MINIMUM PLUMBING FACILITIES

TYPES OF BUILDING OR WATER CLOSETS (FIXTURES URINELA LAVATORIES BATHTUBS OR SHOWERS DRINKING
OCCUPANCY PER PERSON) (FIXTURES PER PERSON) (FIXTURES PER PERSON) (FIXTURES PER PERSON) FOUNTAINS

Assembly Places - Male Female Male Female

Theaters, Auditoriums,
Convention Halls, etc - 1. 1-15 1. 1-15 0 : 1-9 1 per 40 1 per 40
for permanent employee 2. 16-35 3. 16-35 1. 10-50
use 3. 36-55 4. 36-55
Over 55, add 1 fixture for each Add one (1) fixture for
additional 40 persons each additional 50 males
Assembly Places - Male Female Male Female 1 per 75
Theaters, Auditoriums,
Convention Halls, etc - 1. 1-100 3. 1-50 1. 1-100 1. 1-200 1. 1-200
for public use 2. 101-200 4. 51-100 2. 101-200 2. 201-400 2. 201-400
3. 201-400 8. 101-200 3. 201-400 3. 401-750 3. 401-750
11. 201-400 4. 401-600
Over 750, add 1 fixture for
Over 400, add 1 fixture for each each additional 500 persons
additional 500 males and 2 for Over 600, add 1 fixture for
each 300 females each additional 500 males
Dormitories, School or Male Female Male Female 1 per 8
Labor
1 per 10 1 per 8 1 per 25 1 per 12 1 per 12
Over 150, add 1 fixture for
Add 1 fixture for each additional each additional 50 males Over 150, add 1 fixture for
25 males (over 10) and 1 for each additional 20 males and
each additional 20 females 1 for each 15 additional
(over 8) females
Dormitories for Staff Use Male Female Male Female 1 per 8
1. 1-15 1. 1-15 1 per 50 1 per 40 1 per 40
2. 16-35 3. 16-35
3. 36-55 4. 36-55
Dormitories for Staff Use

Over 55, add 1 fixture for each

additional 40 persons

TYPES OF BUILDING OR WATER CLOSETS (FIXTURES URINELA LAVATORIES BATHTUBS OR SHOWERS DRINKING
OCCUPANCY PER PERSON) (FIXTURES PER PERSON) (FIXTURES PER PERSON) (FIXTURES PER PERSON) FOUNTAINS

Single Dwelling 1 per dwelling 1 per dwelling 1 per dwelling

Mutiple Dwelling or 1 per dwelling or apartment 1 per dwelling or apartment 1 per dwelling or
unit unit apartment unit
Department
Hospital Waiting Room 1 per room 1 per room 1 per 75

Male Female Male Female

Hospital for employee 1. 1-15 1. 1-15 0: 1-9 1 per 40 1 per 40
use 2. 16-35 2. 16-35 1. 10-50
3. 36-55 3. 36-55
Over 55, add 1 fixture for each Add 1 fixture for each
additional 40 persons additional 50 males Over 150, add 1 fixture for
each additional 20 males and
1 for each 15 additional
females
Hospitals 1 per 75
Individual Room 1 per person 1 per room 1 per room
Ward Room 1 per 8 patients 1 per 10 patients 1 per 20 patients
Industrial Male Female Up to 100, 1 per 10 persons 1 per 75
Warehouses 1: 1-10 1: 1-10 1 shower for each 15
Workshops 2: 11-25 2: 11-25 persons exposed to
Foundries and Other 3: 26-50 3: 26-50 excessive heat or to skin
establishment (for contamination with
4: 51-75 4:51-75 poisonous, infectious, or
employee use) 5:76-100 5:76-100 irritating material
Institutional - Male Female 0: 1-9 Male Female 1 per 8 1 per 75
Other than Hospitals or 1 per 25 1 per 20 1: 10-50 1 per 10 1 per 10
Penal Institutions (on
each occupied floor)

TYPES OF BUILDING OR WATER CLOSETS (FIXTURES URINELA LAVATORIES BATHTUBS OR SHOWERS DRINKING
OCCUPANCY PER PERSON) (FIXTURES PER PERSON) (FIXTURES PER PERSON) (FIXTURES PER PERSON) FOUNTAINS

Institutional - Male Female 0: 1-9 Male Female 1 per 8 1 per 75

Other than Hospitals or 1: 1-15 1: 1-15 1: 10-50 1 per 40 1 per 40
Penal Institutions (on
each occupied floor) for 2: 16-35 3: 16-35
employee use
3: 36-55 4: 36-55
Over 55, add 1 fixture for each Add 1 fixture for each
additional 40 persons additional 50 males
Office or Public Buildings Male Female 1: 1-100 Male Female 1 per 75
1: 1-100 1: 1-200 2: 101-200 1: 1-200 1: 1-200
2: 101-200 2: 201-400 3: 201-400 2: 201-400 2: 201-400

3: 201-400 3: 401-750 4: 401-600 3: 401-750 3: 401-750

Over 600, add 1 fixture for Over 750, add 1 fixtures for
Over 55, add 1 fixture for each each additional 300 males each additional 500 persons.
additional 500 males and 2 for
each 55 females
Office or Public Buildings Male Female 0: 1-9 Male Female 1 per 75
- for Employee use
1: 1-15 1: 1-15 1:10-50 1 per 40 1 per 40
2: 16-35 3: 16-35

