Uniformat D2010
Water closet
Also called toilet, WC
Service life
Years in service. One stated life so far; the band will widen as sources are added.
Basis
- 40 years · CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p11 · HUD CNA 3.4.1.3.5 “Toilets/bidets/urinals” — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (planning life)Same life for family and elderly properties. US multifamily housing.
How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.
Municipal accounting lives for plumbing (D20)
14 municipal policies from Ontario set a life for plumbing as a whole, from 10 distinct tables: 15–50 years, median 26.3. These are amortization periods chosen for accounting, not measured lives, and they describe the system rather than this component.
Years. Each dot is one stated life and each bar a stated range; equal values stack. The dashed line is the median. Policies that copy the same table count once.
All 18 stated lives
| Municipality | As written | Years | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | Building Fixtures | 15 | p15 · 2016 |
| Meaford | Plumbing - Water Treatment System | 15 | p17 · 2020 |
| Trent Lakes | Mechanical Systems - Fixtures | 15 | p10 · 2009 |
| London | Building Components - Services (HVAC, lighting, communication, plumbing etc.) | 20 | p2 · 2023 |
| Meaford | Plumbing - Fixtures | 20 | p16 · 2020 |
| Meaford | Plumbing - Boiler | 20 | p17 · 2020 |
| Meaford | Plumbing - Septic System | 25 | p17 · 2020 |
| Rainy River | Building Improvements - Electrical/Plumbing | 25 | p11 · 2010 |
| The Blue Mountains | Septic System | 25 | p11 · 2019 |
| Bancroft, Centre Hastings, Hastings Highlands, Wollaston · same table | Electrical/Plumbing | 25–30 | p5, p4, p6, p5 |
| Greater Napanee | E30 Chillers, Rink Piping, Fuel Storage Tanks | 30 | p16 · 2012 |
| Grey Highlands | Septic System | 30 | p11 · 2026 |
| The Blue Mountains | Plumbing System | 30 | p11 · 2019 |
| Trent Lakes | Mechanical Systems - Piping | 30 | p10 · 2009 |
| Greater Madawaska, Quinte West · same table | Piping | 50 | p17, p38 · 2025 |
| Meaford | Plumbing - System | 50 | p16 · 2020 |
| Meaford | Plumbing - Cistern | 50 | p16 · 2020 |
| The Blue Mountains | Cistern | 50 | p11 · 2019 |
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Preventive maintenance
No maintenance tasks are sourced for this component yet.
Open questions
- Only one source so far: HUD planning lives for US multifamily housing. Canadian and observed sources are needed.
- No preventive maintenance tasks are sourced yet.
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Cite this
Citation
unfinished.one (2026). Water closet, v0.1.0. https://unfinished.one/c/water-closet/v/0.1.0BibTeX
@misc{unfinished_water_closet_0_1_0,
title = {Water closet},
author = {{unfinished.one}},
year = {2026},
version = {0.1.0},
url = {https://unfinished.one/c/water-closet/v/0.1.0},
note = {CC BY 4.0}
}Licence CC BY 4.0 · How to cite · JSON · Versions: 0.1.0