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IPC 2021 (ICC); advanced design practice

Advanced IPC Design Practice — IPC 2021
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Advanced drainage, venting, water supply and fixture design practice. General IPC study, not a national master-plumber exam.

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Drainage and venting designPractice topic
Water supply and stormPractice topic
Fixtures, equipment, and protectionPractice topic

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01 / Drainage and venting design

A sanitary stack serves eight branch intervals. Its total connected drainage fixture units fit the proposed diameter, but the load entering one branch interval exceeds that diameter's branch-interval limit. What is the correct design response?

  1. Average the overloaded interval with the seven lighter intervals
  2. Use only the building-sewer table to approve the stack
  3. Select a diameter that satisfies both the total-stack and single-branch-interval limits
  4. Approve the stack because its total load is within the limit
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Select a diameter that satisfies both the total-stack and single-branch-interval limits

For a stack with more than three branch intervals, Table 710.1(2) limits both the total stack load and the load into any one branch interval. Passing only the total-stack column is insufficient.

IPC 2021 Table 710.1(2)

02 / Drainage and venting design

A designer is sizing a horizontal fixture branch in a multistory building. Which part of Table 710.1(2) applies directly to its drainage fixture unit capacity?

  1. The total discharge into one branch interval column used as the horizontal branch capacity
  2. The total for a stack three branch intervals or less column
  3. The total for a stack greater than three branch intervals column
  4. The total for a horizontal branch column
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The total for a horizontal branch column

The horizontal-branch column applies to horizontal fixture branches. Stack totals and stack branch-interval limits address different portions of the drainage system and are not interchangeable capacities.

IPC 2021 Table 710.1(2)

03 / Drainage and venting design

A building drain is being sized from Table 710.1(1). In addition to the drainage fixture unit load, which design input selects the applicable capacity column?

  1. The slope of the building drain
  2. The building occupancy name alone
  3. The water service static pressure
  4. The number of vent terminals above the roof
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The slope of the building drain

Table 710.1(1) gives building-drain and sewer capacities at specified slopes. A diameter cannot be selected from fixture units without using the column for the proposed slope.

IPC 2021 Table 710.1(1)

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