Minnesota Administrative Rules

4714.0707 CLEANOUTS.

UPC section 707.4 is amended to read as follows:

707.4 Location. Each horizontal drainage pipe shall be provided with a cleanout at its upper terminal and each run of piping that is more than 100 feet (30,480 mm) in total developed length shall be provided with a cleanout for each 100 feet (30,480 mm), or fraction therof, in length of such piping. An additional cleanout shall be provided in a drainage line for each aggregate horizontal change in direction exceeding 135 degrees (2.36 rad). A cleanout shall be installed above the fixture connection fitting serving each urinal, regardless of the location of the urinal in the building.

Exceptions:

(1) Cleanouts shall be permitted to be omitted on a horizontal drain line less than 5 feet (1,524 mm) in length unless such line is serving sinks or urinals.

(2) Cleanouts shall be permitted to be omitted on a horizontal drainage pipe installed on a slope of 72 degrees (1.26 rad) or less from the vertical angle (one-fifth bend).

(3) Excepting the building drain, its horizontal branches, kitchen sinks, and urinals, a cleanout shall not be required on a pipe or piping that is above the floor level of the lowest floor of the building.

(4) An approved type of two-way cleanout fitting, installed inside the building wall near the connection between the building drain and the building sewer or installed outside of a building at the lower end of a building drain and extended to grade, shall be permitted to be substituted for an upper terminal cleanout.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 326B.43; 326B.435

History:

40 SR 71; 45 SR 1007

Published Electronically:

September 27, 2021