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International Plumbing Code, 2003
- Welcome Page
- Preface
- Ordinance
- Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 - Administration [Go to Page]
- Section 101 - General
- Section 102 - Applicability
- Section 103 - Department Of Plumbing Inspection
- Section 104 - Duties And Powers Of The Code Official
- Section 105 - Approval
- Section 106 - Permits
- Section 107 - Inspections And Testing
- Section 108 - Violations
- Section 109 - Means Of Appeal
- Chapter 2 - Definitions [Go to Page]
- Section 201 - General
- Section 202 - Defintions
- Chapter 3 - General Regulations [Go to Page]
- Section 301 - General
- Section 302 - Exclusion Of Materials Detrimental To The Sewer System
- Section 303 - Materials [Go to Page]
- Table 303.4 - Products And Materials Requiring Third-Party Testing And Third-Party Certification
- Section 304 - Rodent Proofing
- Section 305 - Protection Of Pipes And Plumbing System Components
- Section 306 - Trenching, Excavation And Backfill
- Section 307 - Structural Safety
- Section 308 - Piping Support [Go to Page]
- Table 308.5 - Hanger Spacing
- Section 309 - Flood Hazard Resistance
- Section 310 - Washroom Toilet Room Requirements
- Section 311 - Toilet Facilities For Workers
- Section 312 - Tests And Inspections
- Section 313 - Equipment Efficiencies
- [M] Section 314 - Condensate Disposal
- Chapter 4 - Fixtures, Faucets And Fixture Fittings [Go to Page]
- Section 401 - General
- Section 402 - Fixture Materials
- Section 403 - Minimum Plumbing Facilities [Go to Page]
- Table 403.1 - Minimum Number Of Required Plumbing Fixtures [Go to Page]
- Table 403.1 - Continued [Go to Page]
- Table 403.1 - Continued
- Section 404 - Accessible Plumbing Facilities
- Section 405 - Installation Of Fixtures [Go to Page]
- Figure 405.3.1 - Fixture Clearance
- Section 406 - Automatic Clothes Washers
- Section 407 - Bathtubs
- Section 408 - Bidets
- Section 409 - Dishwashing Machines
- Section 410 - Drinking Fountains
- Section 411 - Emergency Showers And Eyewash Stations
- Section 412 - Floor And Trench Drains
- Section 413 - Food Waste Grinder Units
- Section 414 - Garbage Can Washers
- Section 415 - Laundry Trays
- Section 416 - Lavatories
- Section 417 - Showers
- Section 418 - Sinks
- Section 419 - Urinals
- Section 420 - Water Closets
- Section 421 - Whirlpool Bathtubs
- Section 422 - Health Care Fixtures And Equipment
- Section 423 - Specialty Plumbing Fixtures
- Section 424 - Faucets And Other Fixture Fittings
- Section 425 - Flushing Devices For Water Closets And Urinals
- Section 426 - Manual Food And Beverage Dispensing Equipment
- Section 427 - Floor Sinks
- Chapter 5 - Water Heaters [Go to Page]
- Section 501 - General
- Section 502 - Installation
- Section 503 - Connections
- Section 504 - Safety Devices
- Section 505 - Insulation
- Chapter 6 - Water Supply And Distribution [Go to Page]
- Section 601 - General
- Section 602 - Water Required
- Section 603 - Water Service
- Section 604 - Design Of Building Water Distribution System [Go to Page]
- Table 604.3 - Water Distribution System Design Criteria Required Capacity At Fixture Supply Pipe Outlets
- Table 604.4 - Maximum Flow Rates And Consumption For Plumbing Fixtures And Fixture Fittings
- Table 604.5 - Minimum Sizes Of Fixture Water Supply Pipes
- Table 604.10.1 - Manifold Sizing
- Section 605 - Materials, Joints And Connections [Go to Page]
- Table 605.3 - Water Service Pipe
- Table 605.4 - Water Distribution Pipe
- Table 605.5 - Pipe Fittings
- Table 605.8 - Manufactured Pipe Nipples
- Section 606 - Installation Of The Building Water Distribution System [Go to Page]
- Table 606.5.4 - Sizes For Overflow Pipes For Water Supply Tanks
- Table 606.5.7 - Size OF Drain Pipes For Water Tanks
