CHAPTER 8

THE HOUSE SEWER

House Sewer is defined as, that portion of the horizontal drainage system, which starts from
the outer face of the building and terminate at the main sewer in the street or septic tank.
Other code defined House Sewer as, that portion of the horizontal drainage system, which
starts 90 centimeters from the outer face of the building. House sewer is sometimes called the
Building Sewer

The Main Sewer line is financed and maintained by the government. Those houses along the
street with main sewer line are required to connect their house sewers to the public sewer line.

The house sewer is connection to the main sewer

The House Sewer is connected to main sewer by boring a small hole through the concrete pipe,
using a
sharpened steel chisel or electric drill. The hole is gradually enlarged to receive the sleeve. Extra
care should be exercised not to break the inside wall of the main sewer The House Sewer pipe
is connected to the Main Sewer entering at 45 degrees angle or directly from the top

General Conditions in Installing Sewer Pipes

1. Secure permits from the sewerage authority
2. Verify the depth of the house drain outlet
3. Determine the depth of the connection with the main sewer in the street and the grade of
the house sewer
4. The depth is found by measuring the length of the longest branch of the house drain
multiplied by the
pre-planned pitch per meter
5. Ad the required 30 cm ground coverings from the top of concrete floor or 40 centimeters of
ground
covering without concrete floor
6. Verify the depth of the connection to be made with main sewer. Remove the manhole cover
on both
ends. Measure the depth using a meter tape or stick.
7. The grade of the house sewer could be found through the difference between the House
Sewer and the depth of the Main Sewer. A leveling instrument will give a satisfactory result.
Additional grade can be made with the use of 1/8 bend considered as the most practical
method of establishing grade.
Size of the House Sewer
The size of house sewer for residential connection to the main or septic tank has been
established by sanitary authorities, based on their records of installation tests, and
mathematical conclusions.
The old practice is to use 150 mm or 6 inches diameter cement or vitrified clay pipe for house
sewer. If plastic pipe or its interior surface texture equivalent is used, the
diameter can be reduce to 100 mm diameter, subject to the standard rules, promulgated by the
National Plumbing Code. In selecting sewer pipe for hotels, apartment houses commercial and
industrial buildings, the total discharges in terms of fixture unit are considered. Likewise, the
overlapping of discharges and the simultaneous use of the fixtures are also included in the
calculations