PLUMBING CODE | Chapter 1 and 2

R.A. 1378

Plumbing Code

Registered and Licensed Master Plumber

RMP; holding a valid, unexpired and unrevoked certificate

1 set

Retention of Plans: __ for ADMIN

2 sets

Retention of Plans: __ for APPLICANT or OWNER

1 set

Retention of Plans: __ for JOBSITE

1 year (365 days)

Expiration of Permit: If plumbing work has not yet started from the day it was issued.

4 months (120 days)

Expiration of Permit: If plumbing work is not started from the day it was suspended.

50% of the original fees

Fees for Renewal of Permit.

72 hours (3 days)

Operation of Plumbing Equipment:
Request of inspection should be at least ___ before.

PLUMBING

The art and technique of installing pipes and fixtures for bringing in water and discharging wastes

ROUGHING INS

Plumbing work done before installing fixtures and finishes.

less than 3 meters but not less than 2 meters

Alleys should be:

ALTER/ALTERATIONS

change, addition, modification

EXISTING WORK

portions of plumbing fixture which is installed or approved

REPAIR

reconstruction or renewal, for maintenance

ACCESSIBLE

removal of access panel

READILY ACCESSIBLE

direct access without removal of any panel door

MANHOLE

an opening of sufficient size for man to gain access

CROSS CONNECTION

physical connection of pipes between two otherwise separate building water supply pipes

APPROVED

accepted or acceptable

APPROVED TESTING AGENCY

• “ATA”

• approve standards for testing

ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

Authorized by the Office of the President (RA 1378)

CERTIFIED BACKFLOW ASSEMBLY TESTER

Has the competence to test and maintain backflow assemblies

BUILDING

Structure built, erected and framed component structural parts

FLOOR AREA

Area withing the surrounding walls of a building

LOT

single area of land legally recorded

HEIGHT OF BUILDING

From gradeline to the highest point of caping

SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING

only dwelling located in a parcel of land

STOREY

upper surface of the next floor above

YARD

open or unoccupied space

CHASE

built for pipes

COURT

unoccupied space

SHAFT

vertical opening, elevator

756 degrees celsius

Combustible construction will ignite at ___.

CONFINED SPACE

a space with a volume of less than 1.4 m3 and having 250 kilogram calorie of aggregate