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Sune Sand - ArkitektHjlpen, Bent Jensen - Tryg-Baltica, Birgitte Nord - Alka Forsikring, Jens
Winther - Topdanmark og Ole Harpth - F&P.
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Table of contents
For the architect.. 6
Pipe work of the house7
Plumbing in utility room or storeroom.. 8
Space conditions for bath and toilet12
Sanitary equipment13
Wet rooms and demands for wet zones 14
Kitchen.15
Flue system from natural gas boiler16
Check list for the architect 17
For the plumber..18
Domestic water supply and possibility for renewing 19
Space conditions for installations in utility room and boiler room. 20
Wet rooms and demands for wet zones 21
Pathways for pipe work 22
Space for insulation.. 23
Handling of pipe in pipe system.. 24
Principles for visible pipe installations 25
Principles for pipes in skirting casing. 26
Principles for manifold installations.27
Principles for heating systems. 28
Floor heating.. 29
Principles for drainage installations 30
Boiler plant.. 31
Domestic hot water supply.. 32
Heat exchanger and domestic hot water circulation 33
District heating systems 34
Sanitary equipment35
Machines for washing and dishwashing.36
Manifolds for domestic water... 37
Outlets for taps...38
Manifolds for heating. 39
Floor drains. 40
Domestic water meter installation... 41
Heating meters for district heating.. 42
Check list for the certified plumber..43
Legislation for services. 46
Examples for thought 48
To the architect
This section contains information about space conditions and demands for function, which should be
requested, in connection with arrangement of services in a single-family house.
In the drawing are shown the rooms, in which space
for plumbing equipment and installations normally
should be established.
Pipes
In the floor construction you need space for:
Domestic water supply of PEX pipe in
pipe system or
Domestic water supply of copper
Heating pipes
Floor heating pipes
Drainage pipes
Remember! Pipes leading heat must be insulated
Utility room
In the utility room you need space for following:
Heating system
Domestic hot water system
Manifolds for heating and water system
Flue from boiler system
Meters for water and (heating)
Visible pipe work
To obtain the intentional quality in the technical installations, we recommend that this publication form
part of the project material, and you as architect discuss the mentioned details with the certificated
plumber, so that the necessary coordination between
the work of architect and the work of plumbing is
obtained.
Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
Translation into English: Jens Bertelsen and Jens Peder Pedersen Vitus Bering, Centre for Higher Education
Pipes for domestic water supply are made without joints. This means, that embedded joints in
walls and floors are not allowed.
The media pipe and casing pipe go from manifold to every single tap without joints
Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Measurement in cm
Measurement in cm
Ordinary hot water store tank for central heating or district heating. The store tank is normally placed about 60 80 cm above floor
level concerning replacement of an anode
from the bottom of tank.
Measurement in cm
Besides the space for the domestic hot water exchanger space should also be set
aside for the pipe connections below this. If
the domestic water supply is a manifold system, space for the manifolds should also be
set aside.
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Furthermore space for leading domestic coldand hot water pipes to manifolds shall be set
aside.
Those pipes are normally placed visible from
the water meter and the hot water equipment.
Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Floor drain
In bathrooms with space for shower, it's necessary to
place a floor drain.
It is important to establish sufficient depression and
slope to the floor drain.
Example on placing floor drain, so that necessary slope and depression will be obtained.
Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Sanitary equipment
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Measurement in m
See BR-S98
*) Other measurements you can find in HFB, Hndbog for Byggeindustrien.
Measurement in m
Measurement in m
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Moist zone
Wet zone
Measurement in mm
Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Kitchen
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Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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In connection with a gas boiler system it is important to make good planning of the flue system from
the gas boiler. The solution above roof will be the
best, because you will have no condensing problems on the outer wall.
Very often, the flue can set up limits for the design
of the boiler room or other rooms, where you want
to place the boiler.
In the following drawing are shown examples of
possible flue systems from gas boiler systems.
Gasreglement - Afnit A: Contains the demands for
placing of flue system and for work with gas installations
The local gas distribution company will make the
final approval.
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Remember!
Description
Utility room / boiler room should be able to contain following technical installations:
Boiler or heat exchanger
Hot water store tank or heat exchanger
Manifolds with shunt system, regulating
valves and pumps for floor heating or radiator system
Manifolds for domestic cold and hot water
supply, and perhaps circulation pump for
domestic hot water.
Inlets of service pipe for domestic water
supply or district heating system, with the
meters arrangement.
Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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To the plumber
This section contains information about the installation technical conditions, which shall be met in connection with planning and execution of the pipe
installations of the single-family house.
Already in the outline phase of the plan solution the
architect has made a lot of lay out proportions,
which you have to continue working from. Its your
job to ensure, that the final installations fulfil the
demands, given in valid regulations and different
codes, and that the installations work all right.
