The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-05

AlE urlnals or group, of urinals to be c
supplied with water for flushing from. s
flush tanks. No safe WASTES are to be, c
used about urinais. Safe wastes from
othar fixtures are not to be connected
directly or indirectly with any sewer.
WASTE PIPES.
Section Is. The term waste pipe is ]
here used to- designate any pipe lad
ing from any fixture to soil pipe or
house drain and receiving the dis
charge fron any fixture except a water
closet. They shall be of lead or iron
pipe. If lead pipe is used it shall be
only as = branch to connect nth 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 mar be deter-t
mined by the Inspector OF Plumbing
but la no case Is it to be less than one
and oae-quarter of an inch in diameter.
The waste pipe from refrigerators
shalt 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
cases be covered with a metallic screen
| not easily removed that has a mesh
not exceedingly u of square inch in
area.
SLOP HOPPERS
i Section 16. Sinks, wash traps and
slop hoppers of wood shall not be per
mitted in any residence building. Stop
hoppers 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
slope at least two inches to the foot to-
ward the center where the discharge
pipe is located. The outer edges shall
be level and shall be at least two inches
above 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
pipe shall be covered with a heavy
G metal screen at least "a of an inch in
: thickness the meshes not exceeding
o one-fourth of an inch in diameter and
Leo in, MI hat
i removed. The discharge pipe shall be
q trapped and the trap vented if within
!, five feet of any building
s If the Inspector of Plumbing deem
necessary an approved dirt catcher
shall be constructed upon the sewer
side of the trap The dirt catcher shall
be of iron or mortar masonry and shall
be covered with a tight fitting iron
=. emoving the intercepted dirt and prop
a erly secured in place.
,, Sinks or faucets for supplying watel
for domestic use, located in open yards
must be placed over slop hopper.
40 POI MANUFACTURING AND
\. STABLES.
lie Section II. Places for MANUFACTURER,
in of poi, and for washing of carriage
Id and stalls in stables shall not be direct
ry " or indirectly connected with tn
ed sewer except they are provided with
ne floor of wood, asphalt or cement NOR
OF tar masonry. The open end of tn
re drain leading to the sewer shall be GOV
cred with metal screen at least Il Q
an inch in thickness and so secured /
w place that it cannot be removed. Tn
nv meshes are not to exceed Il of an inc
,ir in diameter.
Sc There shall be a dirt catcher OF
or form to be approved by the Inspec;u
ed of Plumbing between all carriage was
tn floors and in all poi factories and tn
,ix trap in the drain.
be OBJECT OF SEWERS.
es Section Is. The sewers are designe
II to provide an outlet for water foule
- by domestic use. No steam exhaust c
oo ain water leads or surface drain sha
Ns be connected with any sewer or wit
eN any drain that connects with an
A sewer
FIXTURES TO BE TWO FEET
ABOVE TIDE.
ed
N, Section 10. No open end of any vast
pipe or water closet shall be placed le,
than two feet above the datum used /
Government work.
&C.
EXPOSED PLUMBING.
ell Section 20. 1t is desirable that a
ad pipes. and nxtures be left exposed
j." view as much as possible, and whe
all covered to provide easy means of acce.
ID to all parts of the work. In no case
It's a pipe to be built into a masonry wa