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Plumbing Fixtures Standards and Guidelines

PLUMBING FIXTURES TERMS Bidet • A fixture that appears like a water closet since a person sits down on it. But it is designed as a combination lavatory which can plug the drain and collect hot & cold water, with an inverted water sprayer to clear the most delicate and well-guarded parts of the body Air Gap • the vertical distance from a faucet spout outlet to the flood level rim of a fixture Lavatory • the plumbing fixture used as a basis in determining the fixture unit value PLUMBING FIXTURES

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Plumbing Fixtures Standards and Guidelines

PLUMBING FIXTURES TERMS Bidet • A fixture that appears like a water closet since a person sits down on it. But it is designed as a combination lavatory which can plug the drain and collect hot & cold water, with an inverted water sprayer to clear the most delicate and well-guarded parts of the body Air Gap • the vertical distance from a faucet spout outlet to the flood level rim of a fixture Lavatory • the plumbing fixture used as a basis in determining the fixture unit value PLUMBING FIXTURES

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PLUMBING FIXTURES TERMS

Bidet
 A fixture that appears like a water closet since a person sits down on it. But it
is designed as a combination lavatory which can plug the drain and collect
hot & cold water, with an inverted water sprayer to clear the most delicate
and well-guarded parts of the body
Air Gap
 the vertical distance from a faucet spout outlet to the flood level rim of a
fixture
Lavatory
 the plumbing fixture used as a basis in determining the fixture unit value

PLUMBING FIXTURES STANDARDS


8 patients
 Number of patients can one water closet serve in a ward room of a hospital
25 lavatories
 Minimum number of lavatories required for 1,000 females in theater (for
permanent employee use)
 Minimum number of lavatories required for 1,000 males in theater (for
permanent employee use)
6 lavatories
 Number of lavatories in school for 240 male students
20 urinals
 Minimum number of urinals required for 1,000 males in theater (for
permanent employee use)
28 water closets
 Minimum number of water closets for 1,000 females in theater (for
permanent employee use)
27 water closets
 Minimum number of water closets for 1,000 males in theater (for permanent
employee use)
4 lavatories
 Minimum number of lavatories for 1,000 females in theater (for public use)
 Minimum number of lavatories for 1,000 males in theater (for public use)
5 urinals
 Minimum number of urinals required for 1,000 males in theater (for public
use)
15 water closets
 Minimum number of water closets required for 1,000 females in theater (for
public use)
5 water closets
 Minimum number of water closets required for 1,000 males in theater (for
public use)
0.375 m
 Minimum distance of water closet center to side wall
0.750 m
 Minimum distance of water closet center to water closet center
0.300 m
 Minimum distance of urinal center to side wall
0.600 m
 Minimum distance of urinal center to urinal center
559 mm
 Minimum height of threshold for shower wide door
0.60 m2
 Minimum interior area of shower compartment
4.9 m
 Minimum spacing of drains for gang shower
0.8 m
 Mounting height of wall hung lavatory from FFL
36 inches
 Maximum height of toilet grab bars from FFL
19 inches
 Maximum mounting height of tissue paper holder from FFL
0.60 m
 Maximum length of the tailpiece from any fixture
One water closet, one lavatory
 Minimum fixture unit for each family dwelling on premises abutting on sewer
of private sewage disposal system

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