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Uniform Plumbing Code 2012

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PDF Pages PDF Title
1 Preface
3 2012 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE
4 Copyright
5 2012 UPC Foreword
6 Tentative Interim Amendment
8 FORM FOR PROPOSALS
11 TABLE OF CONTENTS
27 CHAPTER 1
ADMINISTRATION
101.0 General
28 102.0 Organization and Enforcement
29 103.0 Permits and Inspections
35 CHAPTER 2 DEFINITIONS

201.0 General
202.0 Definition of Terms
203.0 – A –

204.0 – B –
36 205.0 – C –
37 206.0 – D –

207.0 – E –

208.0 – F –
38 209.0 – G –

210.0 – H –
39 211.0 – I –

212.0 – J –

213.0 – K –

214.0 – L –
40 215.0 – M –

216.0 – N –

217.0 – O –

218.0 – P –
42 219.0 – Q –

220.0 – R –

221.0 – S –
43 222.0 – T –

223.0 – U –
44 224.0 – V –

225.0 – W –

226.0 – X –

227.0 – Y –

228.0 – Z –
45 CHAPTER 3 GENERAL REGULATIONS

301.0 Materials – Standards and Alternates
46 302.0 Iron Pipe Size (IPS) Pipe
303.0 Disposal of Liquid Waste
304.0 Connections to Plumbing System Required
305.0 Damage to Drainage System or Public Sewer
306.0 Industrial Wastes
307.0 Location
308.0 Improper Location
47 309.0 Workmanship
310.0 Prohibited Fittings and Practices
311.0 Independent Systems
312.0 Protection of Piping, Materials, and Structures
48 313.0 Hangers and Supports
314.0 Trenching, Excavation, and Backfill
49 315.0 Joints and Connections
316.0 Increasers and Reducers
317.0 Food-Handling Establishments
318.0 Test Gauges
51 CHAPTER 4 PLUMBING FIXTURES AND FIXTURE FITTINGS

401.0 Materials – General Requirements

402.0 Installation
52 403.0 Water-Conserving Fixtures and Fittings
404.0 Overflows
405.0 Strainers and Connections
406.0 Prohibited Fixtures
407.0 Special Fixtures and Specialties
53 408.0 Showers
54 409.0 Bathtubs and Whirlpool Bathtubs
55 410.0 Bidets
411.0 Water Closets
412.0 Urinals
413.0 Flushing Devices for Water Closets and Urinals
414.0 Dishwashing Machines
415.0 Drinking Fountains
56 416.0 Emergency Eyewash and Shower Equipment
417.0 Faucets and Fixture Fittings
418.0 Floor Drains
419.0 Food Waste Disposal Units
420.0 Sinks
57 421.0 Fixtures and Fixture Fittings for Persons with Disabilities

422.0 Minimum Number of Required Fixtures
63 CHAPTER 5 WATER HEATERS

501.0 General
502.0 Permits
503.0 Inspection
504.0 Water Heater Requirements
64 505.0 Oil-Burning and Other Water Heaters
506.0 Air for Combustion and Ventilation
68 507.0 Other Water Heater Installation Requirements
70 508.0 Appliances on Roofs
71 509.0 Venting of Appliances
84 510.0 Sizing of Category I Venting Systems
88 511.0 Direct-Vent Appliances
115 CHAPTER 6 WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION

601.0 hot and Cold Water required
602.0 unlawful Connections
116 603.0 Cross-Connection Control
122 604.0 Materials
605.0 Joints and Connections
127 606.0 valves
128 607.0 Gravity Supply Tanks

608.0 Water Pressure, Pressure regulators, Pressure relief valves, and vacuum relief valves

609.0 installation, Testing, unions, and location
130 610.0 Size of Potable Water Piping
134 611.0 drinking Water Treatment units
612.0 residential fire Sprinkler Systems
135 CHAPTER 7 SANITARY DRAINAGE