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Pipe work
In wall- and floor constructions following pipes
can be built in:
Utility room
In the utility room following pipes and components ought to be placed:
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Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Solar heating
Notice, that a hot water store tank prepared
for solar heating normally takes more space
than an ordinary domestic hot water store
tank. Furthermore a hot water store tank
prepared for solar heating requests more
pipe connections as solar heating pipes,
extra circulation pump and pressure expansion tank.
See also the pages 10, 31 and 32
Utility room or boiler room should be able to
contain following components and additional
pipe installations:
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Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Pipes for a single radiator dont need to be insulated
in the same room as the radiator, if a thermostatic
valve is mounted on the radiator. The distribution
pipes for more radiators always have to be insulated.
Heating pipes can be placed inside the insulation in ground deck in connection with new
buildings as shown in the drawing.
Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Service shafts
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Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Floor heating
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Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Boiler plant
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Notice!!
If the boiler is placed standing on the floor, the
floor below must be waterproof, so that out
flowing water cannot penetrate the floor construction.
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Number of litres
50 80 litre
60 110 litre
80 160 litre
160 280 litre
For guarantee reasons the manufacturer have demands about, that tanks with anode must have
control and possible replacement of the anode
every second year.
Domestic hot water store tank placed in bottom of unit for fuel or gas firing. This placing is
normal for modern boiler units. In front of the
unit must be space for service and repair. The
tank size in this type of unit is typical 60 80
litres.
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If the water system is designed as a manifold system, there is normally no need for circulation, because the waiting time is less than 10 seconds.
Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Sanitary equipment
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Measurement in m
Examples on space requirement in connection with toilets for older and handicapped
people. Normally the architect will take this
into account in connection with the plan
solution.
Measurement in m
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flood securing
Flood securing that interrupt the water supply by abnormal water streams e.g. by hose
leaks.
solenoid valve
Hose connections for washing machines and dishwashers must be VA-approved, and must not have a
length exceeding 2 meters. The hose must be with
factory-mounted couplings.
Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Measurement in cm
Measurement in cm
Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Walls and wall coverings and also joints, connections, pipe penetrations and alike must be
waterproof in the water charged part of the
room.
Where the pipe installation is made as manifold installation with copper pipes, a solution
as the here shown could be used also in
connection with a plasterboard wall construction. The solution form part of more
than rubber seal rings, also a membrane
that secures, that no water can penetrate
into the wall. The joint between copper pipe
and coupling takes place outside the wall
construction. By a possible leak the out
flowing water will be led outside the wall
construction.
Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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Floor drains
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Floor drains that are placed in a light floor construction must be secured, so that they can stand the
vertical loads, which arise, when you walk on the
floor.
By connection of side inlets must be used VAapproved connection couplings. Not used side
inlets must be corked up.
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a.
b.
b.
c.
max. 0,4 m
min 1,0 m for pipe dimensions up to 32 mm
min. 1,8 m for pipe dimensions bigger than 32 mm
min. 2 x meter dimension
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All measures in mm
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Description
Have the main pathways been chosen, so that possible heat loss from the pipes will benefit the building.
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Have the pathways been planned and projected, so
that they make allowance for the installations that
have to be led forward?
Description
Are the floor drain construction correctly made according to the manufacturers directions?
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If pipes are placed in pipe panels, shafts or similar, they must be made, so that out flowing water
is discovered at once.
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Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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SBI directions
MK-approvals
VA- approvals
The VA-approvals are prepared by the Ministry of
Housing. The approvals include all materials and
components that are built into water- and drainage
installations. Furthermore the regulations in the
approvals in connection with treatment of a building
case must be regarded in the same way as the
demands in the building regulations.
Excepted from the rules for approval are certain
products that are mentioned in the circular for approval agreement, and also linked products that are
meant for installation in a single installation.
Examples on VA-approvals
VA 1.12/DK to VA 1.14/DK
VA 1.22/DK to VA 1.26/DK
VA 2.41/DK to VA 2.42/DK
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Example 1:
If not already in connection with arrangement of
the plan solution of the house space for installations is set aside, the plumber must subsequently
try to cram everything down into a broom cupboard.
If service or repair will become necessary, big
parts of the installation in this example must be
removed.
Furthermore no floor is casted below the cupboard. Out flowing water will therefore be able to
penetrate into the floor construction.
In this example it has been necessary to compress all pipe installations, gas boiler and gas
meter in a 60 x 60 x 180 cm cupboard which is
all too small space.
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Example 2:
From the picture you can see, that no casting of a
tight floor has been made, and that the casing
pipes on the water pipes have not been led up
above the concrete. Out-flowing water will therefore be able to flow out into the floor construction
without being discovered.
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Example 3:
No casting around the pipes has been made,
and therefore it has not been possible to make
a tight surface, e.g. in the shape of tile covering
around the pipes. The manifolds are not fixed.
Planning of services in the single-family house. A guidance for architects and plumbers.
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