- Section 607 - Hot Water Supply System
- Section 608 - Protection Of Potable Water Supply [Go to Page]
- Table 608.1 - Application Of Backflow Preventers
- Table 608.8.3 - Size Of Pipe Identification
- Table 608.15.1 - Minimum Required Air Gaps
- Table 608.17.1 - Distance From Contamination To Private Water Supplies And Pump Suction Lines
- Section 609 - Health Care Plumbing
- Section 610 - Disinfection Of Potable Water System
- Section 611 - Drinking Water Treatment Units
- Section 612 - Solar Systems
- Section 613 - Temperature Control Devices And Valves
- Chapter 7 - Sanitary Drainage [Go to Page]
- Section 701 - General
- Section 702 - Materials [Go to Page]
- Table 702.1 - Above-Ground Drainage And Vent Types
- Table 702.2 - Underground Building Drainage And Vent Pipe
- Table 702.3 - Building Sewer Pipe
- Table 702.4 - Pipe Fittings
- Section 703 - Building Sewer
- Section 704 - Drainage Piping Installation [Go to Page]
- Table 704.1 - Slope Of Horizontal Drainage Pipe
- Section 705 - Joints [Go to Page]
- Table 705.18 - Caulking Ferule Specifications
- Table 705.19 - Soldering Bushing Specifications
- Section 706 - Connections Between Drainage Piping And Fittings [Go to Page]
- Table 706.3 - Fittings For Change In Direction
- Section 707 - Prohibited Joints And Connections
- Section 708 - Cleanouts
- Section 709 - Fixture Units [Go to Page]
- Table 709.1 - Crainage Fixture Units For Fixtures And Groups
- Table 709.2 - Drainage Fixture Units For Fixture Drains Or Traps
- Section 710 - Drainage System Sizing [Go to Page]
- Table 710.1(1) - Building Drains And Sewers
- Table 710.1(2) Horizontal Fixture Branches And Stacks
- Section 711 - Offsets In Drainage Piping In Buildings Of Five Stories Or More
- Section 712 - Sumps And Ejectors [Go to Page]
- Table 712.4.2 - Minimum Capacity Of Sewer Pump Or Sewer Ejector
- Section 713 - Health Care Plumbing [Go to Page]
- Table 713.11.1 - Stack Sizes For Bedpan Steamers And Boiling-Type Sterilizers
- Table 713.11.3 - Stack Sizes For Pressure Sterilizers
- Section 714 - Computerized Drainage Design
- Section 715 - Backwater Valves
- Chapter 8 - Indirect/Special Waste [Go to Page]
- Section 801 - General
- Section 802 - Indirect Wastes
- Section 803 - Special Wastes
- Section 804 - Materials, Joints And Connections
- Chapter 9 - Vents [Go to Page]
- Section 901 - General
- Section 902 - Materials
- Section 903 - Vent Stacks And Stack Vents
- Section 904 - Vent Terminals
- Section 905 - Vent Connections And Grades
- Section 906 - Fixture Vents [Go to Page]
- Table 906.1 - Maximum Distance Of Fixture Trap From Vent
- Section 907 - Individual Vent
- Section 908 - Common Vent [Go to Page]
- Table 908.3 - Common Vent Sizes
- Section 909 - Wet Venting [Go to Page]
- Table 909.3 - Wet Vent Size
- Section 910 - Waste Stack Vent [Go to Page]
- Table 910.4 - Waste Stack Vent Size
- Section 911 - Circuit Venting
- Section 912 - Combination Drain And Vent System [Go to Page]
- Table 912.3 - Size Of Combination Drain And Vent Pipe
- Section 913 - Island Fixture Venting
- Section 914 - Relief Vents - Stacks Of More Than 10 Branch Intervals
- Section 915 - Vents For Stack Offsets
- Section 916 - Vent Pipe Sizing [Go to Page]
- Table 916.1 - Size And Developed Length Of Stack Vents And Vent Stacks [Go to Page]
- Table 916.1 - Continued
- Table 916.5.1 - Size And Length Of Sump Vents
- Section 917 - Air Admittance Valves
- Section 918 - Engineered Vent Systems [Go to Page]
- (Equation 9-1)
- Table 918.2 - Minimum Diameter And Maximum Length Of Individual Branch Fixture Vents And Individual Fixture Header Vents For Smooth Pipes
- Section 919 - Computerized Vent Design
- Chapter 10 - Traps, Interceptors And Separators [Go to Page]
- Section 1001 - General
- Section 1002 - Trap Requirements
