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    Roofrain Drain Calculation

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    The document provides steps to calculate drainage requirements for a roof based on rainfall rate and total roof area: 1. Calculate the total roof area and determine the maximum hourly rainfall rate. 2. Use tables to determine the drainage capacity in gallons per minute (GPM) of different sized vertical leaders at that rainfall rate. 3. Divide the total required GPM by the GPM capacity of different leaders to determine how many leaders are needed.

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    The document provides steps to calculate drainage requirements for a roof based on rainfall rate and total roof area: 1. Calculate the total roof area and determine the maximum hourly rainfall rate. 2. Use tables to determine the drainage capacity in gallons per minute (GPM) of different sized vertical leaders at that rainfall rate. 3. Divide the total required GPM by the GPM capacity of different leaders to determine how many leaders are needed.

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    The document provides steps to calculate drainage requirements for a roof based on rainfall rate and total roof area: 1. Calculate the total roof area and determine the maximum hourly rainfall rate. 2. Use tables to determine the drainage capacity in gallons per minute (GPM) of different sized vertical leaders at that rainfall rate. 3. Divide the total required GPM by the GPM capacity of different leaders to determine how many leaders are needed.

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    Roofrain Drain Calculation

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    Nghia
    The document provides steps to calculate drainage requirements for a roof based on rainfall rate and total roof area: 1. Calculate the total roof area and determine the maximum hourly rainfall rate. 2. Use tables to determine the drainage capacity in gallons per minute (GPM) of different sized vertical leaders at that rainfall rate. 3. Divide the total required GPM by the GPM capacity of different leaders to determine how many leaders are needed.

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    1- calculate the total area of roof

    2- determine the maximum hourly rainfall in inches .


    3 - select leader size (3,4,5,6,inch)
    4- from table 1 determine the area can be drained by leader at max. rainfall rate.
    5-divide the total roof area by the area can be drained by leader at max. rainfall rate.

    ROOF DRAIN VERTICAL LEADER REQUIREMENTS FOR HORIZONTAL ROOF AREAS AT VARIOUS RAINFALL RATES
    Hourly Rain Fall In Inches
    Leaders size open
    pipe size area 1 1 1/2 2 2 1/2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    inches sq.in.
    2 3.14 2880 1920 1440 1150 960 720 575 480 410 360
    3 7.06 8880 5860 4400 3520 2930 2200 1760 1470 1260 1100
    4 12.56 18400 12700 9200 7360 6130 4600 3680 3070 2630 2300
    5 19.6 34600 23050 17300 13840 11530 8650 6920 5765 4945 4325
    6 28.3 54000 36000 27000 21600 18000 13500 10800 9000 7715 6750
    8 50.25 116000 77400 58000 46400 38680 29000 23200 19315 16570 14500
    TABLE 1
    ALLOWABLE FLOW FOR VERTICAL LEADERS AND HORIZONTAL STORM DRAINS

    ALLOWABLE FLOW IN GPM

    HORIZONTAL STORM DRAINS SLOPE PER FOOT


    PIPE SIZE VERTICAL LEADER
    1/8" 1/4" 1/2"
    2 30 12 17 24
    3 90 36 51 72
    4 192 78 111 157
    5 348 142 201 284
    6 566 231 327 462
    8 1220 498 705 996
    10 2200 902 1275 1804
    12 #VALUE! 1467 2076 2934
    15 0 2666 3774 5332
    TABLE 2

    STEPS FOR CALCULATING DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS USING GPM

    GPM = 0.0104 *R*A


    R = RAINFALL INTENSITY- INCHES/HOUR = 4"
    A = ROOF AREA - SQUARE FEET = 135000
    GPM = 0.0104 *4*135000 = 5613 =5620
    REFER TO TABLE 2 A4' LEADER WILL HANDLE 192 GPM
    5616 192 = 29.25 =30 a 4" leaders rerquired
    5616 566 =9.9 = 10 a6" leader
    0.0104 A R GPM 3" 4" 5" 6" No.of3" No. 4" No.5"
    0.0104 135000 4 5616 90 192 348 566 63 30 17

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