CHAPTER 4

PLUMBING FIXTURES

Section 401 – MATERIALS – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Quality of fixtures – plumbing fixture shall be manufactured of dense, durable, non-

absorbent materials and must have smooth, impervious surfaces, free form unnecessary
concealed fouling surfaces. Except as permitted elsewhere in this Code, all fixtures shall
conform in quality and design to nationally recognize applicable standards of to other
approved standards acceptable to the Administrative Authority. All porcelain enamel
surfaces on plumbing fixtures shall be acid resistant (for the convenience of users of this
Code, a list of generally accepted Plumbing fixtures is included in Table 14-4 Plumbing
Referenced Standards.)

Water closet bowls for public use shall be the elongated bowl types equipped with open-
front seats. Water closet seats shall be of smooth non-absorbent material and properly
sized for the water closet bowl used.

Section 402 – MATERIALS - ALTERNATIVES

Special use fixtures may be made of soapstone, chemical stoneware or may be lined with
lead, copper base ally, nickel-copper alloy, corrosion-resisting steel or other materials
specially suited for the use which the fixture is intended.

Restaurant kitchen and other special-use sinks may be made of approved type bonderized
and galvanized sheet steel of not less than Gauge No. 16 U.S. B&S or 1.6mm thick. All
sheet metal plumbing fixtures shall be adequately designed constructed and braced in an
approved manner to satisfactorily accomplish the intended purpose.

Section 404 – OVERFLOWS

When any fixtures is provided with an overflow outlet, the waste shall be so arranged that
the standing water inside the fixture cannot rise inside the overflow way when the stopper
is close nor remain instead the overflow way when the fixture is empty. The overflow
pipe from a fixture shall be connected to the house or inlet side of the fixture trap. Water
closet or Urinal flush tanks shall discharge into the bowls or wares served by them, but it
shall be unlawful to connect such overflows with any other part of the drainage system.

Section 404 – STRAINER AND CONNECTIONS

404.1 Strainer – all plumbing fixtures other than water closets and siphon action
washdown or blowout urinals, shall be equipped with approved strainers having
an approved waterway area. The strainer serving shower drains shall have
 waterway equivalent to the area of the tailpiece; (meaning, the sum of all the areas
of the perforations of the strainer is equivalent to the outlet area).

404.2 Connections – Fixtures having concealed slip joint connections shall be provided
with an access pane or utility at least 0.4 meter in its least dimension and arrange
so that the connections are readily accessible for inspection and repair.

404.4 continuous waste and fixture tailpiece shall be constructed from the materials
specified on Table 14-4 of this Code for drainage piping, provided however, that
such connection where exposed or accessible may be of seamless drawn brass not
less than Gauge No. 20 B&S or 0.8 mm in thickness. Each such tailpiece,
continuous waste or water and overflow shall not be less than 48mm OD for
sinks, dishwashers, laundry tubs, bathtubs, urinals and similar fixtures, and not
less than 42mm OD for lavatories, drinking fountains and similar small fixtures;
brass or copper shall not be used for urinal tailpiece to trap.

404.4 approved wye or other directional type branch fittings shall be installed in all
continuous wastes connecting or receiving the discharge from food waste disposal
units, dishwashers, clothes washers or other forced-discharge fixtures or
appliances. No dishwasher drain shall be connected to a sink tailpiece, continuous
waste or trap on the discharge side of a food waste disposal unit.

Section 405 – PROHIBITED FIXTURES

405.1 Use of water closets having invisible seals or unventilated space or having walls,
which are not thoroughly washed out at each discharge, shall be prohibited. Any
water closet, which might permit siphonage of the contents of the bowl back into
the water tank, shall be prohibited as well as trough urinals. Drinking fountains
shall not be installed inside public toilet rooms.

405.2 Fixed wooden, concrete, cement or tile washtrays or sink for domestic use shall
not be installed in any building designed for human habitation. No sheet metal
lined wooden bathtubs shall be installed or reconnected. No dry habitation unless
first approved by the Health Officer or Administrative Authority.

Section 406 – SPECIAL FIXTURES AND SPECIALTIES

406.1 Water Connections – baptisteries, ornamental and lily ponds, aquaria ornamental
fountain basins and similar construction when provided with water supplies
connected to potable water supply lines shall be protected from back-siphonage.