3: 36-55 4: 36-55
Over 55, add 1 fixture for each Add 1 fixture for each
additional 40 persons additional 50 males
Penal Institutions - For Male Female 0: 1-9 Male Female 1 per 75
Employee Use
Penal Institutions - For
Employee Use
1: 1-15 1: 1-15 1: 10-50 1 per 40 1 per 40
2: 16-35 3: 16-35

3: 36-55 4: 36-55
Over 55, add 1 fixture for each Add 1 fixture for each
additional 40 persons additional 50 males

TYPES OF BUILDING OR WATER CLOSETS (FIXTURES URINELA LAVATORIES BATHTUBS OR SHOWERS DRINKING
OCCUPANCY PER PERSON) (FIXTURES PER PERSON) (FIXTURES PER PERSON) (FIXTURES PER PERSON) FOUNTAINS
Penal Institutions - For 1 per cell block floor 1
Prison Use per exercise room
Cell 1 per cell 1 per cell
Exercise Room 1 per exercise room 1 per exercise room 1 per exercise room
Restaurants, Pubs and Male Female 1: 1-150 Male Female
Lounges 1: 1-50 1: 1-15 1: 1-150 1: 1-150
2: 51-150 3:16-35 2: 151-200 2: 151-200
3: 150-300 4: 36-55 3: 201-400 3: 201-400
Over 300, add 1 fixture for each Over 400, add 1 fixture for
additional 200 persons each additional 400 persons
Over 150, add 1 fixture for
each additional 150 males
Schools - For Staff Use Male Female 1 per 50 Male Female
All Schools 1: 1-15 1: 1-15 1 per 40 1 per 40
2: 16-35 3: 16-35
3:Over
36-55 4: 36-55
55, add 1 fixture for each
additional 40 persons
Schools - For Student Male Female Male Female 1 per 75
Use 1: 1-20 1: 1-20 1: 1-150 1: 1-25
Nursery 2: 21-50 2: 21-50 2: 26-50 2: 26-50
Over 50, add 1 fixture for each Over 50, add 1 fixture for
additional 50 persons each additional 50 persons
Elementary Male Female 1 per 75 Male Female 1 per 75
1 per 30 1 per 25 1 per 35 1 per 35
Secondary Male Female 1 per 35 Male Female 1 per 75
 1 per 40 1 per 30 1 per 40 1 per 30
Others (Colleges, Male Female 1 per 35 Male Female 1 per 75
Universities, Adult 1 per 40 1 per 30 1 per 40 1 per 30
Centers, etc.)
Working Places, Male Female 1 per 25 1 per 2 water closets 1 per 75
Educational and
Activities Unit 1 per 25 1 per 75
2: 126-250
2: 76-125
3: 126-250
TYPES OF BUILDING OR WATER CLOSETS (FIXTURES URINELA LAVATORIES BATHTUBS OR SHOWERS DRINKING
OCCUPANCY PER PERSON) (FIXTURES PER PERSON) (FIXTURES PER PERSON) (FIXTURES PER PERSON) FOUNTAINS
Working Places Male Female 1 per 150 1 per 2 water closets 1 per 75
Principal 1 per 150 1 per 75

Whenever urinals are provided, one (1) water closet is subtracted from the number specified on the table, except that the number of water closets in such cases shall
not be reduced to less than two-thirds (2/3) of the minimum specified.

1. The figures shown are based upon one (1) fixture being the minimum required for the number of persons indicated or any faction thereof.
2. Building categories not shown on this table shall be considered separately by the Administrative Authority.
3. Drinking fountains shall not be installed in toilet rooms.
4. Laundry trays. One (1) laundry tray or one (1) automatic washer standpipe for each dwelling unit or two (2) laundry trays or two automatic washer standpipes, or
combination thereof, for each ten (10) apartment. Kitchen sinks, one (1) for each dwelling or apartment unit.
5. As required by ANSI ZA I, Sanitation in Places of Employment.
6. Where there is exposure to skin contamination with poisonous, infectious, or irritating materials, provide one (1) lavatory for each five (5) persons.
7. Wide 609.6mm or wash sink 457.2 mm diameter a circular basin, when provided with water outlets for each space, shall be considered equivalent to one (1)
lavatory.
8. Laundry trays, one (1) for each fifty (50) persons. Slop sinks, one (1) for each 100 persons.

9. General. In applying this schedule of facilities, consideration must be given to the accessibility of the fixtures. Conformity purely on a numerical basis may not
result in an installation suited to the need of the individual establishment. For example, schools should be provided with toilet facilities on each floor having
classrooms. Temporary workingmen facilities, one (1) water closet and one (1) urinal for each thirty (30) workmen.
a. Surrounding materials, wall ample floor space to a point 0.6 meter in front of urinal lip and 1.2 m above the floor and at least 0.6 m to each side of the urinal shall
be lined with non-absorbent materials.
b. Trough urinals are prohibited.
10. A restaurant is defined as a business, which sells food to be consumed on the premises.
a. The number of occupants for a drive-in restaurant shall be considered as equal to the number of parking stalls.

b. Employee toilet facilities are not be included in the above restaurant requirements. Hand washing facilities must be available in the kitchen for employees

11. When food is consumed indoors, water stations may be substituted for drinking fountains. Theaters, auditoriums, dormitories, offices or public buildings for use
by more than six (6) persons shall have one (1) drinking fountain for the first seventy-five (75) persons and one (1) additional fountain for each one hundred and fifty
(150) persons thereafter.
12. There shall be a minimum of one (1) drinking fountain per occupied floor in schools, theaters, auditoriums, dormitories, offices or public building.
13. The total number of water closets for females shall be at least equal to the total number of water closets and urinals required for males.