Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
PLUMBING REGULATIONS
Amendments and Changes Approved by
the Commissioners.
rroNfsfon for Issuing CertfRcates Ia
"""rheSmen Plumbers Special
Permits and Other Details.

roF some time past, in fact, ever since the
new plumbing regulations went into effec.
the commissioners have been imnortunaa
10 make certain amendments The cam
plants We're that the regulations were
either too broad in their scope in some re-
spects or did not properly cover the SUM-
Ject in others. Accordingly, the Commits
sioners, after several interviews with rep
resentatives of the Master Plumbers
Association. concluded to incorporate in
the new regulations the amendments sug-
gested, and today issued the following order
with reference thereto:
That sections Z. s. p, 81, 50, 50, 9S, lOO
III, ia, ll6. III, i2I and lao of the plumb
ing regulations of the District of Columbia
are hereby amended to read as follows:
Paragraph 4. section T. On and after
April 1, 1896, 1t shall not be lawful for any
person not a licensed master plumber to
employ another person to work at the
plumbing trade as a journeyman plumber
and no person shall be SO employed after
| that date who does not hold a cerIlhcate Of
competency issued by the Commission ers of
the District Of Columbia, and setting fortl
| his ability to do work as d Journeyman
plumber
"oecuon s. Every person who shall de-
sire, from and after November /, 1895, TO
work at the trade of piumoing in the Dis
trict OF Columbia as a journeyinaa piumper
anu who does not practice the business Of
plumbing (see section -, snaIl Apply % the
BOARD appointed by the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia for the examins-
ton OF plumbers, ana shall present him.
SELF for examination at the time designa ted
b. such board. II declared competent by
the examining board, he shall register his
name in the office OF the inspector of
"A of
potency to do work as a Journeyman
plumber.
Section q. Applications for permits to
excavate in any public street, for the pur-
pose of doing any work contemplated in
section 10. must be made 10 the permit
clerk. tSee sections -, "a, 81, "a, % and
14OD Blank forms of application will Ice
furnished to registered plumbers and the
representatives of companies having gas
mains. subways or conduits in the streets.
One dollar shall be paid permit fee for
each building, lot, premises or establi sh-
ment connected. and for each excavation
made for repairing pipes or other under
ground structures. ana the receipt of this
fee must be entered upon each application.
The fee must in all cases be paid before
the application is presented to the permit
clerk. No fee. however, will be required for
a permit to make connection with any
public sewer, house sewer, water main,
gas main service pipe when all the
work, including the place of connection,
property, nor for the adjustment to grade
of a down-spout connection and clean out,
the adjustment to grade OF fresh-air liz
let and clean-out, and the removal of a
stand pipe used for supplying water for
building purposes, but in every case a per-
nit must be taken out. as required by sec
ton 10. Every application for a permit fer
work to be done under section 10 shall be
signed by the owner Of the premises whose
address shall be written under his sigma
ture. and by the registered plumber or other
person who is to do the work. Signature
by agent shall not be accepted if the owner
resides in the District of Columbia. Any
licensed plumber presenting a fraudu1ently
signed application shall have his license re-
voked. Each applicant must state the
street and number of the building, premises
or establishment, and also the lot or 'ub
lot and square.
Not Beyond the Permit.
Sec. 81 Special permits may be issued.
without charge for alterations and repairs
of water service pipes inside The building
line and for the lowering and raising or
replacing of sIop-co TX boxes. Any plumber
who shall take advantage of a permit of
this class to do unauthorized work shall
have his license revoked and shall be pros
ecuted for violation of these regulations.
Sec -. No person shall place. or cause to
be placed, any pavement-wesher or hose at
tachment for the service of a new building
such fixtures for new buildings must be
connected to the service pipe inside of the
front wall of the building, and may project
therefrom above the surface of the ground
suitable precautions being taken against
freezing In repairing or replacing that
portion of a service pipe to which the
pavement-washer or hose attachment is
connected. or such fixture itself, il the
building served is provided with a cellar or
unfinished basement the fixture may be
placed in the front wall. In case the base
ment is occupied for living purposes, or the
building has no cellar the fixture may be
placed in the area wall or in the parking,
at least two feet from the sidewalk: If no
parkir or suitable area exists, the fixture
may he placed in the sidewalk inside the
line of projections.
If a washer is located in a parking or
sidewalk, il shall be connected with at least
two feet, including eight inches of slack of
three-fourths-inch lead pipe, not lighter
than a pipe. All rev pavement-washers
and hose attachments must be of material
and construction approved by the Engineer
Commissioner.
Sec. 81. Each vertical soil pipe shall be
provided near its lower end with a T
branch, suitably located, and having a cast
iron plug not less than four inches in diam
eter loaded in.
Sec. d. Every water closet, urinal. sink,
basin, wash tray, bath tub, set of tubs or
fixtures of any kind connected with the
drainage system of a building shall be sep
arately and effectually tapped, if located
within the building, and vented.
Sec. 100. All traps shall be placed as near
the fixtures possible. No trap with a
hand-hole cover shall be used.
Sec. Ill. When a wrought iron soil. drain
or waste pipe is used in a building IL shall
be of eXtra-heavy galvanized iron pipe, not
less than two inches in diameter
The Kind of Tran.
Sec. ia A running or p trap of form
approved by the inspector of plumbing.
shall be placed on every house sewer. ex-
cept where there is no plumbing fixture To-
Gated within the building under or through
which the house sewer is laid. Such tran
shall be placed at an accessible point IL
practicable within the wall Of the building.
and a vertical pipe of the same diameter.
and provided with brass trap screw shall
be constructed over the trap to admit of
cleaning the same.
Sec. Jig. Every house sewer shall have a
fresh air inlet not less than six inches in
diameter, Of form approved by the inspector
of plumbing, entering on the house side OF
the running trap: except that an inlet will
not be required in cases where no plumbing
fixture is located within the building under
or through which the house sewer is laid
The inlet shall be located either within the
parking, two feet back of the edge of the
footway, or in cases where the parking IS
less than ten feet wide, in the footway not
more than two feet from the face of the
curb.
sec. 121. Means shall be provided for thor
oughiy flushing all soil pipes drain pipes
and water closets. A copper-lined flushing
tank stall be provided for every water