National foreword

This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 12056‑5:2000.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee B/505, Wastewater engineering, to Subcommittee B/505/21, Roof drainage and sanitary pipework, which has the responsibility to:

aid enquirers to understand the text;
present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed;
monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK.

A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

Cross-references

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Summary of pages

This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 19 and a back cover.

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This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Sector Committee for Building and Civil Engineering, was published under the authority of the Standards Committee and comes into effect on 15 September 2000

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 27 October 1999.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This European Standard has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 165 "Waste water engineering", the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by December 2000, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2001.

This part is the fifth in a series relating to the fundamental requirements of gravity drainage systems inside buildings. There will be five parts, as follows: Gravity drainage systems inside buildings:

Part 1: General and performance requirements
Part 2: Sanitary pipework - Layout and calculation
Part 3: Roof drainage - Layout and calculation
Part 4: Waste water lifting plants - Layout and calculation
Part 5: Installation and testing, instructions for operation, maintenance and use

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This European Standard applies to waste water drainage systems which operate under gravity. It is applicable for drainage systems inside dwellings, commercial, institutional and industrial buildings.

Differences in plumbing within Europe have led to a variety of systems being developed. Some of the major systems in use are described but this standard has not attempted to detail the intricacies of each system. Detailed information additional to that contained in this standard may be obtained by referring to the technical documents listed in Annex A.

This fifth part of the standard sets out the principles, which should be followed when installing and maintaining waste water and rainwater gravity drainage systems. It deals with fixing, support, containment of thermal movement, protection and accessibility of the system.

All drawings in this standard are given as examples and are not intended to exclude any other system configuration.

2 Normative references

3 Definitions

3.1 General

3.2 Pipes and fittings

3.3 Ventilating pipework and fittings

3.4 Appliances

3.5 Calculation

4 Storage and transport

5 General requirements

5.1 General

5.2 Waste water discharge pipework

5.3 Gradient

5.4 Sanitary appliance

5.5 Safety precautions

5.6 Stability of sanitary pipework

6 Installation of waste water pipes

6.1 Fixing

6.2 Jointing

6.3 Fixing and supporting

6.4 Changes of directions and branch pipe connections

6.5 Connection of pipes of different materials and sizes

6.6 Thermal movement

6.7 Installation in concrete or other fills

7 Installation of sanitary appliances

7.1 Fixing

7.2 Connection

8 Fire protection

9 Sound insulation

10 Instructions for operation, maintenance and use

11 Testing

BS EN 12056-5:2000

Gravity drainage systems inside buildings - Installation and testing, instructions for operation, maintenance and use

Current

Published:

15 Sep 2000