Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred...
by rightbyte on Friday May 19, 2023 @04:24AM
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Is that a problem though? Office toilettes are used way more often then residential. You can just put more residential toilettes in series than you could put office toilettes.
Pipes dimensioned for an office floor is surely enough for flats.
Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred...
by CapstanRoller on Friday May 19, 2023 @01:43PM
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It really depends on the building. I've seen some older office buildings with 2-4 toilets per floor. Not sure if those can be retrofitted for more capacity...
Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred...
by rightbyte on Friday May 19, 2023 @05:04PM
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My point is that people don't poop or pee less at the office (I guess?), so those 2-4 toilets should be flushed about as much as if they all lived there and had a toilet each. And offices have more people per sq feet, so residential conversions should not flood the pipes.
Although showers could mess up my 'theory'. But the sewer from those is easier to get flowing than toilettes I guess.
Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred...
by CapstanRoller on Friday May 19, 2023 @06:39PM
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The bigger problem is finding space for pipes. Many commercial buildings have specialized vertical tunnels for plumbing. The bathrooms in these buildings are usually adjacent to these tunnels, and there are no provisions for expanding plumbing to other areas of the floor in order to separate the floorspace into separate apartments with their own bathrooms.
The vertical tunnels are also designed to handle some number of main pipes based on N bathrooms per floor that you'd typically find in an office, with no room for expansion to handle N*10 bathroom capacity.