Plumbing Fixtures
St>dion 406- SPECl4.L ~'IXTUR•:s AND SPECIALTIES
406.1 Water Connections - baptistries~ ornamental and lily ponds, aquaria,
ornamental fountain basins and similar constmctions when provided with
water supplies connected to potable water supply lines shall be protected
tlom back-siphonage.
406.2 Wastewater Drain - for ·•sacrarium" cupsink at church altar and
Baptistries font outlet shall discharge direct to the ground and not connected
to the sanitary drainage system.
406.3 Apprcved - specialties requiring water supply and waste discharge
c01mections shalt be submitted for approval of the Administrative Authority.
Section 407- INSTALLATION
407.1 Cleaning - plumbing fixture shall be installed in a manner to provide easy
access for repair and cleaning. Where practical, all pipes from fixtures shaH
be run parallel and dose to the nearest wall or building line.
407.2 Joints - where a fixture comes in contact with the wall or floor, the joint
between the fixture and wall or floor shall be made watertight.
407.3 Securi11g •'i1.turt's - floor outlet or floor mounted fixtures shall be rigidly
secured on the drainage connection and floor when so designed with the use
of adequately-sized screws or expansion bolts of copper, brass or other
equally cmTosion-resistant material.
407.4 Wall-Hung Fixtures - wall-hung fixtures shall be rigidly supported by
metal supporting members or chairs so that no bending or pullout strain is
transmitted to the wall. Approved non-corrosive screws or bolts sha!l secure
water closet and urinal flush tanks and similar appurtenances.
407.5 Setting - fixtures shaH be set level and in proper alignment with reference
to adjacent walls. No water closet or bidet shall be !1et closer than 0.315
meter from its center to any side wall or obstruction nor closer than 0.7:;
meter center to ceruer to any similar fixture No urinal shall be set closer
than 0.3 meter from its center to any sidewall or partition nor closer than 0.6
meter center to center.
407.6 Supply Fittings - the supply lines or fittings for every plumbin3 fixture
shall b.;! installed to prevent backflow.
Rt:tvisoo National Plumbing Code of the Philippine$
Section 408 -URINALS
An approved type vacuum breaker shall protect every water supply to a
urinal or other approv~d backflow prevention device as described in Table
14-4.
408.1 Automatic Flushing.Tanks- tanks flushing more than one urinal shall be
automatic in operation and of sufficient capacity to provide the necessary
volume of water to flush and properly cleanse all urinals simultaneously.
Automatically controlled flushometer valves maybe substituted for
automatic flush tanks.
408.2 F!ushometer Valves -no manually controlled flushometer valve shall be
used to flush more than one urinal and each such urinal flushomcter valve
shall be approved, self-closing type discharging a predetermined quantity of
water.
Section 409- FLOOR DRAINS AND SHOWER STALLS
·409.1 Floor drains shall be considered plumbing fixtures and each drain shaH be
provided with an approved-type and hinged s.trainer plate having the sum of
the areas of the small holes of the strainer plate or gross w<!terway is
equivalent to the cross-sectional area of the tailpiece. Floor drains, flocr
receptors and shower drains shall be of an approved type, the body provided
with integraUyhcast water-stop outside flange around the body at mid dtpth
and with an inside caulk outlet to provide a watertight joint in the floor.
409.2 Shower receptors are plumbing fixtures and shall conform to the gener.d
requirements therefore contained in Table 14-4. Each shower receptor sk;H
be constructed of vitrified china or earthenware, ceramic tile, porcelain-
enameled m~tal or of such other material as may be acceptable to the
Administrative Authority. No shower receptors shall be installed unless it
conforms to acceptable standards as required by Chapter 14 of this Code or
until a specification or a prototype or both of such receptor is first submitted
to the Administrative Authority for approval .
409.3 Each shower receptor shall be an approved type and be constructed to have a
finished dam, curb or threshold which is at least 25.4 mm lower than the
outside floor at the sides and back of such receptor. ln no case shall any
dam or threshold be less than 51 mm nor more than 228 mm in depth when
mf'.asured from the top of the dam or threshold to the of the drain. The
finished floor of the receptor shall slope uniformly from the sides towards
the drain not less than 2% or 20 mmlm or more than 4% or 40 mm/m.
Thresholds shaH be of sufficient width to accommodate a minimum 559-nun
wide door.
