The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-20

cellars snall % ufdiheu, When pOSslpie. w
means OF suitable. properly laid, earthenware tile
pipes. They Sian not communicate directly With
any drain carrying foul sewage or With a sewer
or ceSSpOOl. Where possible they shall connect
with the sub-SOil drains In the street.
Plumbing Rules.
SEC. rs. All materials used mnst be OF good
quality and free from defects; the work must be
executed IN a thorough and worlmanIike man
Der.
From a point three feet outside the foundation
walls of a building no material may be used with
In the building aud connecting with the sewer for
soil waste or vent pipes. other than wrought or
cast iron pipes, with securely loaded joints, or
lead pipes With sOldered Or wiped JOINTS. Cement
or putty joints, tin or sheet iron pipes whether
galvanized or not. shall not be used.
No soil or waste pipe shall have fall of less
than one Inch In ten feet
SEC. H.. All cast iron pipes must be sound,
free from holes or crack, and of the grade known
In commerce as extra heavy, coated with tar or
asphatum. The following weights per llneal foot
will be accepted as standards:
inches, 54 pounds per llneal foot.
inches, or pounds per lineal foot.
inches, 13 pounds per netl foot
inches, IL pounds per lneal foot
inches, 20 pounds per lineal foot.
All wrought iron pipe must be OF standard
weight.
An fittings used in connection with such pipe
shall correspond with 1t in weight and quality.
Where lead pipe is used to connect fixtures with
vertical soil or waste pipes. or TO connect traps
with vertical vent pipes, 1t must not be lighter
The arrangement of soil and waste pipes must
be as direct as possible. The drain, soil and
waste pipe and traps should, II practicable. be
exposed 10 view at all times for ready Inspection
and for convenience OF repairing. When neces-
sarily placed within partitions or In recesses Of
walls. soil and waste pipes should be covered with
woodwork SO fastened with screws as To be read
lily removed:
MAN, Soil and Waste Pipes.
SEC. IS. A main waste pipe into which wash
basins, bathtubS or Kitchen sinks discharge must
he at least two inches in diameter, with one and
one-half inch branches.
The main pipe from the sewer connection to
the house tap must beat least four az inches In
interior diameter at every point. No trap or any
manner of obstruction to the free flow of air
through the whole course of the main house sew
er or soil pipe will be allowed.
This may be secured by an untrapped main
house sewer and soil pipe. or III trap is placed in
the main soil pipe. bya ventatlng pipe leading
to the roof from the lower side of the trap and a
fresh air inlet connecting with the foot of the
main soil pipe just above the trap
Every vertical, soil and waste pipe must be eX-
tended at least two feet above the highest part of
the roof or coping. 1t must be of unfinished
size without return bend. with open or basket
| end. IL must not open near window nor an air
Shaft which yentilates living rooms.
Soil, waste and vent pipes imam extension must
when otherwise they would open within twenty
feet of the windows of main house or the adiOln-
ing house.
SEC. 10. All Joints in iron drain pipes, soil
pipes and waste pipes. except where screw Joints
are used. must be so filled with oaklIm and lead
All connections of lead pipes with iron pipes
must he made with a brass or lead sleeve or fer
rule of the same size as the lead pipe. put in the
hub of the branch of the iron pipe and calked
with lead. The lead pipe must he attached to the
ferrule by wiped or overcast joint
All connections of lead, waste and vent-plpes
shall be made by means of wiped joints.
Inspection.
SEC. 90. Before the fixtures are placed in con
nectlon plumbing of any house or building. and
before the soil pipe is connected with the sewer,
the outletof the soil pipe and all openings into il
below the top shall be Theoretically sealed; the
pipe shall then be filed with water to its top and
every Joint be carefully examined by the pepper-
mint or other test Defective pipes discovered
must be removed and replaced by sound ones and
all defective joints made tight, and every part Of
the work he made to conform to these rules and
regulations, and subject to the approval of the
Inspector.
In eases where plumbing work has been com
pleted in building before these rules and regula-
| tons came in force, If the plumbing has been
done In accordance with these rules and regula-
lions. permits will be granted for making con-
nections with the sewer as in new work. but in
the plumbing is not in accordance with these
rules and regulations, such alterations shall be
made as the superintendent shall direct. TO make
| the plumbing safe to the persons residing in the
| house, and such as to be no source of injury or
stoppage To the sewer. In all cases the soil pipe
| shall pass through and above the roof Traps are
| to be ventilated, fixtures and pipes clean, and
waste and soil pipes to have sufficient fall.
| Traps
| Sec 81 Every water closet urnal sink. wash
| tray bath tub and every tub or set of tubs must
be separately and effectually trapped. Traps
| must be placed as near the fixtures as practible
| In no case shall water from bath tub or other
| fixture be connected with the water closet trap
Sinks In all packing houses, butcher shops,
| lard rendering establishments, hotels reStaur-
| ants, boarding houses and laundries shall be
| provided with suitable grease trap. Wash
rooms for carriages must be provided with
| proper means for intercepting mud.
| Vent pipes.
SEC %. Traps must he protected from syphon-
age, or the waste pipe leading from them ventil-
a 10 a nj a nr ~
of trap, in no case less than two inches in dame
| ter for water closet traps, and one inch and a
een feet e i in enrt when i shall sba moi he ess
than one and u half inches in diameter. The
yerta vent pipes for traps of water closets in
be at least three inches in diameter, with two
inch branches to each trap. and for traps of
other fixtures not less than two inches In diane
ter. unless the trap Is smaller in which case the
diameter OF branch vent pipes must he at least
equal to the diameter of the trap. In all eases
vent pipes must be Of cast or wrought iron and
connected to traps with brass or lead ferrule.
/ Vent pipes must extend two feet above the
highest part of the roof or coping. The extension
TO be not less than three inches in diameter to
avoid obstruction from frost, or they may be
branched into a soil pipe above, the inlet from
the highest fixture. They may be combined 10y
branching together those which serve several
traps. These air pipes must always have con-
densation.
No trap vent pipe shah be used as waste OF
No brick sheet metal earthenware or
chimney fiue shall be used as a sewer ventator.
nor to ventlate any trap. drain, soil or waste
pipe.
SEC. %. Every lead safe under wash tray.
urinal. refrigerator or water closet must be
drained by special pipe not directly connect
ed with any waste pipe. soil pipe or sewer Tile
drip pipe from refrigeratOrs shall not be con
nected directly with the soil or waste pipe OF
| with the sewer.
Rain waler conductors shall not be connected
with the sewers without special permit.
Overilows from Fixtures.
! SEC. 81. Oyerilows from fixtures must, In
each case. be connected on the inlet side of the
trap.
/ Water Closets
SEC. 20. Water closets must be of an approved
and should be supplied from n special tanI
placed over tnem in which case the waste OF
overflow from the tank must discharge into the
open air of the basin of the closet, and not int,
the soil pipe directly Direct service of a water
closet Is prohibited.
llinteror water closet departments should bs
ventilated into air shafts where possible.
A.. StrainerS.
SEC. 20. Exit pipes To all fixtures except
water closets shall be furnished with suitable
permanently attached straners. approved b,
the superintendent.
SEC. "a. No person shall place. or suffer TO be-
placed, any bulky substance In any sewe
opening. or In the house connections, or privat,
drains connecting with any public. main or later
al sewer, or any substance having tendency Il
obstruct the free fowage Of said sewers or Il
damage them In any way.