406.2 Wastewater Drain – for “Sacarium” cupsink at church alter and Baptistries front
outlet shall discharge direct to the ground and not connected to the sanitary
drainage system.
406.4 Approved – specialties requiring water supply and waste discharge connections
shall be submitted for approval of the Administrative Authority.

Section 407 – INSTALLATION

407.1 Cleaning – plumbing fixtures shall be installed in a manner to provide easy access
for repair and cleaning. Where practical, all pipes from fixtures shall be run
parallel and close to the nearest wall or building line.

407.2 Joints – where a fixture comes in contact with the wall or floor, the joint between
the fixture and wall or floor shall be made watertight.

407.3 Securing Fixtures - floor outlet or floor mounted fixtures shall be rigidly secured
on the drainage connections and floor when so designed with the use of
adequately sized screws or expansion bolts or copper, brass or other equally
corrosion-resistant material.

407.4 Setting – fixture shall be set level and in proper alignment with reference to
adjacent walls. No water closet or bidet shall be set closer than 0.375 meter from
its center to any side wall or obstruction nor closer than 0.75 meter center to
center to any similar fixture. No urinal shall be set closer than 0.3 meter from its
center to any sidewall or partition nor closer than 0.6 meter center to center.

407.5 Supply Fittings – the supply lines or fittings for every plumbing fixture shall be
installed to prevent backflow.

Section 408 – URINALS

An approved type vacuum breaker shall protect water supply to a urinal or other
approved backflow prevention device as described in Table 14-4.

408.1 Automatic Flushing Tanks – tanks flushing more than one urinal shall be
automatic in operation and of sufficient capacity to provide necessary volume of
water to flush and properly cleanse all urinals simultaneously. Automatically
controlled flushmeter valve may be substituted for automatic flush tanks.

408.2 Flushmeter Valves – no manually controlled flushmeter valve shall be used for
flush more than one urinal and each such urinal flushmeter valve shall be
approved, self-closing type discharging a predetermined quantity of water.

Section 409 – FLOOR DRAINS AND SHOWER STALLS

409.1 Floor drain shall be considered plumbing fixtures and each drain shall be provided
with an approved-type and hinged strainer plate having the sum of the areas of the
small holes of the strainer plate or gross waterway is equivalent to the cross-
sectional area of the tailpiece. Floor drains, floor receptors and shower drains
 shall be of an approve type, the body provided with integrally-cast water stop
outside flange around the body at mind depth and with an inside caulk outlet to
provide a watertight joint in the floor.

409.2 Shower receptors are plumbing fixtures and shall conform to the general
requirements therefore contained in Table 14-4. Each shower receptor shall be
constructed of vitrified china or earthenware, ceramic tile, porcelain enameled
metal or of such other material as may be acceptable to the Administrative
Authority. No shower receptor shall be installed unless it conforms to acceptable
standard as required by Chapter 14 of this Code or until specification or a
prototype or both of such receptor is first submitted to the Administrative
Authority for approval.

409.3 Each shower receptor shall be an approved type and be constructed to have a
finished dam, curb or threshold which is atleast 25.4mm lower than the outside
floor at the sides and back of such receptor. In no case shall any dam or threshold
be less than 51mm or more than 228mm in depth when measured from the top of
the dam or threshold to the of the drain. The finished floor of the receptor shall
slope uniformly form the sides towards the drain not less than 2% or 20mm/m or
more than 4% or 40mm/m. Threshold shall be sufficient width to accommodate a
minimum 559-mm wide floor.

Exception: Special shower compartments for wheelchair use may eliminate

the curb or threshold. The required slope and depth shall be maintained form the
door entry to the drain opening. The minimum distance between the door or entry
to the drain opening shall be 1.2 meters.

409.4 All shower compartments, regardless of shape, shall have a minimum finished
interior area of 0.6 square meter and shall also be capable of encompassing a 762
mm diameter circle. The minimum area and dimensions shall be maintained from
a point above the shower drain outlet to a height of 1.78 meters with no
protrusions other than the fixture valve or valves, shower head and safety grab
bars or rails.

