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North Carolina Plumbing Code, 3rd Printing

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1 2012 NORTH CAROLINA STATE BUILDING CODE: PLUMBING CODE (2009 IPC® WITH NORTH CAROLINA AMENDMENTS
2 COPYRIGHT
3 NORTH CAROLINA STATE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL
4 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
5 PREFACE
7 EFFECTIVE USE OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE
11 ORDINANCE
13 TABLE OF CONTENTS
17 CHAPTER 1 SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION
PART 1—SCOPE AND APPLICATION
SECTION 101 GENERAL
SECTION 102 APPLICABILITY
18 SECTION 103 DEPARTMENT OF PLUMBING INSPECTION DELETED
SECTION 104 DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE CODE OFFICIAL DELETED
SECTION 105 APPROVAL
19 SECTION 106 PERMITS DELETED
SECTION 107 INSPECTIONS AND TESTING DELETED
SECTION 108 VIOLATIONS DELETED
SECTION 109 MEANS OF APPEAL DELETED
SECTION 110 TEMPORARY EQUIPMENT, SYSTEMS AND USES
21 CHAPTER 2 DEFINITIONS
SECTION 201 GENERAL
SECTION 202 GENERAL DEFINITIONS
29 CHAPTER 3 GENERAL REGULATIONS
SECTION 301 GENERAL
SECTION 302 EXCLUSION OF MATERIALS DETRIMENTAL TO THE SEWER SYSTEM
SECTION 303 MATERIALS
SECTION 304 RODENTPROOFING
30 TABLE 303.4 PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS REQUIRING THIRD-PARTY TESTING AND THIRD-PARTY CERTIFICATION
SECTION 305 PROTECTION OF PIPES AND PLUMBING SYSTEM COMPONENTS
31 SECTION 306 TRENCHING, EXCAVATION AND BACKFILL
SECTION 307 STRUCTURAL SAFETY
SECTION 308 PIPING SUPPORT
32 TABLE 308.5 HANGER SPACING
SECTION 309 FLOOD HAZARD RESISTANCE
SECTION 310 WASHROOM AND TOILET ROOM REQUIREMENTS
33 SECTION 311 TOILET FACILITIES FOR WORKERS
SECTION 312 TESTS AND INSPECTIONS
34 SECTION 313 EQUIPMENT EFFICIENCIES
SECTION 314 CONDENSATE DISPOSAL
35 CHAPTER 4 FIXTURES, FAUCETS AND FIXTURE FITTINGS
SECTION 401 GENERAL
SECTION 402 FIXTURE MATERIALS
SECTION 403 MINIMUM PLUMBING FACILITIES
TABLE 403.1 MINIMUM NUMBER OF REQUIRED PLUMBING FIXTURESa (See Sections 403.2 and 403.3)
36 TABLE 403.1—continued MINIMUM NUMBER OF REQUIRED PLUMBING FIXTURESa (See Sections 403.2 and 403.3)
37 TABLE 403.1—continued MINIMUM NUMBER OF REQUIRED PLUMBING FIXTURESa (See Sections 403.2 and 403.3)
39 SECTION 404 ACCESSIBLE PLUMBING FACILITIES
SECTION 405 INSTALLATION OF FIXTURES
40 FIGURE 405.3.1 FIXTURE CLEARANCE
SECTION 406 AUTOMATIC CLOTHES WASHERS
SECTION 407 BATHTUBS
41 SECTION 408 BIDETS
SECTION 409 DISHWASHING MACHINES
SECTION 410 DRINKING FOUNTAINS
SECTION 411 EMERGENCY SHOWERS AND EYEWASH STATIONS
SECTION 412 FLOOR AND TRENCH DRAINS
SECTION 413 FOOD WASTE GRINDER UNITS
SECTION 414 GARBAGE CAN WASHERS
42 SECTION 415 LAUNDRY TRAYS
SECTION 416 LAVATORIES
SECTION 417 SHOWERS
TABLE 417.4 PREFABRICATED SHOWER RECEPTOR STANDARDS MATERIALS STANDARDS
43 SECTION 418 SINKS
SECTION 419 URINALS
SECTION 420 WATER CLOSETS
44 SECTION 421 WHIRLPOOL BATHTUBS
SECTION 422 HEALTH CARE FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT
45 SECTION 423 SPECIALTY PLUMBING FIXTURES
