FIXTURES, FAUCETS AND FIXTURE FITTINGS

TABLE 2.3.1
MINIMUM NUMBER OF REQUIRED PLUMBING FIXTURES
(See Sections 2.3.2 and 2.3.3)
Water Closets
Lavatories Drinking
Use (Urinals see Section Bathtubs/
No Classification Description (Wash basin) Fountain (See Other
Group 2.19.2) Showers
Section 2.10.1)
Male Female Male Female
Theaters usually with
fixed seats and other
A-1 buildings for the 1 per 125 1 per 65 1 per 200 — 1 per 500 1 service sink
performing arts and
motion pictures
Wedding halls and
buildings for similar 1 per 40 1 per 40 1 per 20 — 1 per 500 1 service sink
A-2 purposes
Restaurants, banquet halls
Assembly (see 1 per 75 1 per 75 1 per 200 — 1 per 500 1 service sink
and food courts
Sections 2.3.2, Auditoriums without
1
2.3.5 and permanent seating, art
2.3.6) galleries, exhibition halls,
1 per 125 1 per 65 1 per 200 — 1 per 500 1 service sink
museums, lecture halls,
libraries, arcades and
A-3 gymnasiums
Passenger terminals and
transportation facilities
1 per 500 1 per 500 1 per 750 — 1 per 1,000 1 service sink

1 per 25 (Including
Masajed 1 per 100 1 per 50 1 per 200 1 per 500 1 service sink
wadu taps)
Coliseums, arenas, skating 1 per 75 for
1 per 40
rinks, pools and tennis for the first
the first
courts for indoor sporting 1,500 and
1,500 and 1
events and activities 1 per 60 1 Per
A-4 per 120 for 1 per 150 — 1 per 1,000 1 service sink
remainder
for the 200
remainder
exceeding
exceeding
1,500
1,500

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Water Closets
Lavatories Drinking
Use (Urinals see Section Bathtubs/
No Classification Description (Wash basin) Fountain (See Other
Group 2.19.2) Showers
Section 2.10.1)
Male Female Male Female
1 per 75 l per 40
for the first for the
Stadiums, amusement
1,500 and first 1,500
parks, bleachers and
1 per 120 and 1 per 1 per
A-5 grandstands for outdoor 1 per 150 — 1 per 1,000 1 service sink
for the 60 for the 200
sporting events and
remainder remainder
activities
exceeding exceeding
1,500 1,500
Buildings for the
transaction of business,
Business (see 1 per 25 for the first 50 1 per 40 for the first
professional services,
Sections 2.3.2, and 1 per 50 for the 50 and 1 per 80 for
2 B other services involving — 1 per 100 1 service sink
2.3.4 and remainder exceeding the remainder
merchandise, office
2.3.6) 50 exceeding 50
buildings, banks, light
industrial and similar uses

3 Educational E Educational Facilities 1 per 50 1 per 50 — 1 per 100 1 service sink

Structures in which
occupants are engaged in
Factory and F-1 and
4 work fabricating, 1 per 15 1 per 15 (see Section 2.11) 1 per 60 1 service sink
industrial F-2
assembly or processing of
products or materials

5 Institutional I-1 Residential care 1 per 10 1 per 10 1 per 8 1 per 100 1 service sink

Hospitals, ambulatory 1 service sink per

I-2 1 per room c 1 per room c 1 per 15 1 per 100
nursing home patients b floor

Employees, other than

1 per 25 1 per 35 — 1 per 100 —
residential care b

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Water Closets
Lavatories Drinking
Use (Urinals see Section Bathtubs/
No Classification Description (Wash basin) Fountain (See Other
Group 2.19.2) Showers
Section 2.10.1)
Male Female Male Female
Visitors, other than
1 per 75 1 per 100 — 1 per 500 —
residential care

Prisons b 1 per cell 1 per cell 1 per 15 1 per 100 1 service sink
I-3
Reformitories, detention
centers, and correctional 1 per 15 1 per 15 1 per 15 1 per 100 1 service sink
centers b

Adult daycare and

I-4 1 per 15 1 per 15 1 per 15d 1 per 100 1 service sink
childcare b
Mercantile Retail stores, service
(see Sections stations, shops,
6 M 1 per 500 1 per 750 — 1 per 1,000 1 service sink
2.3.2, 2.3.5 salesrooms, markets and
and 2.3.6) shopping centers
Hotels, motels, boarding
7 Residential R-1 1 per guestroom 1 per guestroom 1 per guestroom — 1 service sink
houses (transient)
R-2
Dormitories, fraternities,
sororities and boarding 1 per 10 1 per 10 1 per 8 1 per 100 1 service sink
houses (not transient)

1 kitchen sink per

dwelling unit; 1
1 per dwelling automatic clothes
R-2 Apartment house 1 per dwelling unit 1 per dwelling unit —
unit washer connection
per 20 dwelling
unitse

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Water Closets
Lavatories Drinking
Use (Urinals see Section Bathtubs/
No Classification Description (Wash basin) Fountain (See Other
Group 2.19.2) Showers
Section 2.10.1)
Male Female Male Female
1 kitchen sink per
dwelling unit; 1
One- and two family 1 per dwelling
R-3 1 per dwelling unit 1 per dwelling unit — automatic clothes
dwellings unit
washer connection
per dwelling unit e
Residential care/assisted
R-4 1 per 10 1 per 10 1 per 8 1 per 100 1 service sink
living facilities
Structures for the storage
Storage (see of goods, warehouses,
S-1
8 Sections 2.3.2 storehouse and freight 1 per 100 1 per 100 1 per 1,000 See Section 2.11 1 service sink
S-2
and 2.3.4) depots. Low and Moderate
Hazard.
a. The fixtures shown are based on one fixture being the minimum required for the number of persons indicated or any fraction of the number of persons indicated. The number of occupants
shall be determined by the Saudi Building Code Architectural Requirements SBC 201.
b. Toilet facilities for employees shall be separate from facilities for inmates or patients.
c. A single-occupant toilet room with one water closet and one lavatory (wash basin) serving not more than two adjacent patient rooms shall be permitted where such room is provided with
direct access from each patient room and with provisions for privacy.
d. For day nurseries, a maximum of one bathtub shall be required.
e. For attached one- and two-family dwellings, one automatic clothes washer connection shall be required per 20 dwelling units.

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