Sumps are usually attached between a box gutter and the downpipe.
Box gutter sump revit.
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They collect storm water before it is carried away by the downpipe and they also serve to catch any debris before it enters the downpipe.
Box gutter slope slope should be within the range of 1 40 to 1 200.
The total flow is used to size the sump and overflow.
You simply input the data you would normally enter into a roof drainage calculation sheet into the revit family i also added a few more inputs to allow further control over the family.
Earlier this week i created a box gutter sump family that replaces an excel spreadsheet that i used to use.
However a wider overflow may increase the length of the sump.
You simply input the data you would normally enter into a roof drainage calculation sheet into the revit family i also added a few more inputs to allow further control over the family.
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Sumps can be made to order but are commonly manufactured in either 100mm and 150mm depths.
A wider overflow needs less depth of overflow hence the box gutter depth will also be reduced.
You simply input the data you would normally enter into a roof drainage calculation sheet into the revit family i also added a few more inputs to allow further control over the family.
Making the box gutter wider will also reduce the box gutter depth.
However by definition to have a sump somewhere along the gutter implies that there will be flow approaching the sump from two sides.
As an alternative the top of the rainhead may be installed so that it is no higher than 50 per cent of the flow depth of the box gutter consistent with saa hb39 installation code for metal roof and wall cladding section 5 clause 5 7 3 and figure 5 7 3 to prevent internal flooding or damage to the building or contents see figure 2.
The side with the maximum flow is used to size the box gutter.
You simply input the data you would normally enter into a roof drainage calculation sheet into the revit family i also added a few more inputs to allow further control over the family.
The box gutter depth and the sump length are influenced by the size of the overflow.
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