701.0 Materials
702.0 Fixture unit Equivalents
138 703.0 Size of Drainage Piping
704.0 Fixture Connections (Drainage)
705.0 Joints and Connections
141 706.0 Changes in Direction of Drainage Flow
707.0 Cleanouts
142 708.0 Grade of Horizontal Drainage Piping
709.0 Gravity Drainage Required
710.0 Drainage of Fixtures located below the Next upstream Manhole or below the Main Sewerlevel
144 711.0 Suds Relief
712.0 Testing
713.0 Sewer Required
145 714.0 Damage to Public Sewer or Private Sewage Disposal System

715.0 building Sewer Materials
716.0 Markings
717.0 Size of building Sewers
718.0 Grade, Support, and Protection of building Sewers
146 719.0 Cleanouts
720.0 Sewer and Water Pipes
721.0 location
722.0 Abandoned Sewers and Sewage Disposal Facilities
147 723.0 building Sewer Test
149 CHAPTER 8 INDIRECT WASTES

801.0 Indirect Wastes
802.0 Approvals
803.0 Indirect Waste Piping
150 804.0 Indirect Waste Receptors
805.0 Pressure Drainage Connections
806.0 Sterile Equipment
807.0 Appliances
808.0 Cooling Water
809.0 Drinking Fountains
810.0 Steam and Hot Water Drainage Condensers and Sumps
151 811.0 Chemical Wastes
812.0 Clear Water Wastes
813.0 Swimming Pools
814.0 Condensate Wastes and Control
153 CHAPTER 9 VENTS

901.0 General
902.0 Vents Not Required
903.0 Materials
904.0 Size of Vents
905.0 Vent Pipe Grades and Connections
154 906.0 Vent Termination
907.0 Vent Stacks and Relief Vents
908.0 Wet Venting
155 909.0 Special Venting for Island Fixtures
910.0 Combination Waste and Vent Systems
156 911.0 Engineered Vent System
157 CHAPTER 10 TRAPS AND INTERCEPTORS

1001.0 Traps required
1002.0 Traps protected by Vent pipes
1003.0 Traps – described
158 1004.0 Traps
1005.0 Trap seals
1006.0 floor drain Traps
1007.0 Trap seal protection
1008.0 building Traps
1009.0 industrial interceptors (clarifiers) and separators

1010.0 slaughterhouses, packing establishments, etc

1011.0 minimum requirements for auto washracks
159 1012.0 commercial and industrial laundries
1013.0 bottling establishments
1014.0 grease interceptors
160 1015.0 fog (fats, oils, and greases) disposal system
161 1016.0 sand interceptors
162 1017.0 oil and flammable liquid interceptors
163 CHAPTER 11 STORM DRAINAGE

1101.0 General
164 1102.0 Materials
165 1103.0 Traps on Storm Drains and Leaders
1104.0 Leaders, Conductors, and Connections
1105.0 Roof Drains
1106.0 Size of Leaders, Conductors, and Storm Drains
166 1107.0 Values for Continuous Flow
1108.0 Controlled-Flow Roof Drainage
167 1109.0 Testing
171 CHAPTER 12 FUEL GAS PIPING

1201.0 Scope of Gas Piping
1202.0 General
1203.0 Inspection
172 1204.0 Certificate of Inspection
1205.0 Authority to Render Gas Service
1206.0 Authority to Disconnect
1207.0 Temporary Use of Gas
1208.0 Gas Piping System Design, Materials, and Components
177 1209.0 Excess Flow Valve
1210.0 Gas Piping Installation
182 1211.0 Appliance Connections to Building Piping
183 1212.0 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Facilities and Piping
1213.0 Pressure Testing and Inspection
186 1214.0 Interconnections Between Gas Piping Systems
1215.0 Required Gas Supply
1216.0 Required Gas Piping Size
225 CHAPTER 13 HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND MEDICAL GAS AND VACUUM SYSTEMS

