11.

5 DETERMINING DRAINAGE PIPE SIZES

11.5.1 Selecting the Size ofDrainage Piping Pipe sizes shall be determined from Table 11.5.1 A and 11.5.1 B on the basis ofthe drainage fixture unit load (DFU) computed from Table 1104. I and Section 1 I.4.1. Sanitary drainage pipe sizes shall not be reduced in the direction offlow. EXCEPTION: Drain pipe sizes for individual fixtures shall be not less than the minimum trap size required in Section 5.2. See Figures 11.5.1 - A and - B Table 11.5.1A

BUILDING DRAlNS AND SEWERS'

Maximum Number of Drainage Fixture Units (DFU) That May Be Connected to Any Portion of the Building Drain or the Building Sewer.

Pipe Sizelnches
2

Slope Per Foot

1116-lnch

1/8-lnch

114-lnch
21

3
4

5 6

8
10 12 15

1,400 2,500 3,900 7,000

180 390 700 1,600 2,900 4,600 8,300

42' 216 480 840 1,920 3,500 5,600 10,000

112-lnch 26 50' 250 575 1,000 2,300 4,200 6,700 12,000

I. On-site sewers that serve more than one building may be sized according to the current standards and specifications of the Authority Having Jurisdiction for the public sewers.

2. See Sections IJ.5.6.d,

II.S.6.e, and 11.5.6.f.

Table 1l.5.1B

HORIZ0NTAL FIXTURE BRANCHES AND STACKS

Maximum Number of Drainage FIXture Units (DFU) Thai May Be Connected To: Stacks with Mort> Than Three Branch Intervals

Pipe SizeInches

Any Horizontal Fixture Branch'

One Stack of Three Branch Intervals or Less

Total for Stack

Total at One Branch Intervals

P/4
j1h

2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15

J 3 6 20' 160 360 620 1.400 2,500 3.900 7,000

I 4 10 48' 240 540 960 2.200 3.800 6.000

I 8 24

72'
500 1,100 1,900 3.600 5,600 8,400

I 2 6 20 3 90 200 350 600 1,000 1,500

,
I

Does not include branches of the building dram. See Section 11.5.6.b. 3. See Section 11.5.6.c.

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