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1.0house Plumbing 1
1.0house Plumbing 1
Cleanout
Individual Vent
or Back Vent
Wall Cleanout
Lavatory
Water Waste Pipe
600 mm from Closet
foundation wall
Auxiliary
Floor Drain Shower Floor Drain
Floor
Cleanout House Drain
or Building
Drain
Digestive
Chamber
Holding
Chamber
The DWV SYSTEM
To point of Disposal Septic Tank
51 – 102 mm
300 mm
(minimum)
906.1 Each vent pipe or stack through roof
(SVTR) shall extend its flashing all around and
150 mm the stack vent shall terminate vertically not less
(minimum) than 15 cm above the roof nor less than 0.3
meter from any vertical surface nearby.
2100 mm
(minimum)
Air admittance valves offer a substitute for You can use air admittance valves for:
running vent pipes to the outside of •trap vents
buildings. These valves open automatically •group vents
to let fresh air into the sanitary system if •stack vents
there is a decrease in air pressure within •branch drains.
the system. The valves close automatically, These are not suitable for upstream
to avoid the discharge of foul air, whenever venting of a main drain (unless there are
the pressure in the system is equal to or two upstream vents, in which case one
greater than the external pressure. may be an air admittance valve). They
should be installed in the same location
and using the same method as the vent
they are replacing.