1301.0 Application
1302.0 Medical Gas and Vacuum Piping Systems -Installation Requirements

1303.0 Protrusions from Walls
1304.0 Psychiatric Patient Rooms
1305.0 Locations for Ice Storage
1306.0 Sterilizers
1307.0 Vapor Vents and Stacks for Sterilizers
226 1308.0 Aspirators
1309.0 Application
1310.0 General Requirements
227 1311.0 Plan Review
1312.0 System Performance
228 1313.0 Required Pipe Sizing
229 1314.0 Workmanship
1315.0 Materials
231 1316.0 Cleaning for Medical Gas Piping Systems
1317.0 Installation of Piping
233 1318.0 Joints
235 1319.0 Valves – Requirements, Locations, and Labeling
236 1320.0 Pressure-Regulating Equipment
1321.0 Station Outlets/Inlets
1322.0 Labeling and Identification
237 1323.0 Alarms
1324.0 Medical Air System
238 1325.0 Medical Vacuum Pump System
239 1326.0 Testing and Inspection
241 1327.0 System Certification
243 CHAPTER 14 REFERENCED STANDARDS
1401.0 General
265 ABBREVIATIONS IN TABLE 1401.1
267 CHAPTER 15 FIRESTOP PROTECTION

1501.0 General
1502.0 Plans and Specifications
1503.0 Installation
1504.0 Combustible Piping Installations
1505.0 Noncombustible Piping Installations
268 1506.0 Required Inspection
269 CHAPTER 16 ALTERNATE WATER SOURCES FOR NONPOTABLE APPLICATIONS

1601.0 General
270 1602.0 Gray Water Systems
275 1603.0 Reclaimed (Recycled) Water Systems
277 1604.0 On-Site Treated Nonpotable Water Systems
281 CHAPTER 17 NONPOTABLE RAINWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEMS
1701.0 General

1702.0 Nonpotable Rainwater Catchment Systems
285 APPENDICES – CONTENTS
287 APPENDIX A RECOMMENDED RULES FOR SIZING THE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM

a 1.0 preliminary information

a 2.0 Demand load
a 3.0 permissible Friction loss
288 a 4.0 size of Building supply
a 5.0 size of principal Branches and risers
a 6.0 General
296 a 7.0 sizing
297 APPENDIX B EXPLANATORY NOTES ON COMBINATION WASTE AND VENT SYSTEMS

B 1.0 General Requirements
B 2.0 Caution
B 3.0 Pneumatics
B 4.0 Trap Sizes
B 5.0 Layout Drawings
299 APPENDIX C ALTERNATE PLUMBING SYSTEMS

C 1.0 General
C 2.0 Engineered Plumbing Systems
C 3.0 Water Heat Exchangers
C 4.0 Fixture Unit Values for Private or Private Use Bathroom Groups

C 5.0 Drainage System Sizing
300 C 6.0 Vent System Sizing
302 C 7.0 Vacuum Drainage Systems
304 C 8.0 Circuit Venting
305 C 9.0 Single-Stack Vent System
307 APPENDIX D SIZING STORM WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEMS

D 1.0 Roof Drainage
D 2.0 Sizing by flow Rate
D 3.0 Sizing by Roof Area
D 4.0 Capacity of Rectangular Scuppers
315 APPENDIX E MANUFACTURED/MOBILE HOME PARKS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS

E 1.0 General
E 2.0 Definitions
E 3.0 Plans and Specifications
E 4.0 Drainage Systems
E 5.0 Materials
E 6.0 Drainage (Sewage) Lines
E 7.0 M/H Lot Drainage Inlet and Lateral
316 E 8.0 Location of Lot Drain Inlet
E 9.0 Pipe Size
E 10.0 M/H Drain Connector
E 11.0 Potable Water Supply
E 12.0 Lot Service Outlet Size
E 13.0 Location of Water Service
E 14.0 Pressure
E 15.0 Water Distribution Piping
E 16.0 Shutoff Valve
317 E 17.0 Backflow Preventer
E 18.0 Pressure-Relief Valve
E 19.0 Mechanical Protection
E 20.0 M/H Water Connector
E 21.0 Water-Conditioning Equipment
E 22.0 Testing
E 23.0 Fuel Gas Piping Systems
E 24.0 Single and Multiple Manufactured Home Site Fuel Supply Systems
318 E 25.0 Manufactured Home Site Gas Shutoff Valve
E 26.0 Gas Meters
E 27.0 Multiple Manufactured Home Site Fuel Distribution and Supply Systems

