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From the 2015 UPC Illustrated Training Manual

707.0 Cleanouts.

707.4 Location. Each horizontal drainage pipe shall be provided with a cleanout at its upper
terminal, and each run of piping, that is more than 100 feet (30 480 mm) in total developed
length, shall be provided with a cleanout for each 100 feet (30 480 mm), or fraction thereof, in
length of such piping. An additional cleanout shall be provided in a drainage line for each
aggregate horizontal change in direction exceeding 135 degrees (2.36 rad). A cleanout shall be
installed above the fixture connection fitting, serving each urinal, regardless of the location of the
urinal in the building.

Exceptions:

(1) Cleanouts shall be permitted to be omitted on a horizontal drain line less than 5 feet (1524
mm) in length unless such line is serving sinks or urinals.

(2) Cleanouts shall be permitted to be omitted on a horizontal drainage pipe installed on a slope
of 72 degrees (1.26 rad) or less from the vertical angle (one-fifth bend).

(3) Excepting the building drain, its horizontal branches, and urinals, a cleanout shall not be
required on a pipe or piping that is above the floor level of the lowest floor of the building.

(4) An approved type of two-way cleanout fitting, installed inside the building wall near the
connection between the building drain and the building sewer or installed outside of a building at
the lower end of a building drain and extended to grade, shall be permitted to be substituted for
an upper terminal cleanout.

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Cleanouts are required for horizontal drainage piping (see Figure 707.4). For long runs of piping,
a cleanout is required every 100 feet. This measurement is taken from the highest end of the
horizontal drainage piping to the point of connection with the building sewer. Installing a cleanout
above the fixture connection fitting serving each urinal will provide access for mechanically
cleaning the drain line without having to remove the urinal from the wall. Of course, there are
exceptions to this requirement:

1. A horizontal run from the main less than five feet does not require a cleanout.

2. A direct projection from the building drain in a vertical direction does not require a cleanout.
The angle of less than 72 degrees from the vertical does not meet the definition of "vertical" until
it reaches a 45-degree angle, but this is referring to pipe with a significant slope from the drain.

3. This is a significant exception. A cleanout is only required on the building drain as it is defined
in Chapter 2: Building Drain – "That part of lowest piping of a drainage system which receives the
discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys
it to the building sewer beginning two feet outside the building wall." This piping and its horizontal
branches and urinals regardless of location in the building are required to have cleanouts. Piping
above the first floor of the building is not required to have a cleanout.

4. A two-way cleanout at the transition of the building drain and sewer can substitute for an upper
terminal cleanout only if the distance to the furthest horizontal drainage piping is within 100 feet.

The 2015 Uniform Plumbing Code Illustrated Training Manual eBook is available for purchase
here.

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