STANDARD

PIPE TYPE MATERIAL USES MAX. TEMP JOINT

SIZE
- ALLOY OF CAST - USED FOR DRAINAGE SYSTEM
IRON - USED FOR BUILDINGS LESS THAN 25
STOREY
CAST IRON PIPE 150 CM
SV TYPE - USED FOR BUILDING INSTALLATIONS • CAULKED JOINT
- EXTRA DUTY PIPE FFOR • HUBLESS CAST
XV TYPE
UNDEDRGROUND INSTALLATIONS IRON PIPE JONTS
- ALLOY OF CAST - USED IN CHEMICAL LABORATORIES,
ACID RESISTANT
IRON AND SILICON INDUSTRIES WHERE ACID WASTES
CAST IRON PIPE
ARE BEING DISCHARGE
- ASBESTOS FIBERS - USED FOR DRAINAGE SYSTEM • CEMENT
AND PORTLAND MORTAR
ASBESTOS CEMENT • ASBESTOS
CEMENT SEWER
PIPE JOINTS
- WOOD PULP - CHEAPEST AMONG SEWER PIPES
BITUMINOUS
COVERED IN COAL - USED FOR HOUSE SEWER AND SEPTIC
FIBER SEWER PIPE
TAR TANK INSTALLATION
VITRIFIED CLAY - CLAY - DURABLE FOR UNDERGROUND • CLAY SEWER PIPE
75 CM INSTALLATIONS
PIPES
- LEAD - HIGHLY RESISTANT TO ACID AND • BURNED LEAD
LEAD PIPE SUITABLE FOR UNDERGROUND JOINTS
INSTALLATION • WIPED JOINTS
- MILD STEEL, - EASILY CORRODED BY ALKALINE AND • THREADED
GALVANIZED DRAWN THROUGH ACID WATER JOINTS
6.00 M
STEEL PIPE A DIE AND
WELDED
GALVANIZED - LOWER CARBON - MORE RESISTANT TO ACID WASTE •
WROUGHT IRON CONTENT THAN
PIPE STEEL PIPE
- 15% - ALLOY OF - MOST EXPENSIVE PIPE •
BRASS PIPE ZINC
- 85% - COPPER
 STANDARD
PIPE TYPE MATERIAL USES MAX. TEMP JOINT
SIZE
- - DURABLE AND EXTREMELY
COPPER PIPE
CORROSIVE RESISTANT MATERIAL
- - AIR-CONDITIONING &
ARC TUBE
REFRIDGERATION
- - UNDERGROUND AND ABOVE
DWV (YELLOW) GROUND DRAINAGE AND VENT
PIPINGS
• COPPER TUBING
- - HEAVIEST TYPE SUITABLE FOR
K (GREEN) WITH
UNDERGROUND
BITUMASTIC
- - MINIMUM FOR WEIGHT FOR WATER
COATING AND
SUPPLY PIPNG
FIBERGLASS
- LIGHTER THAN K
L (BLUE) COATING
- USED IN RESIDENTIAL WATER SUPPLY
• FLARED JOINTS
LINE AND FOR RADIANT HEATING
• SOLDER AND
INSTALLATION
SWEAT JOINTS
- - USED FOR WATER PIPING WHEN
PIPING IS ABOVE GROUND AND
INSIDE OR ATOP A BUILDING
M (RED) - UNDERGROUND OUTSIDER OF
STRUCTURES WITH OUTSIDE
PROTECTIVE COATING
- THINNEST
PLASTIC PIPES - -
POLYVINYL - - STRONG RIGID AND ECONOMICAL
140°F (60°C)
CHLORIDE (PVC)
ACRYLONITRILE- - - RIGID PRESSURE PIPING SYHSTEM
BUTADINE- RENOWNED FOR ITS HIGH IMPACT 160°F (71.1°C • SOLVENT
STYRENE (ABS) STRENGTH AND DURABILITY CEMENT
- - SIMILAR TO PVC IN STRENGTH AND • THREAD JOINT
CHLORINATED
OVERALL CHEMICALL RESISTANCE
POLYVINYL
- MAY BE USED FOR HOT AND COLD- 180°F (82.2°C)
CHLORIDE
WATER DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE
(CPVC)
BUILDING
 STANDARD
PIPE TYPE MATERIAL USES MAX. TEMP JOINT
SIZE
- TUBE MADE OF - FLEXIBLE FOR PRESSURE SYSTEMS
PLASTIC MATERIAL LIKE PVC
AND COLORED - CANNOT BE USED FOR HOT WATER
POLYETHYLENE
BLACK SYSTEMS
(PE)
- CROSS SECTION IS CIRCULAR AND IS
DENOTED BY ITS OUTSIDE DIAMETER
O.D.
