NATIONAL PLUMBING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Table 6-1: Minimum Air Gaps for Water Distribution

ITEM FIXTURES WHEN NOT WHEN AFFECTED BY

NUMBER AFFECTED BY SIDE SIDE WALLS2
WALLS1
1 Lavatories and other fixtures with 25mm 38mm
effective openings3 not greater than +13
13mm in diameter
2 Sinks, laundry trays, gooseneck bath 38mm 57mm
faucets and other fixtures with effective +19
openings3 not greater the 19mm in
diameter
3 Over rim bath fillers and other fixtures 51mm 76mm
with effective openings3 not greater +25
than 25mm in diameter
4 Effective openings3 not greater than Two (2) times Three (3) times
25mm diameter of effective diameter of effective
opening opening
1
Side walls, ribs or similar obstructions do not affect air gaps when spaced from the inside edge of the
spout opening a distance greater than 3 times the diameter of the effective opening for a single wall or a
distance greater than 4 times the effective opening for a single wall, or a distance greater than 4 times
the effective opening for 2 intersecting walls.
2
Vertical walls, ribs or similar obstruction extending from the water surface to or above the horizontal
plane, or the spout opening other than specified in Note 1 above. The effect of 3 or more such vertical
walls or ribs has not been determined. In such cases, the airgap shall be measured from the top of the
wall.
3
The effective opening shall be the minimum cross sectional area at the seat of the control valve or the
supply pipe or tubing which feeds the device or outlet. If 2 or more lines supply one outlet, the effective
opening shall be the sum of the cross sectional areas of the individual supply lines or the area of the
single outlet, whichever is smaller.
4
Air gap less than 25 mm shall only be approved as a permanent part of a listed assembly that has been
tested under actual backflow conditions with vacuums of from 0 to 63.5 cm of mercury.

TABLE 6-4: Flushometer Fixture Units for Water Sizing Using Table

NUMBER OF FIXTURE CATEGORIES

FLUSHOMETER FIXTURE UNITS ASSIGNED FOR FIXTURE UNITS ASSIGNED FOR URINALS
VALVES WATERCLOSETS AND SIMILAR FIXTURES AND SIMILAR FIXTURES
1 40 20
2 70 35
3 90 45
4 105 53
5 or more 115 plus 10 for each additional fixture in 58 plus 5 for each additional fixture in
excess of 5 excess of 5
TABLE 6-5: EQUIVALENT WATER SUPPLY FIXTURE UNITS
(Includes Combined Hot and Cold Water Demands)

ITEM NUMBER OF WATER SUPPLY FIXTURE

NO. FIXTURE UNITS (WSFU)
PRIVATE USE PUBLIC USE
1 Bar Sink 1 2
2 Bathtub (with or without shower over) 2 4
3 Bidet 2 4
4 Dental Unit or Cuspidor - 1
5 Drinking fountain (each faucet) 1 2
6 Hose Bibb or sill cock (standard type) 3 5
7 Laundry tub or Clothes washer (each pair of faucets) 2 4
8 Lavatory 1 2
9 Lavatory (dental) 1 1
10 Lawn sprinkler (standard type, each head) 1 1
11 Mobile Home (each) 6 6
12 Shower (each head) 2 4
13 Sink (Bar) 1 2
14 Sink (flushing rim, clinic) - 10
15 Sink or dishwasher 2 4
16 Sink (wash-up circular spray) - 4
17 Sink (wash-up, each set of faucets) - 2
18 Urinal (flush tank) - 3
19 Urinal (pedestal or similar type) - 10
20 Urinal (stall) - 5
21 Urinal (wall) - 5
22 Watercloset (flushtank) 3 5
23 Watercloset (economical flush) 2.5 4
24 Watercloset (flushometer tank) 3 5
25 Watercloset *(flushometer valve) * *
Water supply outlets for items not listed above shall
be computed at their maximum demand but in case
less than:
A – 9.5mm 1 2
B – 13mm 2 4
C – 19mm 3 6
D – 25mm 6 10
TABLE 7-1: MAXIMUM TRAP LOADING

ITEM PIPE SIZE FIXTURE UNIT (F.U.)

NO.
1 32 1
2 38 3
3 51 4
4 76 6
5 102 8
Exception on Self service laundries

TABLE 7-2: MINIMUM TRAP DIAMETERS & DRAINAGE FIXTURE UNIT VALVES

ITEM FIXTURE TRAP & TRAP ARM SIZE DRAINAGE FIXTURE

NO. mm UNIT (DFU)
1 Bathtubs 38 2
2 Bidets 38 2
3 Clotheswasher 51 2
4 Dental units or cuspidor 32 1
5 Drinking fountains 31 1
6 Floor drains 51 2
7 Interceptors for grease, oil etc 51 3
8 Interceptors for sand, auto wash etc 76 6
9 Laundry tubs 38 2
10 Mobile home park traps (one for each 76 6
trailer)
11 Receptors (floor sinks), indirect waste 38 1
receptors for refrigerators, coffee urns,
water station etc
12 Receptors, indirect waste receptors for 51 3
commercial sinks, dishwashers, air washers
etc
13 Shower, single stall 51 2
14 Shower, gang (1 unit per head) 51
15 Sinks and/ or dishwashers (residential) 38 2
51mm min. waste
16 Sinks, bar, commercial 51mm min. waste 38 2
17 Sinks, bar, private 38mm min. waste 38 1
18 Sinks, commercial or industrial, schools etc, 38 3
including dishwashers, washup sinks, and
wash fountains 50.8mm waste
19 Sink, flushing rim, clinic 76 6
20 Sink, service 51 3
21 Urinal, pedestal, trap arm only 76 6
22 Urinal, stall, separate trap 51 2
23 Urinal, wall-mounted, integral trap, trap 51 3
 arm only
24 Urinal, wall-mounted, blow-out, integral 76 6
trap, trap arm only
25 Urinal, wall-mounted, washdown or siphon 51 2
jet, integral trap, trap arm only
26 Urinal, wall-mounted, washout, separate 38 2
trap 50.8mm min. waste
27 Wash basins, in sets 38 2
28 Wash basin (lavatory) single 32 1
29 Watercloset, private installation 76 4
30 Watercloset, public installation 76 6

TABLE 7-3: DISCHARGE CAPACITY

Liters per second/ F.U.
For intermittent flow only

ITEM NO. LITERS PER SECOND (L/s) FIXTURE UNIT (F.U.)

1 Upto 0.47 1 units
2 0.50 to 0.95 2 units
3 1 to 1.89 4 units
4 1.95 to 3.15 6 units