SECTION 424 FAUCETS AND OTHER FIXTURE FITTINGS
SECTION 425 FLUSHING DEVICES FOR WATER CLOSETS AND URINALS
46 SECTION 426 MANUAL FOOD AND BEVERAGE DISPENSING EQUIPMENT
SECTION 427 FLOOR SINKS
47 CHAPTER 5 WATER HEATERS
SECTION 501 GENERAL
48 SECTION 502 INSTALLATION
SECTION 503 CONNECTIONS
49 SECTION 504 SAFETY DEVICES
SECTION 505 INSULATION
51 CHAPTER 6 WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION
SECTION 601 GENERAL
SECTION 602 WATER REQUIRED
SECTION 603 WATER SERVICE
SECTION 604 DESIGN OF BUILDING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
52 TABLE 604.3 WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DESIGN CRITERIA REQUIRED CAPACITY AT FIXTURE SUPPLY PIPE OUTLETS
TABLE 604.4 MAXIMUM FLOW RATES AND CONSUMPTION FOR PLUMBING FIXTURES AND FIXTURE FITTINGS
TABLE 604.5 MINIMUM SIZES OF FIXTURE WATER SUPPLY PIPES
53 TABLE 604.10.1 MANIFOLD SIZING
SECTION 605 MATERIALS, JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS
54 TABLE 605.3 WATER SERVICE PIPE
55 TABLE 605.4 WATER DISTRIBUTION PIPE
TABLE 605.8 MANUFACTURED PIPE NIPPLES
56 TABLE 605.5 PIPE FITTINGS
59 SECTION 606 INSTALLATION OF THE BUILDING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
TABLE 606.5.4 SIZES FOR OVERFLOW PIPES FOR WATER SUPPLY TANKS
60 TABLE 606.5.7 SIZE OF DRAIN PIPES FOR WATER TANKS
SECTION 607 HOT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
SECTION 608 PROTECTION OF POTABLE WATER SUPPLY
61 TABLE 608.1 APPLICATION OF BACKFLOW PREVENTERS
62 TABLE 608.8.3 SIZE OF PIPE IDENTIFICATION
63 TABLE 608.15.1 MINIMUM REQUIRED AIR GAPS
65 SECTION 609 HEALTH CARE PLUMBING
SECTION 610 DISINFECTION OF POTABLE WATER SYSTEM
SECTION 611 DRINKING WATER TREATMENT UNITS
SECTION 612 SOLAR SYSTEMS
SECTION 613 TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICES AND VALVES
66 SECTION 614 PARTIAL FIRE SPRINKLER PROTECTION IN ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS
SECTION 615 FULL FIRE SPRINKLER PROTECTION IN ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS
67 CHAPTER 7 SANITARY DRAINAGE
SECTION 701 GENERAL
SECTION 702 MATERIALS
TABLE 702.1 ABOVE-GROUND DRAINAGE AND VENT PIPE
68 TABLE 702.2 UNDERGROUND BUILDING DRAINAGE AND VENT PIPE
TABLE 702.3 BUILDING SEWER PIPE
69 TABLE 702.4 PIPE FITTINGS
SECTION 703 BUILDING SEWER
SECTION 704 DRAINAGE PIPING INSTALLATION
TABLE 704.1 SLOPE OF HORIZONTAL DRAINAGE PIPE
SECTION 705 JOINTS
72 TABLE 705.21 CAULKING FERRULE SPECIFICATIONS
TABLE 705.22 SOLDERING BUSHING SPECIFICATIONS
SECTION 706 CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DRAINAGE PIPING AND FITTINGS
73 TABLE 706.3 FITTINGS FOR CHANGE IN DIRECTION
SECTION 707 PROHIBITED JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS
SECTION 708 CLEANOUTS
74 SECTION 709 FIXTURE UNITS
TABLE 709.2 DRAINAGE FIXTURE UNITS FOR FIXTURE DRAINS OR TRAPS
SECTION 710 DRAINAGE SYSTEM SIZING
75 TABLE 709.1 DRAINAGE FIXTURE UNITS FOR FIXTURES AND GROUPS
76 TABLE 710.1(1) BUILDING DRAINS AND SEWERS
TABLE 710.1(2) HORIZONTAL FIXTURE BRANCHES AND STACKSa, f
77 SECTION 711 OFFSETS IN DRAINAGE PIPING IN BUILDINGS OF FIVE STORIES OR MORE
