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OBC 2006 Division B

7.4.10.6.

Version 1 — in force 1 January 2010

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Provenance

OBC 1997 · renumbered from 7.4.10.5. — Pro

Base · O. Reg. 350/06 · ext v0 →

O. Reg. 503/09, cl. 104 · ext ← current

In force 2010-01-01

OBC 2012 · continues as 7.4.10.6. — Pro

7.4.10.6. — Hydraulic Loads to Soil or Waste Pipes

(1) Except as provided in Sentences (2) and (4), the hydraulic load that is drained to every soil or waste stack shall conform to Table 7.4.10.6.A.

(2) Where the nominally horizontal offset in a soil or waste stack is 1 500 mm or more, the hydraulic load that is served by it shall conform to Table 7.4.10.8.

(3) Vertical sanitary drainage pipe shall be designed to carry no more than 29% of its full capacity.

(4) No vertical waste pipe, branch or stack of less than 3 in. diameter shall have a hydraulic load in excess of that permitted by Table 7.4.10.6.B.

Text · e-Laws consolidated snapshot

Table 7.4.10.6.A. Maximum Permitted Hydraulic Load Drained to Soil-or-Waste Stack Forming Part of Sentence 7.4.10.6.(1)

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Pipe Size, in.

Maximum Hydraulic Load, fixture units

Maximum Fixture Units Drained from any one Storey

1 ¼

2

2

1 ½

8

5

2

24

10

3

102

18

4

540

100

5

1 400

250

6

2 900

500

8

7 600

830

10

15 000

2 700

12

26 000

4 680

15

50 000

9 000

Table 7.4.10.6.B. Maximum Load on Vertical Drainage Pipe, Fixture Units Forming Part of Sentence 7.4.10.6.(4)

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Pipe Size, in.

Stack Height

Stack Height

For Each Storey in Stack of

3 Storeys or less

More than 3 Storeys

more than 3 Storeys

1 ¼

2

2

2

1 ½

8

8

5

2

16

24

10