NAME: ANGELICA ANCHETA DATE: JUNE 30, 2020
SUBJECT: ELECTIVE 2 INSTRUCTOR: ENGR. CLIB JAMES DELOS REYES
In a Nutshell (ULO-2c)
Activity: What’s wrong in the picture?
State the problem and provide solution or recommendation. Justify your claims using the
laws and regulation related to plumbing ventilation.
Problem/Violation:
The figure shows a common example of a poorly vented drain. The bathroom plumbing venting
in this system is missing, or the vents don’t open to an open air. Improperly vented toilet may
result to toilet bubbling. The toilet bubbling problem is common especially when you have an
appliance like clothes washer nearby (just like in the photo given) because your drain plumbing
line is gasping for air.
Also, if the drain lines in your home have poor venting, water rushing down the drains will pull
water from nearby P-traps.
In addition to the signs of poorly-vented drain lines is that there are slow drainage and gurgling
sounds. Drainage is usually not accompanied by noises, so any sounds from the drain lines can
be a sign of poor ventilation.
Recommendation/Solution:
Vent that must
be installed Vent that must
be installed
Therefore, I recommend to install a vent in this plumbing system. As you can see in the figure,
the green colored pipes are the missing vents so that the plumbing system would be perfect. A
plumbing vent pipe is needed because as the water goes down the drain, air is being needed to
equalize the pressure in the drain line.
Supporting Laws and Regulations:
Section 901 - VENTS REQUIRED
Each plumbing fixture trap, except as otherwise provided in this Code, shall be
protected against siphonage and back-pressure. Air circulation shall be assured
throughout all parts of the excreta drainage system by means of vent pipes installed in
accordance with the requirements of this Chapter and as required in this code.
Section 903 – MATERIALS
901.1.2 Horizontal and vertical vent lines and vent stacks shall be copper, cast iron,
galvanized wrought iron or polyvinyl chloride pipes.
Section 905- VENT PIPE GRADES AND CONNECTIONS
905 .1 All horizontal vent and branch vent pipes shall be free from drops or sag, and
each such vent shall be graded and connected to drip back by gravity to the drainage pipe it
serves.
905.2 Where vents connect to a horizontal drainage pipe, such vent pipe connection
shall have its invert taken off above the drainage centerline of such pipe downstream of the trap
being served.
Section 910 - SIZE OF VENTS
910.1 The size of vent piping shall be determined from its length and the total number
of fixture units connected thereto, as set forth in Table 7·5. The diameter of an individual vent
shall not be less than one and one-fourth (1-1/4) inches (32 mm) nor less than one-half (1/2) the
diameter of the drain to which it is connected. In addition, the drainage piping of each building
and each connection to a public sewer or a private sewage disposal system shall be vented by
means of one or more vent pipes, the aggregate cross-sectional area of which shall not be Jess
than that of the largest required building sewer. as determined from Table 7-5, page 88.
