Chapter 8
INDIRECT WASTE PIPING, WET-VENTED
SYSTEMS AND SPECIAL WASTES
Section 801 — INDIRECT WASTE CONDITIONS
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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
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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,
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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
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