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Home » Uniform Plumbing Code

Articles Tagged with ''Uniform Plumbing Code''

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IAPMO solicits proposals for 2024 UPC, UMC

June 30, 2020

No proposals will be accepted after the 5 p.m. PST deadline on Jan. 4, 2021.


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IAPMO publishes 2021 editions of Uniform Plumbing Code, Uniform Mechanical Code

April 8, 2020

Developed and subsequently republished at the conclusion of each three-year code cycle, the UPC and UMC are designed to provide consumers with plumbing, heating and mechanical systems that meet all applicable standards while, at the same time, allowing latitude for innovation and new technologies.


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Julius Ballanco: Drinking foundtain or bottle filler

What should the plumbing code mandate regarding a drinking fountain?
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Julius Ballanco P.E., CPD
March 8, 2019

As a backpacker, the most important item I carry in my backpack is water. I start each morning of a hike with three liters of water; two in my bladder and one in my bottle. The water bottle looks like any typical water bottle that people carry.


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Proposed Illinois plumbing code mandates 160° F water

How hot is too hot?
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Julius Ballanco P.E., CPD
February 20, 2019

There are four remaining state-written plumbing codes used in the United States. You could say that the remaining four states are just stubborn. Maybe they think they do it better than the model plumbing codes, but they don’t.


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IAPMO seeks Technical Committee members for 2021 UPC and UMC

The deadline to submit an application is Feb. 1, 2018
November 30, 2017
The provisions of these codes apply to the erection, installation, alteration, repair, relocation, replacement, addition to, and use or maintenance of plumbing and mechanical systems.

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Sizing natural gas systems the right way

Give ‘er the gas...
Doug Kirk
October 19, 2017

The goal of my last column was to begin to change the way most plumbers size natural gas distribution systems.


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IAPMO combines code development and standards departments

Move will improve efficiency of departments to better serve industry
October 1, 2017

Hugo Aguilar returns following a year-long stint as director of codes and standards for the ASA.


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IAPMO announces earlier release date for 2021 Uniform Codes

The codes will now be released in the first quarter of 2020
August 3, 2017

The 2021 Uniform Plumbing Code and 2021 Uniform Mechanical Code will be available in the first quarter of 2020.


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IAPMO advances development of 2018 Uniform Codes during Technical Committee meetings

May 17, 2017
During the May 1-4 meetings at the Disney Paradise Pier Hotel in Anaheim, the committees reviewed and moved to accept, amend and accept, or reject public comments regarding proposed amendments to the 2015 editions of the Uniform Codes.

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Fixture Units Table 610.3

Fixture Units Table 610.3: Uniform Plumbing Code

Because if we had wanted to do math we’d have applied at Google
April 24, 2017

Table 610.3 in the Uniform Plumbing Code provides a matrix of fixture unit values for various fixtures so you do not have to figure this out on your own.


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