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 Roof area:drain pipe volume/size calculation?
[#2] Posted: 09/10/2009 - 04:46:26 AM |  |  |
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Chapter 13 of the National Standard Plumbing code would be his starting point.
Everything is dependent on the area & slope of the roof; once you get underground it depends on the slope of the pipe.
I took a course many, many years ago at NJIT called Hydraulics & Drainage and was actually pretty good at it; but if you asked me today to calculate something, I'd spend more time re-learning what I forgot than figuring out the answer.
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Roof area:drain pipe volume/size calculation?
[#3] Posted: 09/10/2009 - 04:55:07 AM | | |
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"The size of the roof drain system is based on local rainfall
rates. Both the International Plumbing Code (IPC) and the
Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) publish rainfall rates. These
rates can be found in Appendix B of the IPC and Appendix D
of the UPC. The rainfall data in the UPC is based on National
Weather Service Technical Paper No. 40, Chart 14: 100-Year
60-Minute Rainfall. The IPC bases its data on “a storm of onehour
duration and a 100-year period,” according to the code."
The above is from the following article: http://www.psdmagazine.com/ASP...date.pdf
Not a true answer; however, additional information.
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Roof area:drain pipe volume/size calculation?
[#4] Posted: 09/10/2009 - 3:05:46 PM | | |
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Exactly what I needed. Thanks.
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