SECTION 712 SUMPS AND EJECTORS
78 TABLE 712.4.2 MINIMUM CAPACITY OF SEWAGE PUMP OR SEWAGE EJECTOR
SECTION 713 HEALTH CARE PLUMBING
79 TABLE 713.11.1 STACK SIZES FOR BEDPAN STEAMERS AND BOILING-TYPE STERILIZERS (Number of Connections of Various Sizes Permitted to Various-sized Sterilizer Vent Stacks)
TABLE 713.11.3 STACK SIZES FOR PRESSURE STERILIZERS (Number of Connections of Various Sizes Permitted To Various-sized Vent Stacks)
SECTION 714 COMPUTERIZED DRAINAGE DESIGN DELETED
SECTION 715 BACKWATER VALVES
81 CHAPTER 8 INDIRECT/SPECIAL WASTE
SECTION 801 GENERAL
SECTION 802 INDIRECT WASTES
82 SECTION 803 SPECIAL WASTES
SECTION 804 MATERIALS, JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS
83 CHAPTER 9 VENTS
SECTION 901 GENERAL
SECTION 902 MATERIALS
SECTION 903 OUTDOOR VENT EXTENSION
SECTION 904 VENT TERMINALS
84 SECTION 905 VENT CONNECTIONS AND GRADES
SECTION 906 FIXTURE VENTS
TABLE 906.1 MAXIMUM DISTANCE OF FIXTURE TRAP FROM VENT
SECTION 907 INDIVIDUAL VENT
SECTION 908 COMMON VENT
85 TABLE 908.3 COMMON VENT SIZES
SECTION 909 WET VENTING
TABLE 909.3 WET VENT SIZE
TABLE 909.4 SIZE OF VENT STACK
SECTION 910 WASTE STACK VENT
86 TABLE 910.4 WASTE STACK VENT SIZE
SECTION 911 CIRCUIT VENTING
SECTION 912 COMBINATION WASTE DRAIN AND VENT SYSTEM
TABLE 912.3 SIZE OF COMBINATION DRAIN AND VENT PIPE
87 SECTION 913 ISLAND FIXTURE VENTING
SECTION 914 RELIEF VENTS—STACKS OF MORE THAN 10 BRANCH INTERVALS
SECTION 915 VENTS FOR STACK OFFSETS
SECTION 916 VENT PIPE SIZING
88 TABLE 916.1 SIZE AND DEVELOPED LENGTH OF STACK VENTS AND VENT STACKS
89 TABLE 916.5.1 SIZE AND LENGTH OF SUMP VENTS
SECTION 917 AIR ADMITTANCE VALVES
90 SECTION 918 ENGINEERED VENT SYSTEMS DELETED
SECTION 919 COMPUTERIZED VENT DESIGN DELETED
SECTION 920 SINGLE STACK PLUMBING SYSTEMS (SOVENT)
91 CHAPTER 10 TRAPS, INTERCEPTORS AND SEPARATORS
SECTION 1001 GENERAL
SECTION 1002 TRAP REQUIREMENTS
SECTION 1003 INTERCEPTORS AND SEPARATORS
92 TABLE 1003.3.4.1 CAPACITY OF GREASE INTERCEPTORSa
93 SECTION 1004 MATERIALS, JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS
95 CHAPTER 11 STORM DRAINAGE
SECTION 1101 GENERAL
SECTION 1102 MATERIALS
TABLE 1102.4 BUILDING STORM SEWER PIPE
TABLE 1102.5 SUBSOIL DRAIN PIPE
96 TABLE 1102.7 PIPE FITTINGS
SECTION 1103 TRAPS
SECTION 1104 CONDUCTORS AND CONNECTIONS
SECTION 1105 ROOF DRAINS
97 SECTION 1106 SIZE OF CONDUCTORS, LEADERS AND STORM DRAINS
FIGURE 1106.1 100-YEAR, 1-HOUR RAINFALL (INCHES/HOUR) NORTH CAROLINA FOR PRIMARY ROOF DRAINS
98 FIGURE 1106.1(a) 100-YEAR, 15-MINUTE RAINFALL (INCHES/HOUR) NORTH CAROLINA FOR SECONDARY ROOF DRAINS
99 FIGURE 1106.5 SIZE OF SCUPPERS
SECTION 1107 SECONDARY (EMERGENCY) ROOF DRAINS
SECTION 1108 COMBINED SANITARY AND STORM SYSTEM
100 SECTION 1109 VALUES FOR CONTINUOUS FLOW
SECTION 1110 CONTROLLED FLOW ROOF DRAIN SYSTEMS
SECTION 1111 SUBSOIL DRAINS
SECTION 1112 BUILDING SUBDRAINS
SECTION 1113 SUMPS AND PUMPING SYSTEMS
101 TABLE 1106.2(1) SIZE OF CIRCULAR VERTICAL CONDUCTORS AND LEADERS
TABLE 1106.2(2) SIZE OF RECTANGULAR VERTICAL CONDUCTORS AND LEADERS
EQUATION 11-1
