The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-30

! manner
All cast iron pipes and fittings must be
sound, cylindrical and smooth, free from
cracks, sand holes and other defects. and
OF uniform thickness, and of the grade
/ known IN commerce as Extra heavy"
SAID pipe, including the hub, shall
weigh not less than the following av-
erage weights per lineal foot:
Weight Per
diameter. Lineal Foot,
i inef .......................... pounds
| !ncheS ..........................12 12 pounds
| nlcneS ..........................1 pounoS
! inches ..........................1 pounds
| inches ..........................2 pounds
| Q inches ..--..............-.......5 az POUNDS
| ~ !iicHes .'..'............-........4 pounds
! II inches ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pounds
All joints must be made with picked
oakum and molten lead and be thor
/ oughly caulked, and made gas-tight.
/ All wrought iron and steel pipes must
/ be equal in weight and quality to
| Standard and must be properly tested
! by the manufacturer. No plain black
| pipe will be permitted. All wrought iron
and steel pipe must be galvanized.
/ Fittings for vent pipes on wrought IRON
and steel pipes, may be the ordinary
cast, or malleable steam and water mt
| tings
Fittings for wrought iron and steel
! waste or soil and refrigerator waste
| pipes may be special extra heavy cast
| iron recessed and threaded drainage fit
| and threads tapped, so as to give a uni
form grade to branches of not less than
| one-fourth of an inch per foot. All fit
tings for wrought iron or steel pipe must
/ Dc galvanized.
| All joints to be screwed joints, and
the burr formed in cutting must be care
| fully reamed out.
All brass pipes for SOIL waste and vent
pipes and solder nipples, must be thor
| oughly annealed seamless, drawn, brass
1 tubing of standard iron pipe guage
| Threaded connections on brass pipe
/ must be of the same size as iron pipe
! threads for same size of pipe, and be Ia
| pered.
Brass ferrules must be Of best quality
/ extra heavy cast brass, not less than
| four inches long, and two, three and
/ four inches in diameter.
One and one-half-incfl ferrules will not
be permitted.
Soldering nipples must be of heavy cast
brass or of brass pipe, iron pipe size
Brass screw caps for clean-outs must
| be extra heavy not less than one-eighth
| of an inch thick The screw cap must
| have a solid square nut. The body of
! the clean-out ferrule must be at least
| equal in weight and thickness the caulk-
| ing ferrule for same size of pipe.
| Where clean-outs are required by the
rules and by the approved plans, the
| screw cap must be of brass. The en-
| gaging parts must have not less than six
| threads of iron pipe size and be tapered
| Clean-out must be of full size of trap,
| up to four inches in diameter, and not
| less than four inches for larger pipes
| Clean-outs may be made with iron COW
| ers, bolted on with rubber gaSketS with
| brass bolts and nuts.
Lead pipes may be used for short
| branches of the soil and waste pipes,
| bends and traps, and roof connections
| of inside leaders. No waste pipe
| smaller than one and one-quarter inch
shall be allowed, and only for, one fix
ture; where two or more fixtures are
| connected on one waste pipe, the said
waste pipe must be increased one size for
! each fixture.
| All connections between lead pipes, and
| between lead and brass or copper pipes
| must be made by means of wiped"
| soldered joints. Connections between
| lead and iron pipe must be made with
| a brass ferrule, with a screwed or
| caulked joint.
All lead waste, soil, vent and flush
pipes must be of the best quality, and
not less than the following weights per
| lineal foot:
Diameters. Weights Per Lineal Foot
| 1A-inches 2h2 pounds
| l12-inches ..........................3 pounds
-1ncheS .........................4 POUNDS
8 Inches ..........................6 pounds
| and 41A-inches ................S pounds
All lead traps and bends must be Of
| the same weights and thickness as their
corresponding pipe branches. Sheet lead
| for roof flashing must not be less than
| four pound lead, and must extend not
less than six inches from the pipe, and
| the joint made water tight. Galvanized
| roof sheets may be used.
Copper tubing when used for inside
| leader roof connection must be seam
| less drawn tubing, not less than No %
| guage, and when copper is used for roof
| Hastings, it must be not less than No.
| is guage.
| Sec. 229. Connections With Sewer
Every building, house or store shall be
| separately and independently connected
| with the public sewer, when such sewer
| is provided; when such sewer is not pro-
vided, drain pipes from buildings may
| be connected with cess pools constructed
| for that purpose; provided, however, that
| no water closet shall be connected to a
| teaching cess pool.
When the City shall construct sewer
| which is accessible to abutting property,
| all systems of drainage shall be con-
nected directly to the same, within a
| period not exceeding twelve months from
| the time of the completion of the sew
er, and all permits for vaults cess pools,
| or other system of drainage, shall there
| after become null and void.
All pipe above ground must be support
| ed on brick piers or by heavy iron hang
| ers from the cellar ceiling beams, the
| said hangers to be at intervals Of not
| more than ten feet.
| In every building where there is lead
| er connected to. the drain, there must
! be at least one four inch pipe extending
above the roof for ventilation.
Sec. 23O. Leaders,
iron, wrought iron, or steel, with roof
| connections made gas and water tight
| by means of heavy lead or copper
! drawn tubing wiped or soldered to brass
ferrules or nipples caulked or screwed
| into the pipe.
When outside leaders of sheet metal
| are connected with the house drain, they
! must be so connected by means of cast
| iron pipe extending vertically two feet
six inches above the grade level
| All metallic leaders for conducting wa
ter from roof to street gutter, shall be
| put in in such a manner as shall pro-
/ tect the walls and foundation from DAM
| age, and in no case shall the water from
! such leaders, or from the roof, be allow
| ed to flow upon the sidewalk, but leaders
shall be connected by drain pipes to the
! sewer.
All leaders must be trapped with cast
iron traps with proper clean-outs.
Rain water leaders must not be used
| as soil, waste or vent pipes, nor shall
any such pipe be used as a leadeb.
Sec. 23I. House Sewer, Drain and
Old house. sewers can be used in con-
| nection with new buildings, or new
plumbing, only when they are found,
| on examination by the Plumbing In
spector. to conform In all respects to the
| requirements governing new sewers.
When a proper foundation, con-
| sisting of a natural bed of earth,
rock, ETC., can be obtained, the house
| sewer can be of earthenware pipe.
and there is danger of settlement from
any cause, the house sewer must be of
extra heavy cast iron pipe with lead
| caulked joints.