Sanitary Plumbing and Drainage - Plumbing Engineering Services Design Guide

Sanitary plumbing and drainage chapter from the CIPHE's Plumbing Engineering Services Design Guide.

A good sanitary pipework system should be designed and installed to provide the following attributes:

1. Prevent the transmission foul air into the building.
2. Minimise the frequency of any blockage and provided with adequate pipe access to enable the effective clearance of any such blockage.
3. Provide efficient conveyance of discharge from sanitary, kitchen, laundry and wash-down facilities, to enable the correct function of each appliance.
4. Where any sewer is likely to surcharge, minimise the risk of flooding to any part of a building where the floor level is located below normal ground level.

This section of the Guide covers a number of aspects around sanitary plumbing and drainage.

Contents include:

• Design of sanitary pipework systems
• Kitchen drainage
• Laboratory drainage
• Materials for above ground drainage systems
• Inspection and testing of discharge pipes
• Methods of waste collection
• Sanitary accommodation
• The design of building drainage systems
• Below ground drain rennovation
• Methods of renovation
• Rainwater systems
• Siphonic rainwater systems
• Vacuum rainwater systems within buildings
• Vacuum drainage systems.

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