The Ontario Building Code | Connection of Subsoil Drainage Pipe to a Sanitary Drainage System

7.4.5.3. Connection of Subsoil drainage Pipe to a sanitary Drainage System

(1) Except as permitted in Sentence (2), no foundation drain or subsoil drainage pipe shall connect to a sanitary drainage system.

(2) Where a storm drainage system is not available or soil conditions prevent drainage to a culvert or dry well, a foundation drain or subsoil drainage pipe may connect to a sanitary drainage system.

(3) Where a subsoil drainage pipe may be connected to a sanitary drainage system, the connection shall be made on the upstream side of a trapwith a cleanout or a trapped sump.