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Buildings Department Practice Note For Authorized Persons and Registered Structural Engineers 282 Cast Iron Pipes For Drainage Works

This document provides guidelines for authorized persons and registered structural engineers on specifying cast iron pipes for drainage works. It outlines that cast iron pipes in some existing buildings have presented premature rusting and leakage. It recommends that cast iron pipes and fittings comply with relevant British or equivalent standards, be suitably coated internally and externally to prevent corrosion, and use corrosion-resistant fixings anchored into solid walls. For drainage plan approvals after November 2004, the Building Authority will require cast iron pipes to meet these guidelines.

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Buildings Department Practice Note For Authorized Persons and Registered Structural Engineers 282 Cast Iron Pipes For Drainage Works

This document provides guidelines for authorized persons and registered structural engineers on specifying cast iron pipes for drainage works. It outlines that cast iron pipes in some existing buildings have presented premature rusting and leakage. It recommends that cast iron pipes and fittings comply with relevant British or equivalent standards, be suitably coated internally and externally to prevent corrosion, and use corrosion-resistant fixings anchored into solid walls. For drainage plan approvals after November 2004, the Building Authority will require cast iron pipes to meet these guidelines.

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Re-issued under new categorization in August 2009 as Practice Note for Authorized

Persons, Registered Structural Engineers and Registered Geotechnical Engineers APP-133

Practice Note for Authorized Persons


Buildings Department 282
and Registered Structural Engineers

Cast Iron Pipes for Drainage Works

Cast iron (C.I.) pipes in some existing buildings have presented premature
rusting, leakage and corroded metal fixing supports. This is unsatisfactory from
public safety, health and environmental hygiene point of view. The following
guidelines are provided for authorised persons in specifying the quality and choice of
C.I. pipes in their projects:

(a) All pipes and fittings shall be in accordance with the relevant British
Standards Specifications or other equivalent standards. (For example, BS
416:Part 1 or BS EN877 for C.I. pipes for above-ground drains; BS 437 or
BS 4622 for underground system and above-ground drains larger than
150mm diameter.)

(b) The pipes and fittings should be suitably coated internally and externally to
prevent corrosion. When cold applied bitumen-based coating is proposed,
the coating material should comply with BS 3416 or other equivalent
international standards. External coating should contain anti-corrosion
inhibitors, normally used on metallic structures;

(c) The C.I. pipes should be in a state to permit the application of additional
external finishing coatings; and

(d) Corrosion-resistant fixings such as stainless steel brackets and connections


or similar corrosion-resistant fixing supports should be used. The fixings
should be properly anchored into solid wall.

2. For approval of drainage plans after 1 November 2004, the Building


Authority will require, under section 28(1) of the Buildings Ordinance, C.I. pipes to
comply with the above requirements. Such pipes will also need to be included in the
Schedule of Building Materials and Products under Practice Note to Authorized
Persons and Registered Structural Engineers 53 when applying for occupation permit.

( Marco M H WU )
Building Authority
Ref : BD GP/BREG/SF/1 (III)

First issue November 2003 (AD/NB1)

Index under : Cast iron drainage pipes


Drainage works – cast iron pipes

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