BUILDING UTILITIES 1 – Module E06

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THE HOUSE DRAIN

THE HOUSE SEWER
Ar. Marc Anthony B. de Villa, UAP, RMP
Instructor
marcanthony.devilla@unc.edu.ph
dv.marcanthony@gmail.com

UNIVERSITY OF NUEVA CACERES

J. Hernandez St., Naga City
College of Engineering and Architecture
DEFINITION
HOUSE SEWER
• Portion of the horizontal drainage system, which starts from
the outer face of the building and terminate at the main sewer
in the street or septic tank
• Portion of the horizontal drainage system, which starts 90cm
from the outer face of the building.
• Sometimes called building sewer.
• Main sewer – financed and maintained by the government
HOUSE DRAIN
• that portion of the plumbing system that receives discharges
of all soil and waste stacks within the building, and conveys
the same to the house sewer

• Sometimes called the Collection Line of a Plumbing System

TYPES
Sanitary Drain

• receives the discharges

of sanitary and
domestic waste only
1. The waste is conveyed to a
public sewer, or septic tank, by
the house sewer.
2. Storm water is not allowed in
the sanitary drain
Storm Drain

• conveys all storm clear

water, or surface water
waste except sanitary
waste
1. Terminates into lake, river, dry
run or natural basin
Combined Drain

• receives discharges of
sanitary waste as well
as storm water.
1. Oldest form of hose drain when
public sewers are of the
combination design
2. Phased out and no longer
permitted
Industrial Drain

• a house drain that

receives discharges
from industrial
equipment that
contain some
objectionable acid
wastes.
1. Terminates into a separate
drainage basin.
SIZING
• No water closet shall
discharge into a drain less
than 75mm pipe diameter.

• No more than two water

closets shall discharge into
any 75mm horizontal soil
branch, house drain or house
sewer
SLOPE
• 2%
• Exceptions
• When the depth of the sewer line
in relation with the depth of the
basement floor is low
• Long sewer line would require
lower pitch but should not be less
than 1%
• In case the sewer line slope is very
slight, installation of the pipe
should be guided by leveling
instrument for accuracy to prevent
sags or trapped piping
CHANGE IN
DIRECTION
• Horizontal to horizontal;
vertical to horizontal
flow
• Long radius fittings
• Prohibited: Short tees, ¼ bends
and short turn L fittings, should
not be permitted
• Soil Branch
• Right angle to the main
• Fixture connection
• Right angle to the branch
HOUSE DRAIN
APPLIANCES
HOUSE TRAP
• Device installed in the house
drain immediately inside the
foundation wall of the
building
• Serves as a barrier and
prevents the gases coming
from the public sewer or
septic tank in circulating
through the plumbing
system
AREA DRAIN

• Consists of a running trap

installed under the
basement floor to protect
it from freezing
• The trap is equipped with
a cleanout
• Minimum size: 100mm
FLOOR DRAIN
• Receptacle used to receive water to be drained from the floor into
the plumbing system.
• Code Provisions
• An average residence is provided with two floor drains. One located near
the heating equipment, and the other in the vicinity of the laundry.
• Every room where laundry equipment is used, shall be provided with
adequate floor drain
• The drain proper must be located where the overflowing water will not
travel a great distance over the floor before it enters the drain.
• Every floor drain shall be supplied with running water from a fixture located
nearby.
• (Fixture drains which supply water to a floor drain, should be connected to
the house side and never to the sewer side of the trap
YARD CATCH BASIN

• Receptacle used to
catch surface water
from cemented
courts, driveways,
and yards.
GARAGE CATCH BASIN

• Device designed to
convey wastes from
garage, wash rack,
grease pits and repair
floors into the house
drain
GREASE BASIN
• Installation
• Shall be installed as close to the fixture served as possible
• More than one fixture can discharge into the same trap, provided that the
waste pipe is not very long and the trap has sufficient size
• A grease trap placed on the ground is earth cooled. Earth-cooled grease
trap is used on large installation and is most desirable type
• The basin width should not be less than 60cm. The length should be from 3
to 4 times its width to obtain a smooth and non-agitated flow
• Minimum depth of concrete grease trap should not be less than 120cm
below the outlet invert
• The size of the grease trap is measured through the volume of fixture units
to be discharged