The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
CITY ORDINANCES.


 ter except ar hereinafter prescribed for soil pipes.
 All soil and waste pipes shall be free from sand holes, cracks or defects of any nature. The following weights par liueal foot will be accepted as comply ing with this ordinance as to weights ol extra heavy cast iron pipe. See general drawing on file in the. office or the plumbing inspector, certified and dated by the plumbing inspector as of the date of the passage of this ordinance and open to the inspection of the public.
 DIAMETER AND WEIGHTS.
 Extra heavy cast iron soil piper, 2-ineh, 5l6 hounds per lineal foot; 3-inch, 9la mounds per lineal foot; finch, 13 pounds per lineal foot 5-inch, IT pounds per Iineal foot; 6-inch, 20 pounds per lineal foot.
 The following weights per lineal foot are required for wrought iron pipe;
 One and one-half inch, 2.6S pounds per lineal foot; 2-inch, 3.61 pounds per lineal foot; 21h-inch, 575 pounds per lineal foot; 3-inch. 7.54 pounds per lineal foot Sl2- inch. ; pounds perlineal foot; finch, 10. 66 hounds per lneal foot; 413-inch, P. .49 pounds per nneal footl 5-inch, 14.50 pounds per lineal foot; 6-inch 1876 pounds per lineal foot.
 B-FIttings, Quality, Cleanout-Fittings- All fittings used for soil or waste pipe except as hereinafter specified shall be either extra heavy cast iron coal tarred or asphaltum coated fittings or extra heavy galvanized or malleable iron re- cessed and threaded drainage fittings.
 C-Standard Drainage Fittings-Where Allowed-G asphaltum or coal tar coated fittings may be used on all minor wastes Standard galvanized fit tings may be used for all vent pipes. The burr formed by cutting wrought iron pipe shall be carefully reamed out.
 D-Cleanout Fittings-Proper sized cleanout fittings shall be installed at each 90 degree intersection of soil or waste pipes, at the foot of all stacks, changes of horizontal directions and ends Of lines.
 When clean outs come under floors or grade lines they must be brought up flush with level of same. When cleanout comes within six inches of wall 1t shall be brought through same and up to grade line. All cleanouts must be left in plain sight and accessible at all times
 On soil or waste pipes four inches or more in diameter, heavy iron bodied brass cleanouts, not less than four Inches in diameter shall be used all others to be the same diameter as pipes No iron, drain soil, waste or vent pipe shall be drilled and tapped.
 E-Pipe Joints-Filling Of-All joints on cast iron soil waste or drain pipes shall be so filled with picke oakum and molten lead and hand caulked as to make them air and water tight The quantity of lead used shall be 12 ounces of fine soft lead for each Inch in diameter of the pipe.
 F-Floor Rests-On vertical lines of soil, waste or other pipes within buildings, shall he provided with floor rests at in tervals of not less than one to each story Such rests shall be placed immed- lately beneath a coupling, hub, or fit ting.
 G-Pipe Supports-Pipe Hooks Prohlb- ited-The foot of every vertical soil a waste pipe shall be adequately support ed by brick stone or concrete piers prop erly constructed by the use of cement mortar or cement concrete, or otherwise equally well supported. Pipes under the basement floor or under the ground shall be properly laid, graded and supported. All suspended horizontal pipes shall be either adequately supported or suspend ed with heavy Iron hangers not less than three-eights of an inch in diameter placed at intervals of not less than five feet apart on cast iron pipe and ten feet apart on wrought iron.
 The use of pipe hooks for supporting pipe is prohibited. When a horizontal line runs parallel with and against wall IL Snal De supported py HedNy noh clamps not less than ore inch in width and ore-fourth inch in thickness, firmly secured to the wall by lag screws or ex- pansion bolts to be placed at intervals not less than five feet for cast iron pipe and ten feet for wrought iron pipe.
 H-Offsets Allowed-Pitched offsets may be used as follows: For two inch. Finch by S-inch, for four inch pipe, finch by S-inch; for six-inch piper, 6-inch by To- ,I he aIa ara to be made with one-eighth bends.
 I-The foot of all stacks must be made with Y's and eighth bends. All changes of direction must be made with Y's and eighth bends. Long sweep one-fourth bends may be used by written permis- sion of the inspector.
 J-Prohibited F'ittings-No double hubbs sleeves. plain crosses, or sanitary crosses shall be used on horizontal runs. On vertical lines, straight tees. straight crosses or sleeves shall not be used ex- cept on vent pipes above the flow line of fixtures, unless written permission is obtained from the inspector. The use of bands and saddles is prohibited
 K-No Caulked Joints in Vibrating Buildings-Ppes with caulk points shall not be installed in buildings subject to vibration from operating machinery or subjecs to other causes likely to loosen such caulk points.
 L--Soil Vent stacks-Termnation Of All soil vent stacks shall continue from 8 point where connected to the house sewer undiminished in size to a point two feet above the roof and shall not terminate within fifteen feet of a window or hatch opening unless carried two feet above the same.
 The termination of all vents passing through the roof shall be carefully fash ed with copper, sheet lead or galvanized iron fashngs with lead top ring and shall have galvanized iron wire or copper wire basket cowl inserted in top of stacks and firmly fastened thereto.
 When vent pipe terminates within hf- teen feet of any opening in adjoining buildings they must be carried to a point two feet above same in the best possible manner.
 No brick, sheet metal or earthenware fue shall be used as sewer ventilation, nor any chimney or pipes placed In a chimney shall be used as d ventilator
 M-Horizontal Drains-Grade Of-No horizontal house drain shall be run with fall of less than one-quarter inch per foot unless by written permission of the plumbing inspector.
 N-Method of Running Soil Pipes, Vents, etc.-No soil, waste or vent pipes of any kind will be allowed to run on the put side of buildings unless by written per mission of the plumbing inspector
 O-Fittings, Joints, Rejected-All fit tings such as split fittings, sand holes or porous fittings or in any other way than sound and whole shall not be used in any soil. waste. or vent pipes of any building and shall at once be removed by the