- TUBE MADE OF - FLEXIBLE AND CAN BE USED FOR
PLASTIC MATERIAL EITHER HOT OR COLD-WATER
AND COLORED PRESSURE SYSTEM
POLYBUTYLENE BLACK - CROSS SECTION IS OVAL AND IS
(PB) DENOTED BY ITS OUTSIDE DIAMETER
O.D.
- USED AS WATER SERVICE
CONNECTION FROM MAIN TO METER
- - VERY LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIAL
SUITABLE FOR LOWER PRESSURE
POLYPROPLENE APPLICATIONS
180°F (82.2°C)
(PPR) - USED FOR INDUSTRIAL AND
LABORATORY DRAINAGE ACIDS,
BASES, AND MANYSOLVENTS
KEM-TEMP - FLUOROCARBON - STRONG, TOUGH, AND ABRASIVE-
POLYVINYLIDENE MATERIAL RESISTANT
280°F (138°C)
FLOURIDE
(PVDF)
- FIBERGLASS- - HIGH STRNGTH AND GOOD
FIBERGLASS-
REINFORCED CHEMICAL RESISTANCE
REINFORCED 220°F (104°C)
THERMOSET
PLASTIC EPOXY
PLASTIC
- - STRONG AND LOWMAINTENANCE BT
UNPLASTICISED
LIGHTWEIGHT PLASTIC BUILDING
POLYVINYL
MATERIAL
CHLORIDE
 STANDARD
PIPE TYPE MATERIAL USES MAX. TEMP JOINT
SIZE
- - VENTS SUITABLE FOR LISTED DRAFT
HOOD EQUIPED GAS-FIRED
TYPE B APPLIANCES, INCLUDING MOST
DOMESTIC HEATING AND HOT
WATER SYSTEMS
- - VENTING LISTED GAS-FIRED VENTED
TYPE BW WALL FURNACES OR GAS FIRED
VENTED RECESSED HEATERS
- - FOR POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE
PRESSURE VENTING GAS APPLIANCES
TYPE BH PRODUCING FLUE GASES AT CLASS I
GAS VENTS
(UP TO 245°C) OR CLASS II (UP TO
135°C) TEMPERATURES
- - VENTING APPROVED OIL-FIRED AND
NATURAL GAS APPLIANCES THAT
PRODUCE DRAFT HOOD FLUE GASES
THAT DONOT EXCEED A
TYPED L
TEMPERATURE OF 570°F (299°C), OR
926°F (299°C) FOR 10 MINUTES IN AN
OVER-FIRE SITUATION
- INCLUDES PELLET VENT
- - USED ONLY AS CONNECTION
TYPE C - USED ONLY FOR VENTING GAS OR
OILS
 HORIZONTAL
PIPE SUPPORTS VERTICAL
JOINTS OCCUR SUPPORT LOCATION HUBLESS/ COMPRESSION GASKET
- 0.45 FROM HUB OR
- MAX 1.5M JOINT
B&S HUBLESS - EVERY OTHER POINT
CAST IRON SOIL - IF MORE
EVERY STOREY - EACH HORIZONTAL - IF MORE THAN 1.2 DEV’T
PIPE THN 1.5M,
OR CLOSER BRANCH LENGTH, EACH JOINT
THEN 3M
CONNECTION
HORIZONTAL
PIPE SUPPORTS VERTICAL 38MM
0-19MM 25MM 51MM DIA.
DIA.
SCREWED PIPE EVERY OTHER
3M 3.6M
(IPS) STOREY
EACH STOREY
COPPER TUBING 1.8M 3M
MAX. 3M
MAX. 1.2M O.C.
