Scope and Administration
What is the purpose of the IPC regarding public safety?
What is to establish minimum standards to protect public health, safety, and welfare?
This term describes water quality impairment that poses a health hazard.
What is contamination (or high hazard)?
Plumbing systems are prohibited in this area of a building.
What is an elevator shaft or elevator equipment room?
The number of required plumbing fixtures depends on occupant load and this factor.
What is the type of building occupancy?
All water heaters need this device for overpressure and overtemperature protection.
What is a temperature and pressure relief (T&P) valve?
Permits for plumbing work expire if work is not commenced within how many days of issuance?
What is 180 days?
This pipe vents a single fixture trap, connecting to the vent system above or terminating in the open air.
What is an individual vent?
Metallic piping (with exceptions) needs protection when in contact with these building materials.
What are steel framing members, concrete, or cinder walls and floors, or corrosive soil?
This type of fixture is typically required in public toilet facilities.
What is a water closet with an elongated bowl?
Gas water heaters in certain areas like garages need to be elevated to this height to prevent ignition of flammable vapors.
What is 18 inches (above the floor)?
This official is authorized to interpret the IPC and approve alternative materials and methods.
Who is the code official (or authority having jurisdiction)?
This device separates and retains deleterious matter from wastes while allowing normal sewage discharge.
What is an interceptor (or separator)?
A plastic pan under a gas water heater must meet this new fire-test standard.
What is ASTM E84 or UL 723?
The code includes accessibility requirements for fixtures from this standard.
What is the ICC A117.1 Accessibility Standard?
Cold water supply lines for water heaters must have this type of relief installed vertically.
What is a vacuum relief?
An application for an appeal to the board of appeals must be based on a claim that a code section was what?
What is incorrectly interpreted, or that the code sections do not apply, or that an equal form of construction is proposed?
This elevation reference determines the minimum installation height for a backflow preventer above a fixture's flood level rim.
What is the critical level (C-L)?
The minimum vacuum gauge pressure required for a drainage and vent system test.
What is negative 5 pounds per square inch (-5 psi) or 10 inches of mercury column?
This new exception was added in the 2024 IPC regarding doors to multiple-user toilet facilities.
What is an exception allowing a special locking mechanism for doors?
Chapter 5 covers general provisions, installation, and this related component.
What are chimneys and vents (for the water heater/appliance)?
The IPC applies to all buildings except for these specific types which often follow the International Residential Code.
What are detached one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses not more than three stories above grade?
This describes a waste pipe discharging through an air break or air gap, not directly connected to the drainage system.
What is an indirect waste pipe?
This inspection occurs when underground plumbing is complete and before backfill.
What is the plumbing underground inspection?
All water-requiring fixtures must have an adequate supply for this reason.
What is for proper operation (or to perform their intended function)?
The required location for the discharge piping of a T&P relief valve.
What is to discharge to the outdoors, or to a specific approved receptor, not connected directly to the drainage system?