The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-04

pipe. III ledu pipe Is uSeQ IL SudIl NC
only as a branch to connect with an
iron pipe and shall not exceed three
| feet in length. The size OF the waste
pipe is to vary according to the fix
| ture it is to serve and as may be deter
| mined by the Inspector of Plumbing
but in no case is it to be less than one
| and one-quarter of an inch in diameter.
The waste pipe from refrigerators
shall not connect directly with the
\ sewer but it shall be trapped and the
discharge allowed to drip into a sink
in daily use. or be conveyed to the
ground away from the building. The
| open end OF waste pipes must in all
I cases be covered with a metallic screen
not easily removed that has a mesh
not exceedingly a OF a square inch in
area.
SLOP HOPPERS.
! Section 10. Sinks, wash traps and
slop hOppers of wood shall not be per-
mitted in any residence building. Stop
ihoppers may be used in open courts and
yards when they are made of mortar
masonry at least four inches in thick
ness and covering a surface at least
three feet on all sides from the place of
discharge The surface or floor shall
lslope at least two inches to the foot to-
ward the center where the discharge
nj 10 ha
be level and shall be at least two inches
labove the slope of the floor proper. The
whole surface shall be covered with a
thick coat of mortar made of one part
Portland cement and one and one-half
parts OF clean screened sand and the
Isurface troweled smooth. The discharge
'pipe shall be covered with heavy
metal screen at least a OF an inch in
thickness the meshes not exceeding
one-fourth of an inch in diameter and
so secured in place that it cannot be
trapped and the trap vented if within
FIVE feet OF any building.
II the Inspector of Plumbing deem
necessary an approved dirt catcher
shall be constructed upon the sewer
lside of the trap. The dirt catcher shall
be of iron or mortar masonry and shall
be covered with a tight fitting iron
cover large enough to afford access for
removing the intercepted dirt and prop
eyly secured in place.
Sinks or faucets for supplying water
for domestic use. located in open yards,
must be placed over slop hopper.
! POI MANUFACTURING AND
STABLES.
Section IL Places for manufacturing
OF poi and for washing of carriages
and stalls in stables shall not be direct
ly OF indirectly connected with the
sewer except they are provided with a
floor Of wood. asphalt or cement NOR
tar masonry. The open end of the
drain leading to the sewer shall be COW
Eered with a metal screen at least 4 OF
Ian inch in thickness and so secured IN
lplace that il cannot be removed. The
meshes are not to exceed Il OF an inch
In diameter.
, There shall be a dirt catcher or =
? form to be approved by the Inspector
! of Plumbing between all carriage wasf
floors ard in all poi factories and tn,
{ trap in the drain.
OBJECT or SEWERS.
Section IS. The sewers are designed
to- provide an outlet for water foule,
by domestic use. No steam exhaust o
vain water leads or surface drain shat
he connected with any sewer or witt
any drain that connects with an
sewer.
FIXTURES TO BE TWO FEET
/ ABOVE TIDE.
D Section 10. No open end of any vast
lpipe or water closet shall be placed les
than two feet above the datum used il
lGcvernment work.
EXPOSED PLUMBING.
ri Section 20 1t is desirable that al
Il pipes and fixtures be left exposed Z
" view as much as possible, and whe'
n covered TO provide easy means of acces
> to all parts of the work. In no case
g "A pipe ~ be built into a masonry wa
II except to pass directly through it.
> FINAL INSPECTION.
Section 81 All plumbing is TO be test
ed by either the water or air test an
:, will not be permitted to be used uIt
Is found tight in all its parts. The plumr
/ er is to give written notice 20 the H.
/ spector OF Plumbing when the plumb
10 in any building is ready for final IN
II spection. Until that time no part {
n the pipes or any Of the fixtures are {
II be covered from view. The plumber
d TO furnish all the labor and appliance
Is that may be needed to make the fin5
r. test in the presence of the Inspector q
IT Plumbing If the Inspector inds tn
To- work done in accordance with IN, rI,n