Notes from Arch.

Annie Corpus-Pugeda, fuap

PLUMBING ELECTRICAL ILLUMINATION

-Water Source -Remember to always recount -HPS Lamps are used for
when asked to identify number of carparks.*
LEVEL 1 – Communal well (50pax) items on plan. -Metal Halide are for billboards.
LEVEL 2 – Communal Faucet -Review types and uses of -T12 size lamps are what usually
(6 homes) Convenience Outlets installed on fluorescent boxes (at
LEVEL 3 – From suppliers -3 Wires that enter the house* 1.2 meters length)
(30-80 psi – Normal) positive, negative and neutral
(60 psi – Middle Income) -Ideal of 8 convenience and -Fluorescent lamps
(80 psi – Commercial lighting outlets per circuit**
and 40W is 1.2 meters in L
Industrial Requirement) 20W is at 0.60 meters in L
36, 40, 20 are its commercial
- Restaurants always needs wattages
pumps
- TOTO is the most expensive -100W is for an Incandescent lamp
fixture brand in the market*
FDAS ACOUSTICS
-Centrifugal Pump – for High rise
-Booster Pump – for low rise
-Sprinklers and their -Focus on materials and their
-Hydro Pneumatic – for up feed
application principles. For example:
-Siphon WC is the most expensive
UPRIGHT – for spaces with no Gypsum Board – absorbs but has a
-Washdown WC is the least exp.
ceiling limit, just like a cotton ball won’t
-Waterproofing has a warranty of
PENDENT – spaces with ceiling absorb water if already
5 years
SIDE WALL – if target is walls and saturated.***
-Membrane Type water proofing
door Bricks – used for exterior noise
is only applied horizontally
barrier
-Flood Test is up to 3 days
-Sprinklers are mandatory for Glass – not used in a crowded
-Floor drains has reducing sizes
corridors of assemblies and room that needs insulation
to trap arms to facilitate vortex
congregations Rockwool – is better than Mineral
flow of water drain.
-Dry Stand Pipes are mandatory Wool
-Yoke vents fittings can be a
for school buildings
sanitary wye or wye and a 1/8 bend
-Foam extinguishing material is -What matters is the thickness,
-Back siphon, backflow and
used for computer based area and composition of the
backpressure means the same
operations, libraries and hangars. material.
-Minimm Trap Arm sizes
-Fire bricks are only used in
pugons and or walls of same use
WC – 3” diameter (flange is 4” dia)
KS and FD – 2” (50mm) diameter
-Fire extinguisher has liquid CO2
LAV – 1 ½” (38mm) diameter
 HVAC MECHANICAL BUILDING MATERIALS

-Stand Type AHU is also called -Elevator Buttons -Vinyl tiles are for high foot traffic
“Package Type” spaces, office spaces. It will
-Mounting height of window and WHEN TRAPPED – Call Button balloon on high temperature
split type AHU is at 2.10 meters. WHEN INSIDE – Floor Selection exposure; replacement is the only
(higher mounting is based on the Button remedy for cracking problem.
principle that hot air goes up which WHEN OUTSIDE – Arrow Button -Ceramic Tiles needs a level
is what the AHU needs to intake) surface before application
-Door height clearance for
-1 ton of refrigeration = 12000 elevators are at 2.4 meters* -Water stain is caused by chlorine
BTu -Top car clearance is at 1.2 in water from public supply (in
meters comparison of chemical property,
water from wells have iron and
-Why are mall escalators manganese)
sometimes not operational
even at mall hours?
Because they need lubrication
maintenance, opting this may cause
fire.

-Aiphone is a brand of video call

Note:
*Kindly verify
**Different from minimum
*** This is in relation with the past board question of a Study and Entertainment area adjacent to each other
and is partitioned by a gypsum dry wall. The Study room person would hear a little bit of sound.