Chapter 9

VENTS AND
VENTING
Section 901- VENTS REQUIRED
Each plumbing fixture trap, except as
otherwise provided in this Code, shall be
protected against siphonage and back-
pressure. Air circulation shall be assured
throughout all parts of the excreta
drainage system by means of vent pipes
installed in accordance with the
requirements of this Chapter and as
required in this code
Section 902- VENTS NOT
REQUIRED
902.1 Where permitted by the Administrative Authority, vent
piping may be omitted on an interceptor when such
interceptor acts as primary settling tank and discharges
through a horizontal indirect waste pipe into a secondary
interceptor. The second interceptor shall be properly
tapped and vented.
902.2 Traps serving sinks which are part of the equipment of
bars. soda fountains and counters need not be vented
when the location and construction of such bars, soda
fountains and counters is to make it impossible to do so.
When such conditions exist, said sink shall discharge by
means of approved indirect waste pipe into a floor sink or
other approved type receptor.
Section 903 - MATERIALS
903.1 Vent pipes shall be cast iron, ductile cast
iron, galvanized steel galvanized wrought iron,
lead, copper, brass, Schedule 40, ABS, DWV, Series
1000, PVC, DWV or other approved materials
having a smooth and uniform bore except that:
No galvanized wrought iron or galvanized steel
pipe shall be used underground and shall be kept
at least 15 m above ground. Horizontal and
vertical vent lines and vent stacks shall be copper,
cast iron or galvanized wrought iron or polyvinyl
chloride pipes.
 Vent fittings

903.2 Revised National Plumbing Code al the

Philippines shall be cast iron, galvanized
malleable iron or galvanized steel, lead, copper
brass, ABS, PVC. or other approved materials,
except that no galvanized malleable iron or
galvanized steel fittings shall be buried
underground but shall be kept at least 152 mm
above finish ground level .
903.3Changes in direction of vent piping shall be
made by the appropriate use of approved fittings
and no such pipe shall be strained or bent. Burred
end shall be reamed to the full bore of the pipe.
Section 904- SIZE OF VENTS
904. 1 The sizes of vent piping shall be
determined from its length and the total
number of fixture units connected thereto, as
set forth in Table 7-5 of this Code. In addition,
the drainage piping of each building and
each connections to a public sewer or a
private sewage disposal system shall be
vented by means of one or more vent pipes,
the aggregate cross-sectional area of which
shall not be less than that of the largest
required building sewer, as determined from
Table 7-5, page 88
 Exception: When connected to a
common building sewer, the drainage
piping of two (2) or more buildings
located on the same lot and under one
ownership may he vented by means of
piping sized in accordance With
Table 7-5 provided the aggregate cross-
sectional area of all the vents is not less
than that of the largest required common
building sewer.
 The length of horizontal portion of a vent
may exceed one-third (1/3) of the total
length of vertical and horizontal portions
as limited by Table 7-5 provided the vent
is increased to one pipe size larger for its
entire length
 Section 905- VENT PIPE GRADES
AND CONNECTIONS

905 .1
All horizontal vent and branch vent pipes shall
be free from drops or sag, and each such
vent shall be graded and connected to drip
back by gravity to the drainage pipe it
serves.
Where vents connect to a horizontal drainage
pipe such vent pipe connection shall have its
invert taken off above the drainage
centerline of such pipe downstream of the
trap being served.
 905.3 unless prohibited by structural conditions, each vent shall rise vertically
to a point not less than 152.mm above the highest flood level rim of the
fixtures served before offsetting horizontally to join the vent stack or stack vent
and the bottom connection shall be installed with approved drainage fittings
and installed with proper grade to the horizontal drain.

905.4 All vent pipes shall extend undiminished in size above the roof or shall
be
reconnected with the soil or waste stack vent of proper size at a point below
the roof: the vent through the roof (VSTR) shall be increased one ( 1) pipe size
above reconnection point of stack vent and horizontal vent.

905.5 The vent pipe opening from a soil or waste pipe, except for water
closets and similar fixtures, shall not be below the weir of the trap.

905.6 Two (2) fixtures may be served by a common vertical vent pipe when
each such fixture wastes separately into an approed double branch fitting
having inlet openings at the same level.
Section 906- VENT
TERMINATION
9061 Each vent pipe or stack through roof (SVTR) shall extend its flashing all around and the
stack vent shall terminate vertically not less than 15 cm above the roof nor less than 0.3
meter from any vertical surface nearby.

906.2 Each vent opening shall terminate not less than three (3) meters from, or at
least 0. 9 meter above any openable window, door opening, air intake or
vent shaft nor less than 0.9 meter away from any lot line, alley and street boundary lines.

906.3 Vent pipes shall be extended separately or combined, of full required size
not less than 15 cm above the roof or fire wall. Flagpoling of vents be prohibited except
where the roof is used for purposes other than weather protection

906.4 Vertical vent pipes for outdoor installations shall extend to at least 3 meter
distant from any part of the roof that is used tor other purposes and shall extend not less
than 2.1 meter above such roof and shall be securely stayed.

906.5 Joints at the roof around stack vent pipes shall be made watertight by the use of
approved flashing material and installation.
Section 907- VENT STACKS AND
RELIEF VENTS
907.1
Each soil or waste stack which extends ten ( 1 0) or more stories
above the building drain shall be served by a parallel vent stack
which shall extend undiminished in size from its upper terminal at
the roof and connect to the soil or waste stack at ground level and
at every fifth floor levels with a " yoke vent" at a point below the
horizontal soil or waste branch connection to the stack and at the
nearby vent stack above the same floor to provide a relief vent.
The size of yoke vent shall be not less in diameter than either the soil
stack or the vent stack, whichever is smaller.

907.2 The yoke vent connection with the vent stack shall be
placed not less than 1 meter above the floor level), and the yoke
vent connection with the drainage stack shall be by means of a
wye branch fitting placed below the fixture branch serving that
floor.
Section 908- Vents Not
Required
908.1 Where permitted by the Administrative Authority,
vent piping may be omitted on an interceptor when such
interceptor acts as a primary scaling tank and discharges
through a horizontal indirect waste pipe into a secondary
interceptor. The second interceptor shall be properly
trapped and vented.
Traps serving sinks which are part of the equipment of bars,
soda fountains and counters, need not be vented when
the location and construction of such bars, soda
fountains, and counters is to make it impossible to do so.
when such conditions exist, said sinks shall discharge by
means of approved indirect waste pipes into a floor sink or
other approved type receptor.
Section 909 Materials

909.1 Vent pipes shall be cast iron,

galvanized steel, galvanized wrought iron,
lead, copper, brass, Schedule 40 ABS
DWV, Series 1000 PVC DWV other
approved materials having a smooth and
uniform bore except that No galvanized
wrought iron or galvanized steel pipe shall
be Used underground and shall be kept
at least 152 mm above ground.
Section 910 Size of Vents
910.1 The size of vent piping shall be determined from its
length and the total number of fixture units connected
thereto, as set forth in Table 75. The Vents and Venting
diameter of an individual vent shall not be less than one
and one-fourth (l-l/4) inches (32 mm) nor less than one-half
(1/2) the diameter of the drain to which it is connected. In
addition, the drainage piping of each building and each
connection to a public sewer or a private sewage disposal
system shall be vented by means of one or more vent
pipes, the aggregate cross-sectional area of which shall
not be Jess than that of the required building sewer. as
determined from Table 7-S, page 88. 910.2 No more than
one-third ( l/3) of the total permitted length, per Table 75
of any minimum sized vent shall be installed in a horizontal
position.