The Ontario Building Code | Certification or Conformance
7.2.11.2. Certification or Conformance
(1) water service pipes and fire service mains shall be certified or conform to the standards for the materials listed in Table 7.2.11.2.
Table 7.2.11.2.
water service Pipe and Fire service Main Materials
Forming Part of Sentence 7.2.11.2.(1)
Item | Column 1 Material | Column 2 Standard | Column 3 Limitations |
1. | Polyethylene pipe and fittings | Certified to Series 160 or a higher series of CAN/CSA-B137.1, "Polyethylene (PE) pipe, Tubing and Fittings for Cold water pressure Services" |
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2. | Certified to CAN/CSA-B137.5, "Crosslinked Polyethylene (PEX) Tubing Systems for pressure Applications" |
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3. | Certified to CAN/CSA-B137.3, "Rigid Polyvinylchloride (pvc) pipe and Fittings for pressure Applications", or certified to CAN/CSA-B137.2, "Polyvinylchloride (pvc) Injection-Moulded Gasketed Fittings for pressure Applications" | pipe and fittings must have a rated working pressure of 1 100 kPa or more | |
4. | Certified to CAN/CSA-B137.6, "Chlorinated Polyvinylchloride (Cpvc) pipe, Tubing and Fittings for Hot and Cold water Distribution Systems" | The design temperature and pressure shall conform to the requirements of the CAN/CSA-B137.6, "Chlorinated Polyvinylchloride (Cpvc) pipe, Tubing and Fittings for Hot and Cold water Distribution Systems" | |
5. | Conform to ANSI/AWWA C151/A21.51, "Ductile-Iron pipe, Centrifugally Cast" | pipe shall have a mortarp://thehandyforce.com/exterior/" title ="Exterior home repairs in Toronto">cement-mortar lining conforming to ANSI/AWWA C104/A21.4, "mortarp://thehandyforce.com/exterior/" title ="Exterior home repairs in Toronto">cement-Mortar Lining for Ductile-Iron pipe and Fittings" | |
6. | Conform to ANSI/AWWA C110/A21.10, "Ductile-Iron and Gray-Iron Fittings" | pipe shall have a mortarp://thehandyforce.com/exterior/" title ="Exterior home repairs in Toronto">cement-mortar lining conforming to ANSI/AWWA C104/A21.4, "mortarp://thehandyforce.com/exterior/" title ="Exterior home repairs in Toronto">cement-Mortar Lining for Ductile-Iron pipe and Fittings" | |
7. | Rubber gasket joints for cast iron and ductile-iron water pipes | Conform to ANSI/AWWA C111/A21.11, "Rubber Gasket Joints for Ductile-Iron pressure Pipe and Fittings" |
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8. | Screwed cast iron water fittings | Conform to ASME B16.4, "Gray Iron Threaded Fittings: Classes 125 and 250" | Screwed cast iron water fittings shall be mortarp://thehandyforce.com/exterior/" title ="Exterior home repairs in Toronto">cement-mortar lined or galvanized |
9. | Type K soft copper tube |
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10. | Solder-joint fittings for copper water systems | Conform to ASME B16.18, "Cast copper Alloy Solder Joint pressure Fittings", or conform to ASME B16.22, "Wrought copper and copper Alloy Solder-Joint pressure Fittings" | Solder-joint fittings not made by casting or the wrought process shall conform to the applicable requirements of ASME B16.18, "Cast copper Alloy Solder-Joint pressure Fittings" |
11. | Flared-joint fittings for copper water systems | Conform to ASME B16.26, "Cast copper Alloy Fittings for Flared copper Tubes" | Flared-joint fittings not made by casting shall conform to ASME B16.26, "Cast copper Alloy Fittings for Flared copper Tubes" |
12. | PE/AL/PE pipe and fittings | Certified to CAN/CSA-B137.9, "Polyethylene/Aluminum/ Polyethylene (PE-AL-PE) Composite pressure-pipe Systems" |
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13. | PEX/AL/PEX pipe and fittings | Certified to CAN/CSA-B137.10, "Crosslinked Polyethylene/ Aluminum/Crosslinked Polyethylene (PEX-AL-PEX) Composite pressure-pipe Systems" |
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