to mount window guards shall be:

1. Minimum size No. 10 and long enough to penetrate one inch into a wooden window frame; or

2. Of an adequate type, size and length to be securely fastened to a metal window frame.

(i) The coating of window guards shall be unleaded.

(j) Window guards shall be installed only in sound (non-rotting) mountings or tracks.

(k) Window guards installed prior to November 20, 1995 shall be accepted as being in conformity with this subchapter if they were designed and installed in accordance with the rules and specifications established by the New York City Department of Health and if such installation is not in violation of (e) or (g) above or of 5:10-27.2. Window guards installed on or after November 20, 1995 that are so constructed as to reject the passage of a solid four-inch sphere at every space and interval and are otherwise designed and installed in accordance with the rules and specifications established by the New York City Department of Health, ASTM F2006-00 or ASTM F2090-01a, and not in violation of (e) or (g) above or of 5:10-27.2, shall be accepted as being in conformity with this subchapter.

N.J. Admin. Code § 5:10-27.4

Emergency amendment, R.2005 d.318, effective 8/24/2005 (to expire October 23, 2005).
See: 37 N.J.R. 3729(a).
Rewrote (e) and (g); added (e)1; in (h), deleted "and stopping devices" following "window guards" in the introductory paragraph.
Adopted concurrent amendment, R.2005 d.402, effective 10/23/2005.
See: 37 N.J.R. 3729(a), 37 N.J.R. 4397(b).
In (k), added "(e) or (g) above or of" in two places; changes upon adoption effective 11/21/2005.
Amended by R.2006 d.110, effective 3/20/2006.
See: 37 N.J.R. 4497(a), 38 N.J.R. 1430(a).
In (b), added "or shall meet the performance tests of ASTM F2006-00 or ASTM F2090-01a, incorporated herein by reference"; in (c), added "and shall allow for the passage of natural light and ventilation, as required by N.J.A.C. 5:10-16" and deleted the requirement that window guards have a dimension of one-half inch; in (k), added ", ASTM F2006-00 or ASTM F2090-01a,".
Amended by R.2007 d.40, effective 2/5/2007.
See: 38 N.J.R. 3947(a), 39 N.J.R. 363(b).
Added (e)2.

Amended by 55 N.J.R. 1687(a), effective 8/7/2023