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The City & Guilds Textbook: Plumbing Book 1

500 mm min.
Sink Condense pipework
Min. 2.5° fall Pipe must be Condense pipework
insulated. It must Min. 2.5º fall
terminate above the
water level but below
It is not recommended the surrounding surface.
to connect to a waste Pipe end cut to 45° Holes in the
pipe upstream of an soakway must be
appliance positioned away
from the building
p Figure 9.94 Connection to an existing waste pipe p Figure 9.95 Connections to a purpose-made soakaway drain

2 INSTALL SANITARY APPLIANCES

AND CONNECTING PIPEWORK

SYSTEMS

Sources of information
Sanitation systems must comply with Building Regulations Approved
Document H1. The general requirements of this document are that a foul
water system must:
INDUSTRY TIP ● convey the flow of foul water to a foul water outfall; this can be a foul or
combined foul/rainwater sewer, a cesspool or septic tank
You can access Building ● minimise the risk of blockage and/or leakage
Regulations 2010 Approved ● prevent foul air from entering the building under working conditions
Document H1 at: www.gov.uk/ ● be ventilated
government/uploads/system/ ● be accessible for clearing blockages
uploads/attachment_data/ ● not increase the vulnerability of the building to flooding
file/442889/BR_PDF_ ● be large enough to carry the expected flow at any point in the system.
AD_H_2015.pdf
To successfully achieve this, we must consult several documents.

BS EN 12056–5:2000: Gravity drainage systems inside
buildings. Installation and testing, instructions for
operation, maintenance and use
This applies to waste water drainage systems that operate under gravity. It is
applicable for drainage systems inside dwellings and commercial, institutional
and industrial buildings.

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