102 TABLE 1106.3 SIZE OF HORIZONTAL STORM DRAINGE PIPINGa
103 TABLE 1106.6 SIZE OF SEMICIRCULAR ROOF GUTTERSa
105 CHAPTER 12 SPECIAL PIPING AND STORAGE SYSTEMS DELETED
107 CHAPTER 13 REFERENCED STANDARDS
ANSI
AHRI
ASME
108 ASSE
110 ASTM
112 AWS
AWWA
113 CISPI
CSA
114 ICC
NFPA
ISEA
115 NSF
PDI
UL
117 APPENDIX A PLUMBING PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE DELETED
119 APPENDIX B RATES OF RAINFALL FOR VARIOUS CITIES
121 APPENDIX C GRAY WATER RECYCLING SYSTEMS
SECTION C101 GENERAL
SECTION C102 SYSTEMS FOR FLUSHING WATER CLOSETS AND URINALS
122 SECTION C103 SUBSURFACE LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS DELETED
123 FIGURE 1 GRAY WATER RECYCLING SYSTEM FOR SUBSURFACE LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION
124 FIGURE 2 GRAY WATER RECYCLING SYSTEM FOR FLUSHING WATER CLOSETS AND URINALS
125 APPENDIX C1 RAIN WATER RECYCLING SYSTEMS
SECTION C1-101 GENERAL
SECTION C1-102 SYSTEMS FOR FLUSHING WATER CLOSETS AND URINALS
127 APPENDIX D DEGREE DAY AND DESIGN TEMPERATURES DELETED
129 APPENDIX E SIZING OF WATER PIPING SYSTEM
SECTION E101 GENERAL
SECTION E102 INFORMATION REQUIRED
SECTION E103 SELECTION OF PIPE SIZE
133 TABLE E.1
TABLE E.2
134 FIGURE E103.3(1) EXAMPLE-SIZING
135 TABLE E103.3(1) RECOMMENDED TABULAR ARRANGEMENT FOR USE IN SOLVING PIPE SIZING PROBLEMS
136 TABLE E103.3(2) LOAD VALUES ASSIGNED TO FIXTURESa
137 TABLE E103.3(3) TABLE FOR ESTIMATING DEMAND
138 TABLE E103.3(3)—continued TABLE FOR ESTIMATING DEMAND
TABLE E103.3(4) LOSS OF PRESSURE THROUGH TAPS AND TEES IN POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH (psi)
139 TABLE E103.3(5) ALLOWANCE IN EQUIVALENT LENGTHS OF PIPE FOR FRICTION LOSS IN VALVES AND THREADED FITTINGS (feet)
TABLE E103.3(6) PRESSURE LOSS IN FITTINGS AND VALVES EXPRESSED AS EQUIVALENT LENGTH OF TUBEa (feet)
140 FIGURE E103.3(2) FRICTION LOSS IN SMOOTH PIPEa (TYPE K, ASTM B 88 COPPER TUBING)
141 FIGURE E103.3(3) FRICTION LOSS IN SMOOTH PIPEa (TYPE L, ASTM B 88 COPPER TUBING)
142 FIGURE E103.3(4) FRICTION LOSS IN SMOOTH PIPEa (TYPE M, ASTM B 88 COPPER TUBING)
143 FIGURE E103.3(5) FRICTION LOSS IN FAIRLY SMOOTH PIPEa
144 FIGURE E103.3(6) FRICTION LOSS IN FAIRLY ROUGH PIPEa
145 FIGURE E103.3(7) FRICTION LOSS IN FAIRLY ROUGH PIPEa
146 SECTION E201 SELECTION OF PIPE SIZE
SECTION E202 DETERMINATION OF PIPE VOLUMES
147 TABLE E201.1 MINIMUM SIZE OF WATER METERS, MAINS AND DISTRIBUTION PIPING BASED ON WATER SUPPLY FIXTURE UNIT VALUES (w.s.f.u.)
148 TABLE E201.1—continued MINIMUM SIZE OF WATER METERS, MAINS AND DISTRIBUTION PIPING BASED ON WATER SUPPLY FIXTURE UNIT VALUES (w.s.f.u.)
149 TABLE E202.1 INTERNAL VOLUME OF VARIOUS WATER DISTRIBUTION TUBING
151 APPENDIX F STRUCTURAL SAFETY
SECTION F101 CUTTING, NOTCHING AND BORING IN WOOD MEMBERS
153 APPENDIX G VACUUM DRAINAGE SYSTEM
SECTION G101 VACUUM DRAINAGE SYSTEM
155 APPENDIX H RODENTPROOFING
157 INDEX
165 ICC-ES PMG LISTING PROGRAM
166 LEARN AND APPLY PLUMBING, MECHANICAL AND FUEL GAS CODES
167 ICC MEMBERSHIP
168 INCREASE YOUR CODE KNOWLEDGE
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