Building System

Design
2 Semester (SY 2021-2022)
nd
National Plumbing
Code of the
Philippines (NPCP)
HISTORY
 City Ordinance 2411
Plumbing Code for the City of
Manila
National Master Plumbers Association of the
Philippines (NAMPAP)
 REPUBLIC ACT No. 1378
An Act to Regulate the Trade of
Master Plumber
(PLUMBING LAW)

President Ramon Magsaysay

June 18, 1955
 1996
National Master Plumbers
Association of the Philippines
(NAMPAP)

Revised National Plumbing Code

December 21, 1999
PRINCIPLES
 The basic principles of the 1999 National Plumbing
Code of the Philippines is an update of the tenets
established in the "Plumbing Law of the Philippines“
approved on 18 June 1955 as amended on 28 November
1959.

The basic goal of the 1999 National Plumbing Code of

the Philippines is to ensure the unqualified observance
of the latest provisions of the plumbing and
environmental laws.
PRINCIPLE 1
All premises intended for human habitation, occupancy, or use
shall be provided with a supply of pure and wholesome water,
neither connected with unsafe water supplies nor subject to the
hazards of backflow or back-siphonage.
PRINCIPLE 2
Plumbing fixtures, devices, and appurtenances shall be supplied
with water in sufficient volume and at pressures adequate to enable
them to function satisfactorily and without undue noise under all
normal conditions of use.
PRINCIPLE 3

Plumbing shall designed and adjusted to use the minimum quantity

of water consistent with proper performance and cleaning.

PRINCIPLE 4

Devices for heating and storing water shall be so designed and

installed as to prevent dangers from explosion through overheating.
PRINCIPLE 5
Every building having plumbing fixtures installed and intended for
human habitation, occupancy, or use on premises abutting on a street,
alley, or easement in which there is a public sewer shall have a
connection with the sewer.
PRINCIPLE 6
Each family dwelling unit on premises abutting on sewer or with a private
sewage-disposal system shall have, at least, one water closet and one kitchen-
type sink. It is further recommended that a lavatory and bath-tub or shower
shall be installed to meet the basic requirements of sanitation and personal
hygiene.
PRINCIPLE 7
Plumbing fixtures shall be made of smooth non-absorbent material,
and shall be free from concealed fouling surface

PRINCIPLE 8
The drainage system shall be designed, constructed, and
maintained so as to guard against fouling, deposit of solids, and
clogging, and with adequate cleanouts so arranged that the pipes
may be readily cleaned.
PRINCIPLE 9

The piping of the plumbing system shall be of durable materials,

free from defective workmanship and so designed and constructed
as to give satisfactory service for its reasonable expected life.

PRINCIPLE 10
Each fixture directly connected to the drainage system shall be
equipped with a water-seal trap.
PRINCIPLE 11

The drainage system shall be designed to provide an adequate

circulation of air in pipes with no danger of siphonage, aspiration,
or forcing of trap seals under condition of ordinary use.

PRINCIPLE 12
Each terminal shall extend to the outer air and be so installed as to
minimize the possibilities of clogging and the return of foul air to
the building.
PRINCIPLE 13
The plumbing system shall be subject to such tests as will
effectively disclose all leaks and defects in the work.

PRINCIPLE 14
No substance which will clog the pipes, produce explosive mixtures,
destroy the pipes or their joints, or interfere unduly with the
sewage-disposal process shall be allowed to enter the building
drainage system.
PRINCIPLE 15
Proper protection shall be provided to prevent contamination of
food, water, sterile goods, and similar materials by backflow of
sewage. When necessary, the fixture, device, or appliance shall be
connected indirectly with the building drainage system.

PRINCIPLE 16
If water closets or other plumbing fixtures are installed in buildings where
there is no sewer within a reasonable distance, suitable provision shall be
made for disposing of the building sewage by some accepted method of
sewage treatment and disposal.
PRINCIPLE 17
Where a plumbing drainage system may be subjected to backflow
of sewage, suitable provision shall be made to prevent its overflow
in the building.

PRINCIPLE 18
Plumbing system shall be maintained in a sanitary and serviceable
condition.
PRINCIPLE 19

All plumbing fixtures shall be so installed with regard to spacing as

to be reasonably accessible for their intended use.

