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Law/s governing the Plumbing for

Buildings
National Plumbing Code of the
Philippines RA 1378
Plumbing Review 09
NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR
Arch. A. M. Agusin, uap DRINKING WATER
WATER CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
PD 1067

COMPLETE ARCHITECTURAL AND

ENGINEERING WORKING DRAWINGS
COLOR CODING OF PIPES:
Architectural STEAM PIPING DIVISION:
Structural High Pressure White
Sanitary / Plumbing Exhaust System Buff

Electrical/ Electronics
Fire Protection
Mechanical

WATER PIPING DIVISION: OIL PIPING DIVISION:

Fresh water, low pressure Blue Delivery Brass or Bronze
Fresh water, high pressure Blue Discharge Yellow
Salt water pipe Green

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DEFINITION OF TERMS FOR

BIDET
SANITARY AND PLUMBING
BIBB A plumbing fixture designed to facilitate
Another name for faucet. washing of the genital area.

BUILDING MAIN BUIDLING STORM DRAIN

Water supply piping beginning at the Drainage piping which connects the storm
source of supply and ending at the first sewer to a drainage system which collects
branch inside the building. rain water, ground water, and surface run-
off.

CHASE CHECK VALVE

A pipe chase. A space or recess in the A device preventing backflow in pipes.
walls of the building where pipes are run. Water can flow readily in one direction but
any reversal of the flow causes the check
valve to close.

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CLEANOUT DOWNSPOUT
Removable drainage fitting which permits A vertical pipe usually of sheet metal or
access to the inside of drainage piping for plastic which carries water from the gutters
the purpose of removing obstructions. to the ground or to a storm drain.

FIXTURE FLOOR DRAIN

A device such as a sink, lavatory, bathtub, A fitting which is located in the floor
water closet or shower stall. (generally concrete) to carry waste water
into the drainage piping

GATE VALVE LAVATORY

Used to regulate the flow of water. When A fixture designed for washing hands and
this is fully opened there is no obstruction face. This is generally installed in the
in the flow of water. bathroom.

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SOIL PIPE
A pipe conveying waste which contains
fecal matter (human waste).
WATER RISER PIPE
Any water supply pipe which rises
vertically form a horizontal pipe.
VENT
The part of the drain, waste, vent piping
which permits air to circulate and protects
the seals and traps from siphonage or
backflow.
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Stack
Any pipe or part thereof which is installed
in a vertical position
WATER CLOSET
A flush plumbing fixture designed
to receive human excrement.
SEPTIC TANK
A water tight tank in a private disposal
system which receives household sewage.
Within the septic tank, solid matter is
separated from the water before the water
is discharged.
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ROOF DRAIN POTABLE WATER

A drains installed in a flat or nearly flat roof Water which is satisfactory for drinking
to receive water and conduct it to the and for domestic purposes.
leader, downspout or conductor.

Battery of Fixtures
Any of two or more adjacent fixture which
discharge into a common horizontal or soil
branch.

Rough-in 2%
The installation of all pipes in the plumbing Standard Horizontal Grade for
system that are in partition and under
Soil Pipes
floors. It includes the plumbing work done
before the setting of the fixtures

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45% Siphonage/ or Syphonage

Degree for change of direction for waste The result of minus pressure in the
pipes/lines drainage system.

Capillary action Fixture Units

A kind of trap seal loss caused by a Water closet 6 units
suspension of a foreign object such as a Urinal 5 units
string, rags, strands of hair extended over Shower 2 units
the outlet arm of the trap.
Floor drain 2 units
Lavatory 2 units