CE A82 – Building Design II

WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM

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314.1 All piping passing under or through walls shall be
protected from breakage with embedded metal pipe
sleeves.
All pipes passing through or under cinders or other
corrosive materials shall be protected from external
corrosion by encasing same with polyethylene sheath or in
other approved manner.
Approved provisions shall be made for expansions of hot
water pipings.
Void between pipes and sleeves through concrete floors
in the ground shall be appropriately sealed with bitumen.
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314.2 All pipes in connection with the plumbing system shall be
installed so that the piping or connections will not be
exposed to undue strains or stresses, and provisions shall
be made for pipe expansions and contraction, and
bending due to structural settlement.
No pipe shall be directly embedded in concrete and
masonry walls without metal sleeve.
No structural member shall be seriously weakened or
impaired by cutting, notching or otherwise.
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314.3 The bottom of all pipe trenches deeper than the footing of
any adjacent building or structure and parallel to it must
be at least forty-five ( 45) degrees therefrom, unless
permission is granted by the Administrative Authority.

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314.4 No building sewer or other drainage pipings or part
thereof, constructed of materials other than that approved
for use under or within the building, shall be installed
under or within 0.6 meter of any building or structure,
nor less than 0.3 meter below the finish ground surface.
Finished ground surface

0.3m minimum 0.6m

minimum

0.6m minimum
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314.5 Pipe surfaces subject to undue corrosion, erosion or
mechanical damage shall be protected with approved
material and manners such as inside lining, outside
coating and proper bottom bedding and top
shielding with concrete blocks.
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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
603.3.3 Access and clearance shall be provided for the required testing,
maintenance and repair.
Access and clearance shall require minimum of 305 mm space
between the lowest portion of the assembly and the grade,
floor or platform.
Installations elevated more than 1.52 meters above the floor or
grade shall be provided with a permanent platform capable of
supporting a tester or maintenance person.
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MATERIALS:
604.1 Water pressure pipes shall be of brass, copper, centrifugal cast
iron (CCI), ductile cast iron (DCI), galvanized wrought iron,
galvanized steel, or other approved Polyethylene (PE) &
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) water pressure pipe manufactured to
recognized standards may be used for cold water distribution
systems.
Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC) water pipe and tubing
may be used for hot and cold-water distribution systems
within a building.
All materials used in the water supply system, except valves and
similar devices, shall be of a like material, except where
otherwise approved by the Administrative Authority.
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VALVES:
605.1 Valves up to and including 51 mm in size shall be brass or other
approved materials. Sizes over 51 mm may have cast iron or
brass bodies. Each gate valve shall be a fullway type with
working parts of non-corrosive materials.
605.2 A fullway gate valve controlling all outlets shall be installed on
the discharge side of each water meter and on each
unmetered water supply.
Water supply piping supplying more than one building in any
premise shall be equipped with a separate fullway gate valve
to each building so arranged that the water supply can be
turned on or off to any individual or separate building provided
however, that supply piping to a single family residence and
building accessory thereto, may be controlled by one gate valve.
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VALVES:
605.3 A valve used to control two (2) or more openings shall be a
fullway gate valve.
605.4 Control gate valves shall be installed before each water-supplied
appliance slip joint, supply pipings for non-metallic fixture and
appliance.
605.5 All required shutoff or control valves shall be accessible.
605.6 A single control gate valve shall he installed in a water supply line
ahead of any automatic metering valve which supplies a battery
of fixtures.
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INSTALLATION:
608.3 Installation - all water supply piping shall be installed to the
satisfaction of the Administrative Authority.
Burred ends shall be reamed to the full bore of the pipe or tube.
Changes in direction shall be made by the appropriate use of
fittings, except that changes on direction in copper tubing may
be made with bends provided that the same are made with
proper bending equipment which does not deform or create a
loss in cross-sectional area of the tubing.
Provisions shall be made for expansion in hot water pipings.
All pipings, equipment, appurtenances and devices shall be
installed in a workmanlike manner in conformity with the
provisions and intents of this Code.
All water service yard piping shall be at least 0.3 m below the
finish ground level.
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608.2 Water pipes shall not be run or laid in the same trench as
building sewer or storm drainage pipings constructed of clay or
materials not approved for use within the building unless both
of the following conditions are met:
608.2.1 The bottom of the water pipe at all points, shall is at least 0.3 m
above the top of the sewer or drain line;
608.2.2 The water pipe shall be placed on a solid shelf excavated at one
side of the common trench with a minimum clear horizontal
distance between the sides of at least 0.3-m from the side of
sewer or drain line and the water line, and
608.2.3 Water pipes crossing sewer or drainage piping constructed of
clay or materials, not approved for use within a building, shall
be laid a minimum of 0.3 m above the sewer or drainpipe.
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609.1 The size of the water meter and the immediate piping from the
meter or from other source of unmetered water supply to the
risers, fixture supply branches, fixture connections, outlets or
other uses shall be based on the total water demand and shall
be determined according to the methods and procedures
outlined in this section.
609.3 The quantity of water required to be supplied to every plumbing
fixture shall be represented by "Fixture Units" (FU), as shown in
Table 6-5.
609.4 Where the maximum length of supply piping is 61 meters or
less, each water piping system of fifty fixture unit (FU) or less
shall be sized in accordance with the values set forth in Table 6-
6. Other systems of more than (5O) fixture units and within
range of Table 6-6 may be sized from that table or by method
set forth in Appendix A ( Recommended rules for sizing the
water supply system).
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609.6 For proposed water piping installation sized using Table 6-6 the
following conditions shall be determined:
609.6.1 Total number of fixture units (F.U.) determined from the Table of
Equivalent Fixture Units (Table 6-5) for the fixtures to be
installed;
609.6.2 Developed length of supply pipe from water meter to the most
remote outlet;
609.6.3 Difference in elevation between the water meter or other
source of water supply and the highest fixture or outlet to be
installed,
609.6.4 Water Pressure in the street main or other source of water
supply in the locality where the installation is to be made; and
609.6.5 In localities where there is a fluctuation of water pressure in the
main throughout the day, the water piping system shall be
designed on the basis of the minimum pressure available
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609.7 Size of Water Meter and Building Supply Pipe Using Table 6-6.
Knowing the available pressure at the water meter or other
source of supply, and after subtracting 9.79 kPa per m of
difference in elevation between such source of supply and
highest water supply outlet in the building or on the premises,
use the "Pressure Range" group within which this pressure will
fall.
Select the "Length" column which is equal to or longer than the
required length. Follow down the column to a fixture unit value
equal to or greater than the total number of fixture units
required by the installation.
Having located the proper fixture unit value for the required
length, sizes of meter and building supply pipe will be found in
the two left-hand columns. No building water service pipe shall
be less than 19 mm in diameter. 1 PSI = 6.895 Kilo Pascal (kPa)
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609.8 Size of Branches. The number of fixture units handled by a
branch shall determine the size of that branch, following the
methods outlined in subsection 609.7 of this section.
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609.8 Support all piping at intervals of not more than four (4) feet
(1219 mm), at end of branches, and at change of direction or
elevation.
Supports shall allow free movement, but shall restrict upward
movement of lateral runs to avoid reverse grade.
Vertical piping shall be supported at each story or floor level.
Alignment of vertical piping shall be maintained between floors
with the use of a mid-story guide.
Support trap arms in excess of three (3) feet (914 mm) in length
as close as possible to the trap.
Closet rings shall be tightly fastened with corrosive resistant
fasteners up to the floor with top surface one-quarter (1/4) inch
(6.4 mm) above finish floor.
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