The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-03-06

UNI and lead, or with cement made of iron
filings and saI-ammoniac, as to be made gas
tight. Upon the completion of all new work
after the traps have been sealed by water a
smoke or peppermint test shall be applied
together with a pressure of air equal to a
column of water one inch in height.
la No tile pipe shall be connected with
the soil or waste pipe unless the same shall
be provided with a f1ange to admit of the
proper connection being made.
Obj The connection between iron and tile
pipes shall be made with the best cement, or
by any other means approved by the Inspect
or.
Wrought Iron Soil Pipe.
Sec. 80. All wrought iron soil pipe shall
be of the sam size of cast iron soil pipe.
All wrought iron soil pipe thread ends shall
be properly reamed out and free from burrs.
The threads shall be made long SO they
shoulder up to recess of soil pipe fitting.
When galv. wrought iron soil pipe is used
it shall be properly inspected SO there shall
be no projecting points of galvanizing on the
inside of soil pipe.
vi fittings used in wrought iron soil pipe
work shall be of the recessed type las in
the Durham SYSTEM. The plain water or
steam pipe fittings are positively prohibited.
Connections Of Lead Pipe uoith Iron.
Sec. 33. All connections of lead with iron
pipe shall be made with a brass ferrule not
less than one-eighth of an inch in thickness,
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in with lead. The lead pipe Shall be attach
ed to the ferrule by a wiped solder joint.
Solder Joints.
Sec. "a. All connections of lead pipe shall
be wiped solder joints. Every fixture shall
be separated and effectually trapped.
Where a series of two or three wash-basins
shall come together in a range but one trap
shall be required for the three.
All sheet iron vent pipes now in use must
be removed and replaced with iron soil pipe
upon notification from the Board of Health.
No basin waste shall be connected in a
bath waste, separate connections either to
the lead bend under closet or in soil pipe
will be required for both. No waste pipe
shall be branched into the heel of the lead
bend under closet.
Drip OF Overflolo Pipes.
Sec. 80. All drip or overflow pipes from
safes under washbasins, baths, urinals, water
closets, or other fixtures shall be by a special
or some conspicuous point, and in no case
shall any such waste pipe be connected with
a soil drain or waste pipe.
Refrigerator Waste Pipe.
Sec. 36. No waste pipe from a refrigera-
tor or other receptacle in which provisions
are stored shall be connected with any drain,
shall be so arranged as to admit of frequest
flushing, and snail be as short as possible.
Number Of Water Closets.
Sec. 81. Each dwelling house shall have
at least / water closet dwellings providing.
for 2 or 3 families must have at least 2 wa
ter closets, and dwellings providing for 4 or
more families the number of water closets
shall be determined by the Board of Health.
Hotels, boarding houses and buildings
where operators of both sexes are employed
a proper number and separate water closets
shall be furnished for men and women.
Water Closets to be Supplied loith Water from
Flushing Tank.
Sec. 40. All water closets within build
ings shall be supplied with water from spec
ial tanks or cisterns which shall hold not less
than eight (S) gallons of water when up to
the level of the overflow pipe for each closet
supplied, excepting automatic or syphon
tanks, which shall hold not less than FIVE f5)
gallons of water for each closet supplied, the
water in said tanks shall not be used for any
other purpose. The flushing pipe of all
tanks shall not be less tnan one and one
quarter of an inch in diameter.
No person shall place in any building any
plunger or wash-out closet, and when such
closets are removed for repairs they shall not
be replaced.
Sec. Al. No closet, except those placed in
the yard, shall be supplied directly from the
water supply pipes, unless controlled by an
authorized hushmeter system. All closets
son hopper valve or its equal.
Closets Nay be Supplied from One Tank.
See. AZ. A group of closets may be sup
piled from one tank, but water closets on diff
ferent floors shall not be flushed from one
tank except where a special valve device is
used on the flush pine of each water closet,
said device shall insure a sufficient water
supply and not be subject to syphonic action.
On high buildings a house tank shall be cree
ted Of sufficient capacity to supply all fixtures
when so required by the Board of Health.
The use of wash-out closets is prohibited.
Yard Water Closet Enclosure.
Sec. 43. The enclosure of the yard water
closet shall be ventilated by Slated openings
and there shall be a trap door in the floor Of
sufficient size for access to the hopper trap.
Water Closets shall Not be Located.
Sec. A. Water closets must not be located
in the sleeping apartments OF any building
nor in any room or apartment which has not
direct Communication with the external air
either by a window or an air shaft having an
area to the open air of at least 4 square feet.
Water Closets Within a Building.
Sec. As. All water closets within a build
ing, using lead connection shall have a cast
brass hange not less than three -sixteenths of
an inch in thickness Gifted with a rubber
gasket of sufficient thickness to insure a
tight joint bolted to the closet.
Rain Water Conductors.
See. 4e. Rain conductors shall not be con-
nected to any sewer or drainage system nor
used as soil, waste or vent pipes nor shall
any soil, waste or air pipe be used as a rain
conductor and II placed within a building
shall be of cast iron pipe with loaded joints.
.EThdlst or Waste.
Sec. AZ. No steam exhaust or waste from
steam pipes shall be connected with any
house drain, soil pipe or sewer.
Sec. 4S. No privy vault or cesspool for
sewerage shall hereafter be constructed in
any part of the city where a sewer is at all
accessible.
Sec. 40. No connection from any cesspool
or privy shall be made with any sewer, nor
shall any water closet or house drainage
empty into cesspool or privy well where
sewer is accessible.
Sec. so. In rural districts a permit may
be issued by Board of Health for waste pipe
from buildings to be connected with cess
pools constructed for that special purpose,
the sides and bottom Of the same to be con
structed of brick Of at least 8 inches thick
laid in cement and water tight so that the
contents cannot escape therefrom and to have
tight cover vented SO constructed as to be
readily and easily cleaned out. same receiy-
ing vault must have a holding capacity of at
least fifty (50) gallons for each person and
must be connected by trapped overflow pipe
to a separate cesspool constructed of loose
laid brick, grease interceptors shall be placed
in house drains between house and receiving
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