PRINCIPLE 20
Plumbing shall be installed with due regard to preservation of the strength
of structural members and prevention of damage to walls and other
surfaces through fixture usage.
PRINCIPLE 21
Sewage or other waste from a plumbing system which may be
deleterious to surface or subsurface waters shall not be discharged
into the ground or into any water-way unless it has first been
rendered innocuous through subjection to some acceptable form of
treatment.
 Chapter 3
GENERAL
REGULATIONS
 Section 301
DISPOSAL OF
WASTEWATERS
 It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, suffer or
permit the disposal of sewage, human excrement or other
waste waters in any place or manner, except through and by
means of an approved Excreta and Storm Drainage Systems
installed and maintained in accordance with the provisions
of this Code
 Section 302
GRADE OF
HORIZONTAL
DRAINAGE PIPING
Horizontal drainage pipes shall be run in practical alignments and at a uniform
slope between manholes of not less than 20 mm/m or 2% toward the point of
disposal, provided that, where it is impracticable to obtain a 2% slope due to the
following constraints in:

(1) excessive depth of the proposed drainage line;

(2) structural and/or geological features of the terrain; and
(3) existing adverse in arrangements of building or structure; any such pipe or
piping 102 mm or larger in diameter may have a slope of l 0 mm/m or 1%
provided it is first approved by the Administrative Authority.
 Section 307
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
 Wastes detrimental to the public sewer system or to the
functioning of the sewage treatment plant shall be treated
and disposed of as found necessary and as directed by the
Administrative Authority or other authorities having
jurisdiction

SECTION 307.1 (Revised NPCP 1999)

Sewage or other waste from a plumbing system which may
be deleterious to surface or subsurface waters, shall not be
discharged into the ground or into any waterway unless
first rendered innocuous through subjection to some
acceptable form of treatment

SECTION 307.2 (Revised NPCP 1999)

 Section 311
PROHIBITED
FITTINGS AND
PRACTICES
 No double hub fitting for lead-caulked joint in vertical
position, single or double tee Branch; single or double
tapped tee branch, side inlet quarter bend, running
thread, band or saddle shall be used as a drainage
fitting, except that a double hub sanitary tapped tee may
be used on vertical lines as a fixture connection.
(Approved stainless steel bands with neoprene gaskets
for jointing of hub less cast iron soil pipes are acceptable
for use.)

SECTION 311.1 (Revised NPCP 1999)

No drainage or vent piping shall be drilled and tapped
for making connections thereto, and no cast iron soil
pipe shall be threaded.

SECTION 311.2 (Revised NPCP 1999)

No waste connection shall be made to a closet bend or
stub of a water closet or similar fixtures

SECTION 311.3 (Revised NPCP 1999)

Except as hereinafter provided in Sections 812, 813 and
814 of this Code, no vent pipe shall be used as a soil or
waste pipe, nor shall any soil or waste pipe be used as a
vent. Also, single drainage and venting systems with
unvented branch lines are prohibited.

SECTION 311.4 (Revised NPCP 1999)

 No fitting, fixture and piping connections, appliance, device or
method of installation which obstructs or retards the flow of
water, sewage or air in the excreta and storm drainage and
venting systems in an amount greater than the normal frictional
resistance to flow, shall be used unless it is indicated as acceptable
in this Code or approved by the Administrative Authority as
having the desirable and acceptable function and of ultimate
benefit to the proper and continuous functioning of the plumbing
system. The enlargement of a 76-mm closet bend or stub to 102-
mm diameter shall not be considered as an obstruction.

SECTION 311.5 (Revised NPCP 1999)

Except for necessary use of gate & check valves. where
inter-membering or mixing of dissimilar metals occurs,
the points of connection shall be
confined to exposed or accessible locations.

SECTION 311.6 (Revised NPCP 1999)

All valves, pipes and fittings shall be installed in correct
relationship to the direction of flow

SECTION 311.7 (Revised NPCP 1999)

 Section 314
PROTECTION OF
PIPING, MATERIALS
AND STRUCTURES
 All pipings passing under or through walls shall be protected
from breakage with embedded metal pipe sleeves. All pipes
passing through or under cinders or other corrosive materials
shall be protected from external corrosion by encasing same with
polyethylene sheath or in other approved manner. Approved
provisions shall be made for expansions of hot water pipings.
Void between pipes and sleeves through concrete floors in the
ground shall be appropriately sealed with bitumen.

SECTION 314.1 (Revised NPCP 1999)

 All pipes in connection with the plumbing system shall be installed
so that the piping or connections will not be exposed to undue
strains or stresses, and provisions shall be made for pipe expansions
and contraction, and bending due to structural settlement. No pipe
shall be directly embedded in concrete and masonry walls without
metal sleeve. No structural member shall be seriously weakened or
impaired by cutting, notching or otherwise.

SECTION 3142 (Revised NPCP 1999)

 The bottom of all pipe trenches deeper than the footing of any
adjacent building or structure and parallel to it must be at least
forty-five ( 45) degrees therefrom unless permission is granted by
the Administrative Authority.

SECTION 314.3 (Revised NPCP 1999)

 No building sewer or other drainage pipings or part thereof,
constructed of materials other than that approved for use under or
within the building, shall be installed under or within 0.6 meter of
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any building or structure, nor less than 0.3 meter below the finish
ground surface.

SECTION 314.4 (Revised NPCP 1999)

 Pipe surfaces subject to undue corrosion, erosion or mechanical
damage shall be protected with approved material and manners
such as inside lining, outside coating and proper bottom bedding
and top shielding with concrete blocks.

SECTION 314.5 (Revised NPCP 1999)

Building System
Design
2 Semester (SY 2021-2022)
nd