STIFF METAL WOODEN BACKING FOR ENTIRE LENGTH WITH HANGERS PROPERLY
LEAD PIPE W/ RIGID BACK-
SPACED
UP
WITHOUT BACKINGS BUT
SUPPORTED BY STIFF METAL OR WOOD BACKING WITH
PLASTIC PIPE EVERY 1M WITH SPACED METAL
HANGER IN LENGTH
HANGERS

IN GROUND PIPE BURIED IN GROUND SHALL BE LAID ON A FIRM BED FOR ITS ENTIRE LENGTH
NFPA 1 FIRE CODE
STANDARD FOR COMMISSIONING OF FIRE
NFPA 3
PROTECTION AND LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS
STANDARD FOR INTEGRATED FIRE
NFPA 4 PROTECTION ND LIFE SAFETY SYSTEM
TESTING
STANDARD FOR PORTABLE WATER
NFPA 10
EXTINGUISHER
STANDARD ON CARBON DIOXIDE FIRE
NFPA 12
EXTINGUISHER SYSTEMS
STANDARD FOR THE INSTALLATION OF
NFPA 13
SPRINKLER SYSTEM
STANDARD FOR THE INSTALLATION OF
NFPA 14
STANDPIPE AND HOSE SYSTEM
STANDARD FOR DRY CHEMICAL
NFPA 17
EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS
STANDARD FOR WET CHEMCAL
NFPA17 A
EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS
STANDARD FOR THE INSTALLATION OF
NFPA 20 STATIONARY PUMPS FOR FIRE
PROTECTION
STANDARD FOR THE INSPECTION,
NFPA 25
TESTING, AND MAINTENANCE
NFPA 54 NATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE
NFPA 58 LIQUIFIED PETROLEM GAS CODE
NFPA 70 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
NATIONAL FIRE ALARM AND SIGNALING
NFPA 72
CODE
STANDARD FOR THE FIRE PROTECTION
NFPA 76
AND TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES
NFPA 99 HEALTH CARE FACILITIES CODE
ASTM STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR PIPES, STEEL, BLACK AND
A53 HOT-DIPPED, ZINC COATED, WELDED AND SEAMLESS
ASTM STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR CAST IRON SOIL PIPE AND
A74 FITTING
ASTM STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR SEAMLESS CARBON STEEL
A106 PIPE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE SERVICE
ASTM STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR ZINC (HOT-DIP GALVANIZED)
A123 COATINGS ON IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS
ASTM STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR GRAY IRON CASTINGS FOR
A126 VALVES, FLANGES, AND PIPE FITTINGS
ASTM STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR WELDED AND SEAMLESS
A252 STEEL PIPE PILES
ASTM STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR SEAMLESS, WELDED, AND
A312 HEAVILY COLD WORKED AUSTENTIC STAINLESS STEEL PIPES
STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR HUBLESS CAST IRON SOIL
ASTM
PIPE AND FITTINGS FOT SANITARY AND STORM DRAIN,
A888
WASTE, AND VENT PIPING APPLICATIONS
ASTM STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR SEAMLESS RED BRASS PIPE,
B43 STANDARD SIZES
ASTM STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR SEAMLESS COPPER WATER
B88 TUBE
ASTM
STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR SEAMLESS BRASS TUBE
B135
ASTM STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR POLY (VINYL CHLORIDE)
D1785 (PVC) PLASTIC PIPE SCHEDULES 40, 80, AND 120
ASTM STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR PVC SEWER PIPE AND
D2729 FITTINGS
ASTM STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR CHLORINATED POLY (VINYL
D2846 CHLORIDE) (CPVC)
ASTM STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR POLYETHYLENE (PE) PLASTIC
D3350 PIPE AND FITTINGS MATERIALS
ASTM STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR PRESSURE-RATED
F2389 POLYPROPYLENE (PP) PIPING SYSTEM
STANDARD METHOD OF TEST FOR TEMPER OF STRIP AND
ASTM
SHEET METALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES (SPRING-BACK
F155
METHOD)
ASTM STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR CHLORINATED POLY (VINYL
F441 CHLORIDE) (CPVC) PLASTIC PIPE, SCHEDULES 40 AND 80
ASTM STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR CHLORINATED POLY(VINYL
F442 CHLORIDE) (CPVC) PLASTIC PIPE (SDR-PR)