E 28.0 Cathodic Protection Requirements
E 29.0 Manufactured Home Community LPG Supply Systems

E 30.0 Required Gas Supply
E 31.0 Gas Pipe Sizing and Pressure
E 32.0 Gas Piping Materials
319 E 33.0 Gas Piping Installations
E 34.0 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Equipment
E 35.0 Oil Supply
320 E 36.0 Fuel Supply Systems Installation
321 E 37.0 Manufactured Home Accessory Building Fuel Supply Systems

E 38.0 Community Building Fuel Supply Systems in Manufactured Home Communities

E 39.0 Plumbing Systems
E 40.0 Definitions
322 E 41.0 Water Closets and Urinals
E 42.0 Markings
E 43.0 Number of Water Closets
E 44.0 Interior Finish
E 45.0 Floors and Drains

E 46.0 Lavatories
E 47.0 Urinals
E 48.0 Approved Water Closets
E 49.0 Water Closet Compartment
E 50.0 Compartment Size
E 51.0 Receptacle
E 52.0 Shower Size
E 53.0 Drainage System Connection
323 E 54.0 Ceiling Height and Doors
E 55.0 Ventilation
E 56.0 Quality
E 57.0 Sources
E 58.0 Prohibited Connections
E 59.0 Supply
E 60.0 Pressure and Volume
E 61.0 Outlets
E 62.0 Storage Tanks
E 63.0 Location
E 64.0 Water Riser Pipe

E 65.0 Drinking Fountains
324 E 66.0 Where Required
E 67.0 Materials
E 68.0 Pipe Sizes
E 69.0 Sewer Lines
E 70.0 Cleanouts
E 71.0 Sewer Riser Pipe
E 72.0 Location
E 73.0 Protection
E 74.0 Where Required
E 75.0 Access
E 76.0 Construction
E 77.0 Flushing Device
325 E 78.0 Potable Watering Stations
E 79.0 Fuel Gas Equipment
327 APPENDIX F FIREFIGHTER BREATHING AIR REPLENISHMENT SYSTEMS

F 1.0 General
F 2.0 Definitions
F 3.0 System Components
F 4.0 Required Installations
F 5.0 Exterior Fire Department Connection Panel and Enclosure
328 F 6.0 Interior Cylinder Fill Panels
F 7.0 Interior Cylinder Fill Stations and Enclosures
F 8.0 Materials
329 F 9.0 System Requirements
F 10.0 Design Criteria
F 11.0 System Assembly Requirements
330 F 12.0 System Acceptance and Certification
331 APPENDIX G SIZING OF VENTING SYSTEMS SERVING APPLIANCES EQUIPPED WITH DRAFT HOODS, CATEGORY I APPLIANCES, AND APPLIANCES LISTED FOR USE WITH TYPE B VENTS

G 1.0 Examples Using Single Appliance Venting Tables
335 G 2.0 Examples Using Common Venting Tables
341 APPENDIX H PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS

