Building Drain definition

Building Drain means that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five (5) feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
Building Drain means that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer.
Building Drain means horizontal piping within or under a building, installed below the lowest fixture or the lowest floor level from which fixtures can drain by gravity to the building sewer.

Examples of Building Drain in a sentence

  • The Building Drain and Customer Force Main are connected to the Chamber.

  • The maintenance, repair, and replacement of a Building Drain are the sole responsibility of the property owner.

  • Building Drain - shall mean that part of the lowest piping of a drainage system, which receives the discharge of wastewater from inside the walls of the building and extends to ten (10) feet outside the inner face of the building wall.

  • The extension from the Building Drain to the Public Sewer or other place of disposal and shall include that portion of the drain within the public right-of-way.

  • BUILDING SEWERAll piping connected to the Authority’s Sewer Lateral and extending to the Building Drain of the structure(s) and/or appurtenance(s) to which Sanitary Sewer Service is provided.


More Definitions of Building Drain

Building Drain means that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from drainage pipes inside the walls of the building terminating five (5) feet outside the face of the building wall from whence it becomes known as the building sewer.
Building Drain means that part of the lowest piping of a drainage system that receives the discharge from soil, waste, or other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning two (2) feet outside the building wall.
Building Drain means the horizontal piping, including any vertical offset, that conducts wastewater, clear-water waste or storm water to a building sewer;
Building Drain means that part of the lowest piping of a drainage system that receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes that extends 10 feet beyond the walls of the building and conveys the drainage to the building sewer.
Building Drain means that portion of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the wastewater discharge from within the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning 30 inches outside the building footings.
Building Drain means the lowest piping of a drainage system that receives the discharge from waste pipes inside the design unit and extends to 10 ft beyond the walls of the building or five feet for a building with a foundation and conveys the sewage to a building sewer.
Building Drain means that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system that receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of a building and conveys the discharge to a building sewer. The building drain shall be deemed to extend from within the walls of a building to a point 5 feet outside the outer face of the exterior building wall.