Notes to Table 7.2.7.4.:
7.2.11.2. Certification or Conformance  (1) Water service pipes and fire service mains shall be certified or conform to the standards for the materials listed in Table 7.2.11.2. Table 7.2.11.2.   Water Service Pipe and Fire Service Main Materials Forming Part of Sentence 7.2.11.2.(1)  Column 1

Column 2

Column 3


Material

Standard

Limitations


Polyethylene pipe and fittings

Certified to Series 160 of CAN/CSA-B137.1, “Polyethylene (PE) Pipe, Tubing and Fittings for Cold Water Pressure Services”

 


Crosslinked polyethylene pressure pipe or tube and fittings

Certified to CAN/CSA-B137.5, “Crosslinked Polyethylene (PEX) Tubing Systems for Pressure Applications”

 


PVC pipe and fittings

Certified to CAN/CSA-B137.3, “Rigid Polyvinylchloride (PVC) Pipe for Pressure Applications”, or certified to CAN/CSA-B137.2, “Polyvinylchloride (PVC) Injection-Moulded Gasketed Fittings for Pressure Applications”

Pipe and fittings must have a rated working pressure of 1 100 kPa or more


CPVC pipe and fittings

Certified to CAN/CSA-B137.6, “Chlorinated Polyvinylchloride (CPVC) Pipe, Tubing and Fittings for Hot and Cold Water Distribution Systems”

The design temperature and pressure shall conform to the requirements of the CAN/CSA-B137.6, “Chlorinated Polyvinylchloride (CPVC) Pipe, Tubing and Fittings for Hot and Cold Water Distribution Systems”


Cast iron water pipe

Conform to ANSI/AWWA C151/A21.51, “Ductile-Iron Pipe, Centrifugally Cast for Water”

Pipe shall have a cement mortar lining conforming to ANSI/AWWA C104/A21.4, “Cement-Mortar Lining for Ductile-Iron Pipe and Fittings for Water”


Iron fittings for cast iron or ductile-iron water pipes

Conform to ANSI/AWWA C110/A21.10, “Ductile-Iron and Gray-Iron Fittings for Water”

Pipe shall have a cement mortar lining conforming to ANSI/AWWA C104/A21.4, “Cement-Mortar Lining for Ductile-Iron Pipe and Fittings for Water”


Rubber gasket joints for cast iron and ductile-iron water pipes

Conform to ANSI/AWWA C111/A21.11, “Rubber Gasket Joints for Ductile-Iron Pressure Pipe and Fittings”

 


Screwed cast iron water fittings

Conform to ANSI/ASME B16.4, “Gray Iron Threaded Fittings, Classes 125 and 250”

Screwed cast iron water fittings shall be cement-mortar lined or galvanized


Type K soft copper tube

Certified to ASTM B88, “Seamless Copper Water Tube”

 


Solder-joint fittings for copper water systems

Conform to ANSI B16.18, “Cast Copper Alloy Solder Joint Pressure Fittings”, or conform to ANSI/ASME B16.22, “Wrought Copper and Copper Alloy Solder-Joint Pressure Fittings”

Solder-joint fittings not made by casting or the wrought process shall conform to the applicable requirements of ANSI B16.18, “Cast Copper Alloy Solder-Joint Pressure Fittings”


Flared-joint fittings for copper water systems

Conform to ANSI/ASME B16.26, “Cast Copper Alloy Fittings for Flared Copper Tubes”

Flared-joint fittings not made by casting shall conform to ANSI/ASME B16.26, “Cast Copper Alloy Fittings for Flared Copper Tubes”


PE/AL/PE pipe and fittings

Certified to CAN/CSA B137.9, “Polyethylene/Aluminum/ Polyethylene (PE-AL-PE) Composite Pressure-Pipe Systems”

 


PEX/AL/PEX pipe and fittings

Certified to CAN/CSA B137.10, “Crosslinked Polyethylene/ Aluminum/Crosslinked Polyethylene (PEX-AL-PEX) Composite Pressure-Pipe Systems”