Section 675IAC15-2-42. Toilets; shower compartments; dishwashers; washing machines

   (a) Toilets shall be as follows:

(1) Each toilet shall be designed and manufactured according to approved standards and shall be equipped with a water flushing device capable of adequately flushing and cleaning the bowl at each operation of the flushing mechanism.

(2) Toilet flushing devices shall be designed to replace the water seal in the bowl after each operation. Flush valves, flushometer valves, and ball cocks shall operate automatically to shut off at the end of each flush or when the tank is filled to operating capacity.

(3) Flush tanks shall be fitted with an overflow pipe large enough to prevent flooding at the maximum flow rate of the ball cock. Overflow pipes shall discharge into the toilet, through the tank.

(4) Toilets that have fouling surfaces that are not thoroughly washed at each discharge shall be prohibited. Any toilet that might permit the contents of the bowl to be siphoned back into the water system shall be prohibited.

(5) Floor Connection. Toilets shall be securely bolted to an approved flange or other approved fitting which is secured to the floor by means of corrosion-resistant plated screws. The bolts shall be of solid brass or other corrosion-resistant material and shall be not less than one-fourth inch (1/4") in diameter. A watertight seal shall be made between the toilet and flange or other approved fitting by use of a gasket or sealing compound. (See 675 IAC 15-2-13(b).)

(6) Recirculating or mechanical seal toilets may provide for storage of liquid waste and body waste as an integral part of the unit. When a mechanical seal toilet does not contain storage for the retention of liquid waste and body waste it shall be connected to an approved waste holding tank.

(7) Floor or Tank Connections. Toilets, when directly connected to a waste holding tank shall be securely bolted to either the tank or the floor by means of an approved closet flange or other approved fitting. Bolts and screws when used shall be of brass or other noncorrosive material and shall not be less than one-fourth inch (1/4") in diameter. A watertight seal shall be made between the toilet and flange or other approved fittings by the use of a gasket or sealing compound.

  (b) Shower compartments shall be as follows:

(1) Each compartment stall shall be provided with an approved watertight receptor with sides and back extending one inch (1") above the finished dam or threshold. In no case shall the depth of a shower receptor be less than two inches (2") or more than nine inches (9") measured from the top of the finished dam or threshold to the top of the drain. The wall area shall be constructed of smooth, noncorrosive, and nonabsorbent waterproof materials to a height not less than six feet (6ʹ) above the compartment floor level. Such walls shall form a watertight joint with each other and with the receptor or shower floor. The floor of the compartment shall slope uniformly to the drain at not less than one-fourth inch (1/4") nor more than one-half inch (1/2") per foot. Minimum of nine hundred (900) square inches (thirty inches (30") minimum diameter circle) in floor area.

(2) The joint around the drain connection shall be made watertight by a flange, clamping ring, or other approved listed means.

(3) Shower doors and tub and shower enclosures shall be constructed so as to be waterproof and, if glazed, glazing shall comply with the Indiana Building Code (675 IAC 13-2 [675 IAC 13-2 was repealed filed Feb 15, 1989, 5:00 p.m.: 12 IR 1552, eff Apr 3, 1989.]).

(4) Prefabricated plumbing fixtures shall be approved or listed and shall comply with all applicable requirements relating to such fixtures.

  (c) Dishwashing machines shall be as follows:

(1) Dishwashing machines shall not be directly connected to any waste piping, but shall discharge its waste through a fixed air gap installed above the machine. The drain connection from the air gap may connect to an individual trap, to a directional fitting installed in the sink tailpiece, or to the opening provided on the inlet side of a food waste disposal unit.

(2) Drain from a dishwashing machine shall not be connected to a sink tailpiece, continuous waste line, or trap on the discharge side of a food waste disposal unit.

  (d) Clothes washing machines shall be as follows:

(1) Clothes washing machines shall drain either into a properly vented trap into a laundry tub tailpiece with watertight connections, into an open standpipe receptor, or over the rim of a laundry tub.

(2) Standpipes shall be one and one-half inches (1 1/2"), minimum, nominal iron pipe size, or one and one-half inches (1 1/2") outside diameter nominal brass tubing not less than No. 20 Brown and Sharpe gauge or one and one-half inches (1 1/2") approved plastic. Receptors shall discharge into a vented trap or shall be connected to a laundry tub tailpiece by means of an approved or listed directional fitting. Each standpipe shall extend not less than eighteen inches (18") or more than thirty inches (30") above its trap and shall terminate in an accessible location no lower than the top of clothes washing machine.

(3) Clothes washing machine drains shall not be connected to the tailpiece, continuous waste, or trap of any sink or dishwashing machine.

(Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission; 675 IAC 15-2-42; filed Mar 25, 1986, 1:44 pm: 9 IR 1994, eff Jun 15, 1986; readopted filed Nov 29, 2001, 12:21 p.m.: 25 IR 1306; readopted filed Sep 21, 2007, 9:20 a.m.: 20071010-IR-675070388RFA; readopted filed Oct 10, 2007, 9:16 a.m: 20071031-IR-675070388RFA; readopted filed Aug 4, 2011, 8:35 a.m.: 20110831-IR-675110254RFA)