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OBC 2006 Division B

7.2.11.2.

Version 2 — in force 1 January 2010

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Provenance

OBC 1997 · continues from 7.2.11.2. — Pro

Base · O. Reg. 350/06 · ext v0 →

O. Reg. 137/07, cl. 37 · ext v1 →

In force 2007-04-02

O. Reg. 503/09, cl. 98 · ext ← current

In force 2010-01-01

OBC 2012 · continues as 7.2.11.2. — Pro

7.2.11.2. — Certification or Conformance

(1) Water service pipes and fire service mains shall be certified or conform to the standards for the materials listed in Table 7.2.11.2.

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Table 7.2.11.2. Water Service Pipe and Fire Service Main Materials Forming Part of Sentence 7.2.11.2.(1)

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Material

Standard

Limitations

Polyethylene pipe and fittings

Certified to Series 160 of CAN/CSA-B137.1, “Polyethylene (PE) Pipe, Tubing and Fittings for Cold Water Pressure Services”

Crosslinked polyethylene pressure pipe or tube and fittings

Certified to CAN/CSA-B137.5, “Crosslinked Polyethylene (PEX) Tubing Systems for Pressure Applications”

PVC pipe and fittings

Certified to CAN/CSA-B137.3, “Rigid Polyvinylchloride (PVC) Pipe for Pressure Applications”, or certified to CAN/CSA-B137.2, “Polyvinylchloride (PVC) Injection-Moulded Gasketed Fittings for Pressure Applications”

Pipe and fittings must have a rated working pressure of 1 100 kPa or more

CPVC pipe and fittings

Certified to CAN/CSA-B137.6, “Chlorinated Polyvinylchloride (CPVC) Pipe, Tubing and Fittings for Hot and Cold Water Distribution Systems”

The design temperature and pressure shall conform to the requirements of the CAN/CSA-B137.6, “Chlorinated Polyvinylchloride (CPVC) Pipe, Tubing and Fittings for Hot and Cold Water Distribution Systems”

Cast iron water pipe

Conform to ANSI/AWWA C151/A21.51, “Ductile-Iron Pipe, Centrifugally Cast for Water”

Pipe shall have a cement mortar lining conforming to ANSI/AWWA C104/A21.4, “Cement-Mortar Lining for Ductile-Iron Pipe and Fittings for Water”

Iron fittings for cast iron or ductile-iron water pipes

Conform to ANSI/AWWA C110/A21.10, “Ductile-Iron and Gray-Iron Fittings for Water”

Pipe shall have a cement mortar lining conforming to ANSI/AWWA C104/A21.4, “Cement-Mortar Lining for Ductile-Iron Pipe and Fittings for Water”

Rubber gasket joints for cast iron and ductile-iron water pipes

Conform to ANSI/AWWA C111/A21.11, “Rubber Gasket Joints for Ductile-Iron Pressure Pipe and Fittings”

Screwed cast iron water fittings

Conform to ANSI/ASME B16.4, “Gray Iron Threaded Fittings, Classes 125 and 250”

Screwed cast iron water fittings shall be cement-mortar lined or galvanized

Type K soft copper tube

Certified to ASTM B88, “Seamless Copper Water Tube”

Solder-joint fittings for copper water systems

Conform to ANSI B16.18, “Cast Copper Alloy Solder Joint Pressure Fittings”, or conform to ANSI/ASME B16.22, “Wrought Copper and Copper Alloy Solder-Joint Pressure Fittings”

Solder-joint fittings not made by casting or the wrought process shall conform to the applicable requirements of ANSI B16.18, “Cast Copper Alloy Solder-Joint Pressure Fittings”

Flared-joint fittings for copper water systems

Conform to ANSI/ASME B16.26, “Cast Copper Alloy Fittings for Flared Copper Tubes”

Flared-joint fittings not made by casting shall conform to ANSI/ASME B16.26, “Cast Copper Alloy Fittings for Flared Copper Tubes”

PE/AL/PE pipe and fittings

Certified to CAN/CSA B137.9, “Polyethylene/Aluminum/ Polyethylene (PE-AL-PE) Composite Pressure-Pipe Systems”

PEX/AL/PEX pipe and fittings

Certified to CAN/CSA B137.10, “Crosslinked Polyethylene/ Aluminum/Crosslinked Polyethylene (PEX-AL-PEX) Composite Pressure-Pipe Systems”