- Section 1003 - Interceptors And Separators [Go to Page]
- Table 1003.3.4.1 - Capacity Of Grease Traps
- Section 1004 - Materials, Joints And Connections
- Chapter 11 - Storm Drainage [Go to Page]
- Section 1101 - General
- Section 1102 - Materials [Go to Page]
- Table 1102.4 - Building Storm Sewer Pipe
- Table 1102.5 - Subsoil Drain Pipe
- Table 1102.7 - Pipe Fittings
- Section 1103 - Traps
- Section 1104 - Conductors And Connections
- Section 1105 - Roof Drains
- Section 1106 - Size And Conductors, Leaders And Storm Drains [Go to Page]
- Figure 1106.1 - 100-Year, 1-Hour Rainfall (inches) Eastern United States
- Figure 1106.1 - Continued 100-Year, 1-Hour Rainfall (inches) Central United States
- Figure 1106.1 - Continued 100-Year, 1-Hour Rainfall (inches) Western United States
- Figure 1106.1 - Continued 100-Year, 1-Hour Rainfall (inches) Alaska
- Figure 1106.1 - Continued 100-Year, 1-Hour Rainfall (inches) Hawaii
- Table 1106.2 - Size OF Vertical Conductors And Leaders
- Table 1106.3 - Size Of Horizontal Storm Drainage Piping
- Table 1106.6 - Size Of Semicircular Roof Gutters
- Section 1107 - Secondary (Emergency) Roof Drains
- Section 1108 - Combined Sanitary And Storm Sewer
- Section 1109 - Values For Continuous Flow
- Section 1110 - Controlled Flow roof Drain Systems
- Section 1111 - Subsoil Drains
- Section 1112 - Building Subdrains
- Section 1113 - Sumps And Pumping Systems
- Chapter 12 - Special Piping And Storage Systems [Go to Page]
- Section 1201 - General
- Section 1202 - General
- Section 1202 - Medical Gases
- Section 1203 - Oxygen Systems
- Chapter 13 - Referenced Standards
- Appendix A - Plumbing Permit Fee Schedule [Go to Page]
- Permit Issuance
- Unit Fee Schedule
- Other Inspection And Fees
- Appendix B - Rates Of Rainfall For Various Cities
- Appendix C - Gray Water Recycling Systems [Go to Page]
- C101 - Gray Water Recycling Systems
- Appendix D - Degree Day And Design Temperatures [Go to Page]
- Table D101 - Degree Day And Design Temperatures For Cities In The United States [Go to Page]
- Table D101 - Continued [Go to Page]
- Table D101 - Continued [Go to Page]
- Table D101 - Continued [Go to Page]
- Table D101 - Continued
- Appendix E - Sizing OF Water Piping System [Go to Page]
- Section E101 - General
- Section E102 - Information Required
- Section E103 - Selection Of Pipe Size [Go to Page]
- Figure E103.3(1) - Example Sizing
- Table E103.3(1) - Recommended Tabular Arrangement For Use In Solving Pipe Sizing Problems
- Table E103.3(2) - Load Values Assigned To Fixtures
- Table E103.3(3) - Table For Estimating Demand
- Table E103.3(4) - Loss Of Pressure Through Taps And Tees In Pounds Per Square Inch (psi)
- Table E103.3(5) - Allowance In Equivalent Lengths Of Pipe For Friction Loss In Valves And Threaded Fittings (feet)
- Table E103.3(6) - Pressure Loss In Fittings And Valves Expressed As Equivalent Length Of Tube (feet)
- Figure E103.3(2) - Friction Loss In Smooth Pipe (Type K, ASTM B 88 Copper Tubing)
- Figure E103.3(3) - Friction Loss In Smooth Pipe (Type L, ASTM B 88 Copper Tubing)
- Figure E103.3(4) - Friction Loss In Smooth Pipe (Type M, ASTM B 88 Copper Tubing)
- Figure E103.3(5) - Friction Lpss In Fairly Smooth Pipe
- Figure E103.3(6) - Friction Loss In Fairly Rough Pipe
- Figure E103.3(7) - Friction Loss In Fairly Rough Pipe
- Section E201 - Selection Of Pipe Size [Go to Page]
- Table E201.1 - Minimum Size Of Water Meters, Mains And Distribution Piping Based On Water Supply Fixture Unit Values [Go to Page]
- Table E201.1 - Continued
- Appendix F - Structural Safety [Go to Page]
- Section F101 - Cutting, Notching And Boring In Wood Members
- Appendix G - Vacuum Drainage System [Go to Page]
- Section G101 - Vacuum Drainage System
- Index
- Editorial Changes - Second Printing
- Welcome Page [Go to Page]