CHAPTER 9:
901: VENTS REQUIRED
Each plumbing fixture trap, except as otherwise provided in this Code,
shall be protected against siphonage and back-pressure. Air circulation
shall be assured throughout all parts of excreta drainage system by
means of vent pipes installed in accordance with the requirements of
this chapter and as required in this Code.
902: VENTS NOT REQUIRED
902.1 Where permitted by the administrative authority, vent piping may
be omitted on an interceptor when such interceptor acts as primary
settling tank and discharges through a horizontal indirect waste pipe
into a secondary interceptor. The second interceptor shall be tapped
and vented.
902.2 Traps serving sinks which are part of the equipment of bars, soda
fountains and counters need not to be vented when the location and
construction of such bars, soda fountains and counters is to make it
impossible to do so. When such conditions exist, said sink shall be
discharged by means of approved indirect waste pipe into a floor sink or
other approved type receptor.
903: MATERIALS
903.1 Vent pipes shall be cast iron, ductile cast iron, galvanized steel,
galvanized wrought iron, lead, copper, brass, Schedule 40, ABS, DWV,
Series 1000, PVC or other approved materials having a smooth and
uniform bore except:
903.1.1 No galvanized wrought or galvanized steel pipe shall be used
underground and shall be kept at least 15cm above ground.
903.1.2 Horizontal and vertical vent lines and vent stacks shall be
copper, cast iron, galvanized wrought iron or polyvinyl chloride pipes.
903.2 Vent fittings shall be cast iron, ductile cast iron, galvanized steel,
galvanized wrought iron, lead, copper, brass, ABS, PVC or other
approved materials except no galvanized malleable iron of galvanized
steel shall be buried underground but shall be kept at least 152 mm
above finish ground level.
903.3 Changes in direction of vent pipe shall be made by the
appropriate use of approve fittings and no such pipe shall be strained or
bent. Burred end shall be reamed to the full bore of the pipe.
904: SIZE OF VENTS
904.1The sizes of vent piping shall be determined from its length and
the total number of fixture units connected thereto, as set forth in Table
7 5 of this Code. In addition, the drainage piping of each building and
each connections to a public sewer or a private sewage disposal
system shall be vented by means of one or more vent pipes, the
aggregate cross-sectional area of which not less the that of the largest
required building sewer, as determined from Table 7 8, page 88.
Exception: when connected to a common building sewer, the drainage
piping of two or more buildings located on the same lot under one
ownership may be vented by means of piping size in accordance with
Table 7 5 provided the aggregate cross-sectional area of all the vents
is not less than that of the largest required common building sewer.
904.2 The length of horizontal portion of a vent may exceed one-third of
the total length of vertical and horizontal portions as limited by Table 7
5 provided the vent to one pipe size larger for its entire length.
905: VENT PIPE GRADES AND CONNECTIONS
905.1 All horizontal vent and branch pipes shall be free from drops or
sag and each vent shall be graded and connected to drip back by
gravity to the drainage pipe it serves.
905.2 Where vents connected to a horizontal drainage pipe, such vent
pipe connection shall have its invert pipe taken off above the drainage
center line of such pipe downstream of the trap being served.
905.3 Unless prohibited by structural conditions, each vent shall rise
vertically to a point not less than 152mm above the highest flood level
rim of the fixtures serve before offsetting horizontally to join the vent
stack or stack vent and the bottom connection shall be installed with
approve drainage of fittings and installed with proper grade to the
horizontal drain.
905.4 All vent pipes shall extend undiminished in size above the roof of
shall be reconnected with the soil or waste stack vent of proper size at
a point below the roof, the vent through the roof (VSTR) shall be
increased one pipe above the reconnection of point of stack vent and
horizontal vent.
905.5 The vent opening from the soil or waste pipe. Excepts for water
closets and similar fixture, shall not be below the weir or trap.
905.6 Two fixtures mat be served by common vertical vent pipe when
each such fixture waste separately into an approved double branch
fitting having inlet opening at the same level.
906: VENT TERMINATION
906.1 Each vent pipe or stack through roof shall extend its flashing all
around and the stack vent shall terminate vertically not less than 15mm
above the roof nor less than 0.3m from any vertical surface nearby.