h 1.0 Private Sewage Disposal
342 h 2.0 Capacity of Septic Tanks
h 3.0 Area of Disposal Fields and Seepage Pits
345 h 4.0 Percolation Test
h 5.0 Septic Tank Construction
346 h 6.0 Disposal Fields
347 h 7.0 Seepage Pits
348 h 8.0 Cesspools
h 9.0 Commercial or Industrial Special Liquid-Waste Disposal
h 10.0 Inspection and Testing
349 h 11.0 Abandoned Sewers and Sewage DisposalFacilities
350 h 12.0 Drawings and Specifications
351 APPENDIX I INSTALLATION STANDARDS – CONTENTS
353 Installation Standard for Non-metallic Building Sewers IAPMO IS 1-2006
357 Installation Standard For Tile-Lined Roman Bath Tubs IAPMO IS 2-2006
363 Installation Standard for Copper Plumbing Tube, Pipe, and Fittings IAPMO IS 3-2006
371 Installation Standard for Tile-Lined Shower Receptors (and Replacement) IAPMO IS 4-2006
375 InstallatIon Standard for ABS Building Drain, Waste, and Vent Pipe and Fittings IAPMO IS 5-2006
381 Installation Standard for Hubless Cast Iron Sanitary and Rainwater Systems IAPMO IS 6-2006
383 InstallatIon Standard for Polyethylene (PE) Cold Water Building Supply and Yard Piping IAPMO IS 7-2008
387 InstallatIon Standard for PVC Cold Water Building Supply and Yard Piping IAPMO IS 8-2006
395 Installation Standard for PVC Building Drain, Waste, and Vent Pipe and Fittings IAPMO IS 9-2006
401 InstallatIon Standard for ABS Sewer Pipe and Fittings IAPMO IS 11-2006
405 Installation standard for Polyethylene (PE) For Gas Yard Piping IAPMO IS 12-2006
409 Installation Standard for Protectively Coated Pipe IAPMO IS 13-2006
411 InstallatIon Standard for Asbestos Cement Pressure Pipe for Water service and Yard Piping IAPMO IS 15-2006
417 Installation Standard For Extra Strength Vitrified Clay Pipe In Building Drains IAPMO IS 18-2006
419 Installation Standard for CPVC Solvent Cemented Hot and Cold Water Distribution Systems IAPMO IS 20-2010
431 Installation Standard for Welded Copper and Copper Alloy Water Tube IAPMO IS 21-2006
437 Installation Standard for Trenchless Insertion of Polyethylene (PE) Pipe for Sewer Laterals IAPMO IS 26-2006
439 Installation Standard for Odor Control Systems for Water Closets IAPMO IS 27-2003
443 Installation Standard for Composite PEX-AL-PEX Hot and PE-AL-PE Cold Water Distribution Systems IS 28-2005
447 InstallatIon Standard for PE-RT Hot and Cold Water Distribution Systems IAPMO IS 29-2010
451 Installation Standard for Flexible PVC Hose IAPMO SIS 1-2003
455 Installation Standard for Assembled Whirlpool Bath Appliances IAPMO SIS 2-2003
457 APPENDIX J COMBINATION OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR COMBUSTION AND VENTILATION OPENING DESIGN

J 1.0 General
459 APPENDIX K POTABLE RAINWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEMS

K 101.0 General
460 K 102.0 Connection
K 103.0 Potable Rainfall Catchment System Materials

K 104.0 Design and Installation
462 K 105.0 Cleaning
463 APPENDIX L SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES

L 101.0 General
L 201.0 Definitions
L 301.0 General Regulations
L 302.0 Disposal of Liquid Waste
464 L 401.0 Water Conservation and Efficiency
L 402.0 Water-Conserving Plumbing Fixtures andFittings
465 L 403.0 Fountains and Other Water Features
L 404.0 Meters
L 405.0 Water-Powered Sump Pumps
L 501.0 Alternate Water Sources
466 L 502.0 Connection
467 L 503.0 Potable Rainfal l Catchment SystemMaterials
L 504.0 Design and Installation
468 L 505.0 Cleaning
L 601.0 Water Heating Design, Equipment and Installation
469 L 602.0 Service Hot Water – Low-Rise Residential Buildings
470 L 603.0 Service Hot Water – Other Than Low-Rise Residential Buildings
473 L 604.0 Solar Water Heating Systems
L 605.0 Hard Water
L 701.0 Installer Qualifications
L 702.0 Qualifications
L 801.0 Method of Calculating Water Savings
477 USEFUL TABLES
CONVERSION TABLES
485 INDEX
Uniform Plumbing Code 2012
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