Putnam patriot., 1911-07-14
Regulations for Plumbing and Laying and Use of Private Sew


 plumhiug fixtures shall have a waste pipe the conveyance of waste water separately and independently connected with the public sewer, or. nthere is no sewer, with sufficient and proper cespool located not nearer than twenty feet 10 8 building occupiei as a dwelling house, and satisfactory to the Board of deslth. All plumbing systems hereinafter installed in either old or new buildings where on the liue of the public sewer, shall be connected herewith. No vaults or cesspools will be allowed on auy lot of land sbutting on any street where there is pubic sewer without written permit from the Board of Health. All old vaults and cess. pools shall be emptied and properly filled up within one month after being discontinued.
 Sec No private sewer shah be laid for the purpose of connecting any building with the public sewers and no excavations of same in public streets and no connection with the public sewer shall be made without written permit issued by the Highway Committee and counter signed by the Engineer of Sewers or some other person duly authorized by said committee or en- gineer. Said permit shall be issued only after application has been filed with said committee upon tho prescribed form hy the owner of the property from which the sewer is laid or by his authorized agents, Such prescribed form may be obtained at the office of the Engineer of Sew CTS.
 Sec. 3 Every connection of private sewer with the public sewer shall be made at such
 
 other person duly authorized by him shall dir ect, and such private sewer and connection made ss aforesaid must not be covered until the same shall have been inspected and approved by said engineer or by person duly authorized by him, aud the expense of any inspection shall be borne by the owner of the estate connected.
 Sec. I The material of all private sewers con- meeting with the public sewer shall be of hard burned, salt glazed vitrifed pipe not less than five inches in 6iataeter, or If extra heavy iron soil pipe not less than four inches in diameter.
 Sec. } All pipes shall be laid to true lines and grades and shall be properly bedded and leinted with cement mortar. At all angles proper clean outs or maBhoes must be furnished. Attention must be paid to the tightness of the ioins in pri- vate Sewtr rs to prevent leakage ot ground water into the same.
 Sec In opening tre neaes on any street or public way. pavin and ballast must be removed wiih care and replaced iu the best condition and to the satisfaction oi inc engineer. All pipes in the street must be protected from injury. The trench must be enclosed and lighted al night and every preeaution taken 10 prevent any in- jury te the public during the progress of the work. Any settlement over q private sewer in any street W ithin year shall be repaired at the expense of the owner of the property from which such sewer is laid.
 Sec, Each building must he separately con- neeted with the public sewer except where there is more than one building on lot, when, by the consent of the Highway Committee, they may be permitted to enter the public tower thr ough one private sewer.
 Sec. s No sewer from any building shall pass beneath another building unless made Of extra heavy iron plpe with leaded joints.
 Sec 9 All drains within, and 10 distance oi three feet outside of building, shall be of cast iron pipe at least four inches in diameter for the main drain with tight calkod leaded joints. All drains. both inside and outside of buildings, shall have fall of quarter of an inch or more to the foot if possible.
 Sec. 10. No surface or roof water and no drainage from any cesspool or yarlt will be permitted to enter private sewers except by special permission of the Highway Committee or the Engineer of sewers.
 Sec II. No exhaust pipe from steam engines or blow offs from steam boilers will be allowed to connect directly with the sewers. Such exhaust pipe or blow.oh must discharge into a tank or condenser from whici suitable outlet to the sewer may be provided.
 Sec. l2. Waste pipe from refrigerators and over flow pipes from house tanks and all waste pipes must be properly trapped before connects ing with the sewers.
 Sec l3. The Highway Committee will stop and cnt of all private sewers from discharging substances liable to injure the public sewers or obstruct their flow.
 Sec. IA. Whenever repairs are necessary on private sewers permit 10 repair such sewers must be obtained before any work Is done.
 See. l5. All private sewers shall be under the control of and be maintained and kept clean by the city. The expense of cleaning and re- pairing any private sewer shall be paid by the owner of the premises connected by he public sewer and the owner will be required to deposit an amount neces sary to cover such expense be- fore the cleaning or repairs arc undertaken, provided, however, that any labor on private sewers accustomed by defects obstruetions in Tn the pubhc sewer shall be paid by the city.
 Sec. l6. No plumbing work by or through which waste water or sewerage Is 10 be used or earned shall be placed in any building except in accordance with the plans approved by the Board of Health.
 Sec. I7. No plumbing shall be done in any building, except to repair leaks, except permit shall first have been issued therefor by the Board of Health. No such permit shall be issued unless description of the work to be performed shall have been submitted 10 said board on blanks provided for the purpose.
 Sec. Is. Every vertical soil and main waste pipe must be of iron and shall extend undimi- nished in size two feet above the roof and not less than five feet above the top of any window situated within fifteen feet, but vent pipes may be connected with soil pipe above the highest fixture. Changes in direction shall be made with curved pipes and all connections with horizontal or vertical pipes with one eighth and one sixteenth bends, if possible.
 Sec. l9. All drain, soil or waste pipes shall be exposed to sight wherever practicable. or, ii necessarily placed between floors or partitions shall be covered wltL wood fastened with screws as to be readily removed. They shall be laid in the ground or properly secured to wall or floor tmbers by suitable iron Lang rs
 Sec. 20. Suitable clean outs shall be provi ded at the loot of all vertical pipes, also in main drain near eel ar wat on horizontal pipes and oa all runs of fifteen feet in length, unless othereise permitted. The clean out at cellar wall shall be in as direct line as possible with sewer connection.
 See. 2l All fixtures having waste pipe shall be separately and effectively trapped. The trap shall be placed as near as possible to the fxture 1t serves, except that when baihtub and bowl or sets of wash trays or sets of bowl are close together one trap may be used for them, but tue Trap must be within thlee feet Of the fixture itself.
 Sec. P. All pipes must be pro tected from syphonage or back pressure by vertical air pipe of cast Of galvanized wrought iron of ample size.
 Sec. 23. The diameter of vent connections for traps shall not be less than the waste pipes they serve, except water closets, which shall not be less than two inches, which shall be taken from the lead bena as near to tue water closet as possible. Vents for other traps shall be taken from the crown or from the top Of the waste pipe near the trap. All vent pipes from fixtures shali go mp. The vent pipe for each fixture shall connect ith the main vent pipe at point above the highest fixture. The main vent pipe may be carried through the roof or it may be connected with the soil pipe extension above all fixtures.
 See. 2f. In every building erected hereafter there shah be separate water closet for each tenement and at least one cl0set for every hi- teen per.0oa living. occupying or employed therein such closet fO Dc conveniently located