Ontario Building Code

Important Points:

  • Where maintenance and window cleaning operations are intended to be carried out on the exterior of a building, anchor systems shall be provided where any portion of the roof is more than 8 m (26’-3”) adjacent to ground level.
  • The anchor systems in the sentence above shall be designed, installed, and tested in accordance with CSA Standard Z91, “Safety Code for Window Cleaning Operations.”

Note: This is not the official version. The most recent version of this regulation is available on the Ontario Regulations website.


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