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

All urinals or group Of urinals to be
supplied with water for flushing from
flush tanks. No safe wastes are to be
used about urinals. Safe wastes from
other fixtures are not to be connected
directly or indirectly with any sewer.
WASTE PIPES.
Section U.s. The term waste pipe is
here used to designate any pipe lead
ing from any fixture to a soil pipe or
house drain and receiving the dis
charge from 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 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
not easily removed that has a mesh
not exceedingly n of square inch in
| area.
SLOP HOPPERS.
| 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
surface troweled smooth. The discharge
pipe shall be covered with a heavy
metal screen at least II of an inch in
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1ne-fourth of an inch in diameter and
so secured in place that it cannot be
removed. The discharge pipe shall be
trapped and the trap vented If within
five feet of any building.
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 tight fitting iron
cover large enough to afford access for
emoving the intercepted dirt and prop
+. erly secured in place.
Sinks or faucets for supplying water
for domestic use, located in open yards
must be placed over a Stop hopper.
POI MANUFACTURING AND
STABLES.
a Section II. Places for manufacturing
, of poi and for washing of carriages
= and stalls in stables shall not be direct
v ly or Indirectly connected with the
! sewer except they are provided with a
. floor of wood, asphalt or cement NOR
t tar masonry. The open end of the
e drain leading to the sewer shall be COW
cred with a metal screen at least Il OF
an inch in thickness and so secured in
place that it cannot be removed. The
meshes are not to exceed Il of an inch
in diameter.
There shall be a dirt catcher or a
form to be approved by the Inspector
, of Plumbing between all carriage wash
floors and in all poi factories and the
trap in the drain.
o OBJECT OF SEWERS.
S Section Is. The sewers are designed
: to provide an outlet for water fouled
: by domestic use. No steam exhaust or
S rain water leads or surface drain shall
be connected with any sewer or with
4 any drain that connects with any
eN sewer
FIXTURES TO BE TWO FEET
: ABOVE TIDE.
Section 10. No open end of any waste
= pipe'or water closet shall be placed less
than two feet above the datum used in
Government work
: EXPOSED PLUMBING.
Section 20. 1t is desirable that all
pipes and fixtures be left exposed to