906.2 Each vent opening shall terminate not less than 3m from, or at
least 0.9m above any openable window, door opening, air intake or
vent shaft, nor less than 0.9m away from any lot line, alley and street
boundary lines.
906.3 Vent pipe shall be extended separately or combined, of full
required size, not less than 15cm above the roof or fire wall. Flagpoling
of vents is prohibited except where the roof is used for purposes other
than weather protection.
906.4 Vertical vent pipes for outdoor installations except to at least 3m
distant to any part of the roof that is used for other purposes and shall
not extent no less than 2.1m above such roof and shall securely stay.
906.5 Joints at the roof around stack vent pipes shall made watertight
by the use of approved flashing material and installation.
907: VENT STACKS AND RELIEF VENTS
907.1 Each soil or waste stack which extents two or more stories
above the building drain shall be served by a parallel vent stack which
shall extend undiminished in size from its upper terminal at the roof and
connect to the soil or waste stack at ground level and at the fifth floor
levels with a yoke vent at a point below the horizontal soil or waste
branch connection to the stack and nearby vent stack above the same
floor to provide a relief vent. The size of the yoke vent shall not be less
than in diameter than either soil stack or vent stack, whichever is
smaller.
907.2 The yoke vent connection with the vent stack shall be placed not
less than 1m above the floor level, and the yoke vent connection with
the drainage stack shall be by means of a wye branch fitting placed
below the fixture branch serving that floor.
908: VENTS NOT REQUIRED
908.1 Where permitted by the administrative authority, vent piping
may be omitted on an interceptor when such interceptor acts as primary
settling tank and discharges through a horizontal indirect waste pipe
into a secondary interceptor. The second interceptor shall be tapped
and vented.
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908.2 Traps serving sinks which are part of the equipment of bars,
soda fountains and counters need not to be vented when the location
and construction of such bars, soda fountains and counters is to make it
impossible to do so. When such conditions exist, said sink shall be
discharged by means of approved indirect waste pipe into a floor sink or
other approved type receptor.
909: MATERIALS
909.1 Vent pipes shall be cast iron, ductile cast iron, galvanized steel,
galvanized wrought iron, lead, copper, brass, Schedule 40, ABS, DWV,
Series 1000, PVC or other approved materials having a smooth and
uniform bore except:
909.1.1 No galvanized wrought or galvanized steel pipe shall be used
underground and shall be kept at least 152mm above ground.
910: Size of Vents
910.1 The sizes of vent piping shall be determined from its length
and the total number of fixture units connected thereto, as set forth in
Table 7 5 of this Code. In addition, the drainage piping of each
building and each connections to a public sewer or a private sewage
disposal system shall be vented by means of one or more vent pipes,
the aggregate cross-sectional area of which not less than that of the
largest required building sewer, as determined from Table 7 8, page
88.
910.2 No more than one-third of the total length, per Table 7 5 of
any minimum sized vent shall be installed in a horizontal position.
908.2 Traps serving sinks which are part of the equipment of bars,
soda fountains and counters need not to be vented when the location
and construction of such bars, soda fountains and counters is to make it
impossible to do so. When such conditions exist, said sink shall be
discharged by means of approved indirect waste pipe into a floor sink or
other approved type receptor.
909: MATERIALS
909.1 Vent pipes shall be cast iron, ductile cast iron, galvanized steel,
galvanized wrought iron, lead, copper, brass, Schedule 40, ABS, DWV,
Series 1000, PVC or other approved materials having a smooth and
uniform bore except:
909.1.1 No galvanized wrought or galvanized steel pipe shall be used
underground and shall be kept at least 152mm above ground.
910: Size of Vents
910.1 The sizes of vent piping shall be determined from its length
and the total number of fixture units connected thereto, as set forth in
Table 7 5 of this Code. In addition, the drainage piping of each
building and each connections to a public sewer or a private sewage
disposal system shall be vented by means of one or more vent pipes,
the aggregate cross-sectional area of which not less than that of the
largest required building sewer, as determined from Table 7 8, page
88.
910.2 No more than one-third of the total length, per Table 7 5 of
any minimum sized vent shall be installed in a horizontal position.
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