LCI Preconstruction & Estimating Training Manual

11/22/2017

Roof Drains Secondary

• Sits next to primary roof drain • Starts collecting water if primary drain clogged • Piping runs parallel to primary drain • Piping is above ground ▫ Acts as warning

Grease Interceptors

Roof Drains

• Filters grease from storm water • Three Chamber • Three Filters • First Chamber ▫ Screened orifice ▫ Permanent Pool of Water • Second Chamber ▫ Oil retention • Third Chamber ▫ Collect and Disperse ▫ Storm water drain network ▫ Infiltration Basin

Primary Secondary

Roof Drains Primary

Materials for Piping

• Copper Piping

▫ Ideal but expensive

• Cast Iron

▫ Typically used in construction

Materials for Piping

• Flat Roof slightly pitched around drain • Water collected and directly send to filtering plant • All piping underground • Storm water is never mixed with waste water

• Galvanized Steel

▫ Not preferred due to chemical reaction with zinc

Galvanized Steel

Cast Iron

PVC

Copper

• PVC

▫ Plastics not preferred with sewage

• CPVC and PVBC ▫ Soft material

▫ Compressed fittings

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