Unfortunately recommendations aren t that straightforward because you also need to account for water pressure material friction and more.
Roof drain pipe size.
For larger roof drains the pipe may be smaller such as a 10 in.
When sizing roof drains the limiting factor for the amount of water each drain will carry away is the size of leader therefore increasing leader size decreases the number of drains required.
Sizing a roof water drain.
We regularly get asked about the water flow capacity of different pipe sizes and which is the best roof drain for a specific pipe size.
Following this logic it is possible that for roof drains 6 in.
Roof area is 300 x 500 ft.
Each 4 drain size in a 6 hourly rainfall area will accommodate drainage of 3 070 sq.
50 000 4 400 11 36.
To convert to an area for a 4 inch per hour rainfall to enter table 1108 1 do this.
The first step in sizing a roof drain is to calculate the surface area of the roof that the drains will be covering as well as the average hourly rainfall rate at the building location.
Calculate total roof area.
For example a 4 in.
Roof drain connected to an 8 in.
Roof drain connected to a 6 in.
Area roof will require 100 000 3070 32 5 or 33 roof drains for ideal drainage.
Determine the size of leader to be used.
300 x 500 150 000 sq.
Pipe size in inches vertical drain gpm 1 16 per foot gpm 1 8 per foot gpm per foot gpm per foot gpm 2 34 15 22 31 44 3 87 39 55 79 111 4 180 81 115 163 231 5 311 117 165 234 331 6 538 243 344 487 689 8 1 117 505 714 1 010 1 429 10 2 050 927 1 311 1 855 2 623 12 3 272 1 480 2 093 2 960 4 187 15 5 543 2 508 3 546 5 016 7 093.
The result is the number of drains needed.
The roof drainage outlets and rainwater downpipes are calculated based on the design principles for gravity drainage systems established in ss525 2006 code of practice for drainage of roofs.
2 500 4 x 3 75 2 344 sq ft.
The next step is to determine each roof area that will be served by a separate leader drain pipe scupper or downspout.
Section 101 5 of the ipc tells us not to reduce the pipe size in the direction of flow.
Take the roof s total square footage and divide by the total square footage handled by one drain.
This reveals that the minimum size for the leader pipe is 5.
The calculations below are meant for drainage from flat roofs where water are expected to spread over the entire flat roof during rain.
A minimum 4 inch vertical drain is required.
To size the vertical roof drain for the same parameters 5 000 square feet of room area and 6 per hour of rain consult table 1106 2 figure 3.
Step by step sizing of zurn drains step 1.
Enter table 1108 1 until you find a diameter pipe that will carry 2 344 sq ft.
Therefore the 100 000 sq.
Or less in diameter the piping will be larger in diameter than the roof drain.
