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Design principles
Sizing of rainwater installations
There is an approved BS EN method for the calculation of roof
ow load, and the following general guidelines and assumptions
on sizing of rainwater installations are based on this. For detailed
guidance on a particular project, please refer to BS EN 120563:2000 Gravity Drainage Systems Inside Buildings Roof
Drainage, Layout and Calculations, or contact Terrain Technical
Services on 01622 795200.
Rainfall
Once you have calculated the ERA, for 75mm/hr rainfall intensity
Snow
W
H
L
90o
Wind
There is no requirement to allow for the effect of wind when
designing a rainwater system for at roofs or roofs protected
from the wind by adjacent buildings. However, the wind and the
roof slope can have the effect of increasing the roof ow load
for unprotected pitched roofs. This is allowed for in the BS EN
12056-3:2000 calculation method by adding half the rise to the
roof span.
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Fig. 5
Downpipe
Size/Type (mm)
Position A
Level Gutter
Gutter
1:350 fall
Area
(m2)
Flow
(l/s)
Area
(m2)
Flow
(l/s)
46
0.96
61
1.27
53
1.10
72
1.50
2100 Crescent
68 round
2200 Corniche
62 square
2300 Streamline
75 Square
82 and
100 round
2400 Rapidow
68 & 82 round
123
105
2.56
2.19
147
133
3.06
2.77
2500 Omega
62 square
68 round
Position B
96
2.00
121
2.52
37
0.77
49
1.02
42
0.87
58
1.21
103
2.14
123
2.56
86
1.79
109
2.27
77
1.60
97
2.02
92
1.91
122
2.54
113
2.36
149
3.11
75 Square
241
5.02
286
5.96
82 round
242
5.04
286
5.96
110 round
242
5.04
294
6.11
210
4.38
266
5.53
192
4.00
242
5.04
2100 Crescent
68 round
Size
part no.
Flow capacity
litres/sec Head of water at outlet
30mm
50mm
100mm
2180.2
50
0.88
1.18
1.78
2180.3
82
2.12
2.52
3.21
2181.2
50
2.00
2.27
2.69
2181.3
82
2.10
4.89
7.22
2170.3
82
9.18
11.08
13.67
2170.4
110
9.29
14.11
18.22
2171.3
82
4.94
9.24
16.64
2171.4
110
5.17
9.95
24.18
2200 Corniche
62 square
2300 Streamline
75 Square
82 and
100 round
2400 Rapidow
68 & 82 round
2500 Omega
62 square
68 round
Position C
2100 Crescent
68 round
2200 Corniche
62 square
2300 Streamline
2400 Rapidow
68 & 82 round
2500 Omega
62 square
68 round
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