409.5 When the construction of on-site built-up shower receptor is permitted by the
Administrative Authority, one of the following means shall be employed:

409.5. Shower receptor built directly on the ground:

Shower receptors built directly on the ground shall be watertight and shall be
constructed from approved type dense, non absorbent and non corrosive materials.
Each receptor shall be adequately reinforced, provided with an approved flanged
floor drain designed to make a watertight joint in the floor and shall have smooth,
impervious and durable surfaces.

409.5.2 Shower receptor built above ground:

 When shower receptor are built above ground the sub-floor and rough side of
walls to a height of no less than 76 mm above the top of the finished dam or
threshold shall be first lined with sheet lead or copper or with other durable and
watertight materials.

All lining materials shall be pitched at a slope of 2 percent or 20mm/m to weep holes in
the subdrain of a smooth and solidly formed sub-base. All lining materials shall extend
upward on the rough jambs of the shower opening to a pint no less than 76mm above the
top of the finished dam or threshold and shall extend outward over the top of the rough
threshold and be turned over and fastened on the outside face of both the rough threshold
and the jambs.

No metallic shower sub-pans or linins may be built-up on the jobsites of not less than
three (3) layers of standard grade 6.9 kg asphalt-impregnated roofing felt. The bottom
layer shall be fitted to the formed sub-base and each succeeding layer thoroughly hot
mopped to that below. All corners shall be carefully fitted, strengthened and watertight
by folding or lapping and each corner shall be reinforced with suitable metal webbing
hot-mopped in place. All folds, laps and reinforcing webbing shall extend to at least 101
mm in all directions from the corner and all webbing shall be of approved type and mesh
producing a tensile strength of not less than 0.9kg/mm in either direction. Non-metallic
shower sub-pans or linings may also consist of multi layers of other approved equivalent
materials suitably reinforced and carefully fitted in place on the jon-site as elsewhere
required in this Section.

Linings shall be properly recessed and fastened to approved backing so as not to occupy
the space required for the wall covering and shall not be nailed or perforated at any point
which may be less than 25.4 mm above the finished dam or threshold. An approved type
sub drain shall be installed with every shower sub-base and shall be equipped with a
clamping ring or other device to make a tight connection between the lining and the
drain. The sub-drain shall have weep holes into the waste line.

All shower-lining materials conform to approved standards acceptable to the

Administrative Authority.

409.6 Floor of public shower rooms shall have a non-skid surface and shall be drained
in such a manner that wastewater from one bather will not pass over area
occupied by other bathers. Gutters in public or gang shower rooms shall have
rounded corners for easy cleaning and shall be sloped not less than two (2)
percent toward the drains. Drain gutters shall be spaced not more than 4.9 meters
apart.

409.7 In the absence of local regulations, showers occupancies other than dwelling units
served by individual water heaters shall be provided with individual shower
control valves of the pressure balance or the thermostatic mixing valve type.
Multiple or gang shower may be controlled by a master thermostatic mixing valve
 in lieu of individually controlled pressure balance or thermostatic mixing valves.
Limit stops shall be provided on such valves and shall be adjusted to deliver hot
water with a maximum temperature of 48.88 degrees C.

 Lead and copper sub-pans or linings shall be installed from all conducting
substance other than their connecting drain by 6.8 kg asphalt felt or its
equivalent and no lead pan or liner shall be constructed of material weighing
less than 19.6 kg/sq.m. Thickness of copper pans or liners shall be at least
Gauge No. 24 B&S (0.5mm) thick. Joints in lead pans or liners shall be
burned. Joints in copper pans or liners shall be soldered or brazed.

Section 410 – PLUMBING FIXTURES REQUIRED

Each building shall be provided with sanitary facilities as prescribed by the

National Building Code or other authorities having jurisdiction. In the absence of
local requirements, a recommended list of minimum facilities for various
occupancies is given on Table 4-1 of this Code.

Section 411 – WHIRLPOOL BATHTUBS

Unless otherwise listed, all whirlpool bathtubs shall comply with the following
requirements:

(a) A removable panel of sufficient dimension shall be provided for access to the
pump;

(b) The circulation pump shall be located above the crown weir of the trap,

(c) The pump and the circulation piping shall be self-draining to minimize water
retention;

(d) Sunction fittings on whirlpool bathtubs shall comply with the listed standards

TABLE 4-1

MINIMUM PLUMBING FACILITIES

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