Plumbing and piping inspection notes : inspecting commercial, industrial, and residential properties

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 2 DESIGN QUALITY CONTROL 28 Design Quality Control Checklists 28 Overview 28 Plans and Specifications 30 Civil/Site Design Checklists 32 Civil Design 32 Storm Drainage Design 36 Pavement Design Analysis 37 Landscape Design 37 Civil/Sanitary Design Checklists 38 Sanitary Sewers 38 Water 39 Design Analysis 40 Architectural Design Checklist 40 Structural Design Checklist 44 Mechanical Design Checklists 47 Mechanical Design 47 Fire Protection Design 48 Fire Alarm Plan 50 Plumbing Design 51 Electrical Design 52 Drawing Checklist 54 Specification Checklist 55 CHAPTER 3 PIPING SYSTEMS 58 Coordination of Work 58 Layout 58 CHAPTER 4 MATERIALS 62 Submittals 62 Storage and Handling 62 Water Pipe and Fittings 63 Copper Pipes 66 Fuel Gas Pipe and Fittings 66 Drainage Pipe and Fittings, Sewer Piping 67 Heating Pipe and Fittings 71 Hydronic Piping 71 Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Pipe and Fittings 72 Insulations 73 Fire Sprinkler Pipe and Fittings 74 CHAPTER 5 INSTALLATION OF PIPING SYSTEMS 75 General Installation Guidelines 75 Pipe Connections—Screwed 78 Pipe Connections—Mechanical 80 Pipe Connections—Hub and Hubless Types 81 Pipe Connections—Soldered 82 Pipe Connections—Solvent Cement (Adhesive) 83 Pipe Connections—Welded 83 Fittings and Valves 84 Pipelines 85 Water Pipelines 85 Fuel Pipelines 87 Gas Piping Inspection Methods 93 Metallic Tubing for Gas 97 Plastic Piping for Gas 97 Gas Pipe Sizing 98 Code-Approved Fuel Storage 103 CHAPTER 6 FUEL APPLIANCE INSTALLATIONS 108 Gas Appliance Types 108 Clearances and Protections 109 Venting Gas Appliances 113 Masonry Chimneys 124 Direct Venting 128 Water Heaters 128 Boiler/Water Heaters 130 CHAPTER 7 COMBUSTIBLE AIR 131 Air from Inside Building 131 Air from Outdoors 135 Ventilation Openings (Crawl Spaces) 140 Clothes Dryer (Gas) Venting 140 CHAPTER 8 DRAINAGE LINES 142 Heating Pipelines 143 Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Pipelines 143 CHAPTER 9 FIRE SPRINKLER PIPELINES 144 CHAPTER 10 TESTING PIPING 151 Preparation 151 Performing Tests 152 Water Pipelines 152 Fuel-Gas Pipelines 153 Drainage Lines 153 Heating Pipelines 154 Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Pipelines 154 Fire Sprinkler Pipelines 155 Cleaning 155 Adjusting 156 Operation 157 CHAPTER 11 PLUMBING FIXTURES AND MATERIALS 158 Inspections 158 Storage and Handling 158 Coordination of Work 159 Installation 159 Protection 161 Clearances 161 Plumbing Fixtures 161 Showers 164 Water Closets 164 Toe Clearances 165 Lavatories 165 ADA Fixture Requirements 165 CHAPTER 12 PIPELINES, DRAINS, AND VENT STACKS 168 Traps and Vents 168 Cleaning 168 Adjusting and Operating 170 CHAPTER 13 DRILLING AND NOTCHING STRUCTURAL WOOD MEMBERS 173 Studs 173 Joists 174 Metal Plate Protection 177 Wet Pipe Systems 215 Dry Pipe Systems 216 Sterilization 217 Alarm Facilities 217 Testing 217 CHAPTER 19 UNDERGROUND PIPE SYSTEMS 218 General 218 Plans, Specifications, and Layout 218 Accessibility of Valves, Hydrants, and Manholes 219 Lines and Grades 219 Connections to Existing Utilities 220 Interference 220 Damages 220 Testing 221 Pipes and Fittings 221 Material Compliance 221 Handling and Storage 222 Field Coating 222 Laying Pipes—General 223 Water Lines 224 Hydrant Spacing 227 Thrust Blocking 229 Fuel-Gas Lines 231 Fuel Lines 232 Sanitary Sewers 233 Storm Sewers 234 Heat Distribution Lines 235 Jointing of Pipes Underground 237 Hot-Pour Joints 237 Poured Lead Joints 238Flexible Joints 238 Tapered End Couplings 238 Cement Mortar Joints 238 Pipe Threads 239 Copper Tubing Joints 239 Welded Joints 240 Mechanical Joints in Manholes 240 Flanged Joints in Manholes 240 Corrugated Banding 241 Caps or Plugs 241 Manholes and Concrete Encasements 241 Excavation and Backfilling 242 Excavation 242 Trenching 243 Backfilling 244