I have an exterior floor drain and a downspout that are connected to the same pipe. The water from both these sources runs into one pipe, and then the underground stormwater system. How do I find out what is the maximum amount of rain water that one pipe can take at a time?
2007-03-27 05:00:09 · 4 answers · asked by FireFlyFritz 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
The surface area that collects water, that the downspout runs from, and the floor drain, has to be known, in order to calculate the size of the pipe needed to drain the water away.
2007-03-27 08:07:42 · answer #1 · answered by poppyman54 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the question you should be asking is what size pipe do i need. to get that answer you need a plumbing code book and the average rain fall in a year and the amount of surface the drain has to accommodate.
2007-03-27 07:04:38 · answer #2 · answered by md_plumber_girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The standard plumbing code provides tables under chapter 11 - storm drainage for sizing vertical conductors and horizontal pipe based on the horizontally projected roof area and rainfall rates. If you could provide these, they could be looked up for you.
2007-03-27 09:29:47 · answer #3 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
to find the quantity the pipe can hold you'll have to find th evolume of the pipe. since the pipe is cylindrical in shape you can use the formula of finding volume of cylinder which = 3.14 X radius square X height . First you'll have to kno the inner radius of the pipe and its height (or lenght) .
2007-03-27 05:13:38 · answer #4 · answered by crazy_gurl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