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Chapter 8 INDIRECT WASTE PIPING, WET-VENTED SYSTEMS AND SPECIAL WASTES Section 801 — INDIRECT WASTE CONDITIONS 011 801.2 8013 No evaporative cooler, air washer or similar air conditioning equipment shall have any drain pipe in connection therewith, directly connected to any soil, waste and vent pipe. Such equipment shall be drained by means of indirect waste pipes a3 defined in Chapter 2 of this Code, and all wastes drained by them shall discharge through an aitbreak into an open floor sink or other approved type receptor properly connected to the drainage system. No cold storage room, reffigerator, cooling counter, compartment, receptacle, appurtenance or device used for the storage or holding of food ot drink and’no dishwashing or culinary sink in any food preparation room used for soaking, washing or preparing ready-to-serve food shat! have any drain in connection therewith directly connected to any soil, waste of vent pipe, Such equipment or fixtures shall be drained by means of indiceet ‘waste pipes, as defined in Chapter 2 of this Code, and all wastes drained by them shall discharge through an airgap into an open floor sink or other approved type receptor properly connected to the drainage system The foregoing does not apply to walk-in reffigerators or combination walk-in and reach-in refrigerators used for storage and sales of produors packaged in bottles, cartons or containers Cooling and air-conditioning equipment may be separated by an airbreak, bu, all food equipment shall be separated fiom the drainage system by @ ful airgap. The airgap for drainage shall be not less than 25 mm between the plumbiag fixture, appliasice or appurteniance outlet and the rim of the floor sink or receptor 90 Revisad National Plumbing Core of the Philippines Section 802 - APPROVALS. No plumbing fixtures served by indirect waste pipes or receiving discharge therefrom shall be installed until first approved by the Administrative Authority. Section 803 ~ INDIRECT WASTE PIPING Except as hereinafter provided, the size and installation of indirect waste piping shall be in accordance with other Sections of this Code applicable to drainage and vent piping. No vent from indirect waste piping shall combine with any excreta connected vent, but shall extend separately to the outside air. Indirect waste pipes exceeding 1.5 meters but less than 4.6 meters length shall be directly trapped, but such traps need not be vented Indirect waste pipes less than 4.6 meters in length need not be larger in diameter than the drain outlet or tailpiece of the fixture, appliance or equipment served, but in no case Jess than 13 mm in diameter Angles and changes of direction in such indirect waste pipes shall be provided with cleanouts to permit flushing and cleaning Section 804 ~ INDIRECT WASTE RECEPTORS goal All plumbing fixtures or other receptors receiving the discharge of indirect waste pipes shall be approved for the use proposed end of such shape and capacity to prevent splashing or flooding and shall be located where readily accessible for inspection and cleaning. No standpipe receptor for any clotheswasher shall extend more than 0.8 meter nor less than 0.45 m above its trap, No trap for any clotheswasher standpipe receptor shall be installed bdelow the floor, but shall be roughed no less than 15 em and not more than 45 cm above the floor. No indirect waste receptor shall be installed in any toilet room, closet, cupboard or storeroom nor in any other portion of building not for general use by the occupants thereof, except that standpines for clotheswasher may be installed in toilet and bathroom areas when the clotheswasher is installed in the same room 3042 Where water service connections are installed for clotheswasher, an approved method of waste disposal shall be provided 9043 Every indirect waste interceptor receiving discharge containing particles that clogs the receptor drain shall have a readily removable beehive strainer ” Indirect Waste Piping, Wel-Vented Systeme and Special Wastes Section 805 ~- PRESSURE DRAINAGE CONNECTION Indirect waste connections shait be provided for drains, overflows or relict vents from the water supply system, and no piping or equipment carrying wastes or producing wastes, or other discharges under pressure shall by directly connected to aay pait of the drainage system. ‘The foregoing shall not apply to any approved sump pump oF to any approved pressure-wasting plumbing fixture or device when the Administrative Authority bas satisfied himself that the drainage system i adequately sized to accommodate the anticipated discharge thereo? Section 805 — STERILE EQUIPMENT Appliances, devices or apparatus such as stills, sterilizers and simile equipment requiring water and waste and used for sterile materials shall be drained through an airgap. Section 807 ~ APPLIANCES, 807.1 807.2 807.3 Appliances, devices, equipment or other apparatus not regularly classified a plumbing fixtures equipped with pumps, drips or drainage outlets may by Grained by indirect waste pipes discharging into an epproved-type ope, receptors, When the condensate waste from air conditioning coils is discharged ty direct connection to a lavatory tailpiece or to an approved accessible inlet «: a batitub overflow, the connection shali be located in the area controlled ty the same person controlling the air conditioned space. When undiluted condensate waste fror a fuel burning condensing applians is discharged into the drainage system, she material in the drainage syste, shall be cast itn, galvanized iron, plastic or other materials epproved f; this use 2

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