Plumbing Code P-Trap
Plumbing Code P-Trap
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Hello friends,
I never faced this situation and I need your advice ............
I am working on a project in Saudi Arabia.
The design shows about 20-Toilets in a row sitting on a 7-ft slab. These are eastern toilets (Squat Type) with no integral P-trap.
P-traps have to be installed for each individual toilets below the slab which means p-trap will be 8-ft below the fixture.
Question ........... Is it allowed by International Plumbing Code? If not, what can be done?
P-traps if installed 8-ft below the fixture may not comply with the code but do you think, the system will work?
Regards
Fayaz
I never faced this situation and I need your advice ............
I am working on a project in Saudi Arabia.
The design shows about 20-Toilets in a row sitting on a 7-ft slab. These are eastern toilets (Squat Type) with no integral P-trap.
P-traps have to be installed for each individual toilets below the slab which means p-trap will be 8-ft below the fixture.
Question ........... Is it allowed by International Plumbing Code? If not, what can be done?
P-traps if installed 8-ft below the fixture may not comply with the code but do you think, the system will work?
Regards
Fayaz





RE: Plumbing Code P-Trap
Is this slab 7 feet thick??
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RE: Plumbing Code P-Trap
See the link of a description:
https://www.google.com/search?q=traps+for+squat+to...
RE: Plumbing Code P-Trap
But it is common in the IPC world to allow for some latitude in this requirement, I doubt 7'-0" would be allowed.
Could a small trench be boxed out of the slab under the fixtures to allow the p-traps to be installed at a more normal depth?
Or, you can offset the traps by at most 30" horizontally and the above mentioned trench could be located in a chase space.