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NATIONAL PLUMBING CODE HANDBOOK

McGRAW-HILL HANDBOOKS
8th ed.
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NATIONAL PLUMBING CODE

HANDBOOK
Standards and Design Information

VINCENT T. MANAS, P.E.
Comulting Engineer

Chapters relating

to

research

and special technical material

by Herbert N. Eaton, formerly Chief, Hydraulics Laboratory,

NBS

NATIONAL PLUMBING CODE HANDBOOK
Copyright

© 1957 by the McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Printed

in the United States of A
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ure, 12-11, 12-18
grades and connections, 12-9
for horizontal branches, 27-13
indi\\*idual, 1-18
loop, 1-20, 12-36
main, 1-20, 12-45
materials, 12-1
relief, 1-23, 12-42, 12-48
roof-garden, 12-5
side, 1-26
size and length, 12-47, 12-49, 27-13,
27-16, 27-19

stack (see Stack vent)
wet, 1-31, 27-28
3oke, 1-32
Vertical pipe, 1-29
IValasyk, E., 24-26, 24-30

Wall-himg fixtures, 7-4

Wash sinks, multiple, 7-18
Waste, continuous, 1-10
indirect (see Indirect waste pipe)
industrial, 1-19, 2-6
liquid, 1-19

pipe, 1-30

Waste stacks, minimum sizes, 11-12
for sinks, 11-16

Waste-and-vent combination S3stem,

Vacuum breakers and air gaps, 10-10
Values for continous flow, 11-8
Valves, backwater, 6-1, 6-7
for fixtmes, 11-6
flush, 1-15, 23-15, 23-16
flushometer, 1-16
water-supply control, 10-17
Velocities, minimum, in drains, 26-25

terminal, 22-4, 25-2

Vent headers, 12-46
Vent stack, 1-29, 12-3
Vent sx-stem, 1-29
combined with waste svstem, 1-8,
12-50

1-8, 12-50

Water, characteristics, 10-16
nonpotable, identification of piping,
10-2
potable, 1-22, 21-9
quantit3 and quality, 15-2
safe, 15-3
testing, 14-3, 14-5

Water closets, 7-5
adequate flush, 23-10
comparison of functioning, 23-14
connections, 2-11
discharge rate, 23-7
flow characteristics, 22-10, 23-9,23-13

INDEX

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Water closets, pedestal urinals and trap
standards, 4-8
seats, 7-6
siphon action, 23-9
for trailers, 20-7
Water-distributing pipe, 1-30, 16-1
Water-flow charts, 18-6, 2G-4, 26-5, 26-6

Water main, 1-30
Water outlet, 1-30
Water-pipe sizing, 10-21
Water-pumping equipment, 10-13
Water-service pipe, 10-12

Water supply, 10-1, 10-19
control, 10-17
individual, 15-1

mandatory, 10-2
private, 10-12, 21-S
protection, 7-4, 10-2
quality, 10-1
for trailer parks, 21-8

Water-supply pipe, 1-31
Water-supply system, disinfection,
10-15
distribution of demand, 24-26
sizing, 10-19, 18-1, 18-5, 18-7

Water-supply tank, 10-13
Waterproofing of openings, 4-9
Wells, classification, 15-2
construction, 15-4.
dry, 16-19
leaching, 1-19
location, 15-1, 16-3
Wet vent, 1-31, 27-28
venting, 11-12, 12-19, 27-28, 27-30
Wet 24Winfres, R., 28-20
Wiped joints, 4-2
Wisconsin, TJnivcrsitj- of, 24-3
and Croft method, 24-16, 24-19,
Wise2520, 24-30, 27-8, 27-9, 27-25,

27-28

Work, existing, 1-14
Wyly, R. S., 23-1, 23-3, 23-4, 23-6,
23-7, 23-14, 23-16, 23-20, 24-30,
2, 25-3, 25-9, 26-12, 27-7, 27-8,
27-10, 27-11, 27-20, 27-22, 27-29,
27-32, 27-33, 27-36, 27-37, 27-42,

27-26

Yoke vent, 1-32
Zinkil, R. H., 27-30