FprEN 13598-2

Plastics piping systems for non-pressure underground drains and sewers - Unplasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC-U), polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) - Part 2: Specifications for manholes and inspection chambers

Publication date:   Nov 20, 2025

Scope

This document specifies the definitions and requirements for unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC-U), polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) manholes and inspection chambers having a base with a flow channel and joints to the piping system, intended for use in non-pressure underground drains and sewers for wastewater, up to a maximum depth of 6 m from ground level to the invert of the flow channel.
This document is applicable to manholes and inspection chambers, intended for use buried in the ground outside a building structure, reflected by the marking of products by “U”.
This document is applicable to manholes and inspection chambers intended for use in pedestrian or vehicular trafficked areas.
NOTE 1 Products complying with this document can also be used in non-traffic areas.
NOTE 2 Products complying with this document can be installed without additional static calculation.
Manhole and inspection chamber components complying with this document can be manufactured by various methods e.g. extrusion, injection moulding, rotational moulding, low-pressure moulding or factory fabricated.
Manholes and inspection chambers complying with this document are made from a prescribed set of components that are assembled together or manufactured as a single unit.
NOTE 3 The complete manhole or inspection chamber assembly includes items which are not specified in this document (for example near surface or surface components such as covers, frames and gratings complying with the relevant part of EN 124 [1]).
NOTE 4 Manholes and inspection chambers can be subject to national regulations and / or local provisions.