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704.1 Slope of Horizontal Drainage Piping

2014 FBC - Plumbing, 5th edition > 7 Sanitary Drainage > 704 Drainage Piping Installation > 704.1 Slope of Horizontal Drainage Piping
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Horizontal drainage piping shall be installed in uniform alignment at uniform slopes. The slope of a horizontal drainage pipe shall be not less than that indicated in Table 704.1.

TABLE 704.1
SLOPE OF HORIZONTAL DRAINAGE PIPE

SIZE
(inches)
MINIMUM SLOPE
(inch per foot)
21/2 or less1/4
3 to 61/8
8 or larger1/16
For SI: 1 inch = 25.4 mm, 1 inch per foot = 83.3 mm/m.

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