2018 Uniform Plumbing Code
The 2018 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC©) represents the most
current approaches in the plumbing field. It is the sixth edition
developed under the ANSI Consensus process is designated as an American
National Standards by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
Contributions to the content of this code were made by every segment of
the built industry, including such diverse interests as consumers,
enforcing authorities, installers/maintainers, labor, manufacturers,
research/standards/ testing laboratories, special experts and users.
The UPC is designed to provide consumers with safe and sanitary
plumbing systems while, at the same time, allowing latitude for
innovation and new technologies. Key changes to the 2018 UPC include:
-New sound transmission provisions for plumbing piping systems (Chapter 3)
-New product standards for plumbing fixtures such as wall hung
fixtures, waste fittings, lavatories, showers, bathtubs and whirlpool
bathtubs, flusho meter valves, sinks and eyewash stations; and signage
for single use toilet facilities (Chapter 4)
-New provisions for
connector capacities for elbows in connectors, minimum capacity for
storage water heaters and clearance to combustible materials (Chapter 5)
-New backflow protection provisions for chemical dispensers, new
material provisions for pipes, tubes, fittings and joint methods for
water supply and distribution, and new pressure testing for the hot and
cold-water supply system (Chapter 6)
-New materials requirements for drain, waste, vent pipe and fittings (Chapter 7)
-New provisions for trap seal primers for potable water supply (Chapter 10)
-New provisions for engineered storm drainage systems (Chapter 11)
-New requirements for piping material, over pressure protection and gas
piping installation for fuel gas piping systems (Chapter 12)
-New requirements for medical gas and vacuum systems based on latest edition of NFPA 99 (Chapter 13)
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