The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-04-16

Nectiou w eu quarter DcuuS are
used on soil, waste, or vent pipes the CEN
ter radius of same shall not be less than
the following lengths for the various Sizes
except closets.
Center radius
2-inch inches
o-inch inches
4-inch inches
Clean-O uts-Kind and Location.
Section 49, Hand holes for cleaning out
the house drain or its branches must be
provided with proper clean-ou ferrules,
made gas-tight by proper gaskets. There
shall be branch with proper clean out
at the front Of the building where the
house drain enters the building, and at the
foot of each vertical soil or waste pipe.
All traps, except water closet traps, shall
be provided with proper clean-outs No
pipe In a building shall run over thirty
feet without branch or other approved
clean-out, and there shall be one at the
end of every run where there is room, ex-
cept by special permission. clean-out
will be required in all horizontal, cast iron
sink wastes when more than five feet in
length unless the waste has a fall Of
forty-tve degrees or more from the hori-
zontal. The distance in each case shall
be taken from the center Of the trap to
the outlet Of the waste. All clean outs must
be easily accessible, and no clean-out shall
have a vent running through it. Heavy
cast iron clean outs with coarse taper
threads and heavy brass covers will be al
lowed.
Clean-Outs i'm House Drain.
Section 40. Where a house drain is
placed under the cellar floor, clean outs
shall be left in suitable and approved
brick or cement pit large enough for
easily rodding to sewer, or shall be ex-
tended to the surface of the cellar floor
at an angle not greater than forty five
degrees from the horizontal No bends or
curves will be allowed in the extension
except by special permit The Acme extra
heavy y clean-out, or its equal, will be
allowed in places where it is impractical
BILE to use Us.
Distance of Fixtures From Stack.
Section 80 The maximum distance any
waste pipe shall run from n fixture to "A
stack or other main pipe without venting
providing the distance of fixtures above
OH the same pipe does not exceed the
amount allowed in Rule 81, shall be as
follows, the measure to be taken from the
trap seal to the outlet of the waste:
IA inch waste feet
IL inch waste feet
men waste rect
inch soil feet
with an allowance of two feet more at the
discretion of the Plumbing Inspector, If
the extra cost in his estimation exceeds ten
dollars over the expense without a vent.
In the case of BARRIERS basins, saloon bars
and soda fountains an extension of five
feet will be allowed where the extra cost
exceeds ten dollars.
Fixtures on House Drain.
Section 81. Fixtures may be connected
into the house drain without back vent |
ing, except in large buildings where the
house drain is heavily taxed, in which case
the Plumbing Inspector may require all |
such fixtures to be back vented Nothing |
less than ten feet of horizontal run will |
be considered an essential part of the |
house drain, and shorter horizontal runs |
for the purpose of avoiding carrying a |
vent for the fixture, are prohibited. This |
shall not apply where the house drain is |
of necessity shorter than ten feet.
No Back-vent Required.
Section 81. No fixture discharging into |
a soil or waste stack which extends i'm I'M |
diminished size through the roof need be |
back-vented where the aggregate area of |
all branches dscharging into the stack |
above 1t does not exceed the area Of the
stack, or where Il closet does not discharge |
into the stack more than twenty feet above
said fixture providing the fixture is with
i'm the distance elsewhere allowed in these
rules In the case of water closets, the |
discharge above the fixture may equal
twice the area of the stack, and a closet
may discharge into the stack twenty five
feet above the fixture without back venting
he closet. This rule shall apply only i'm
the closet. This rule shall apply only in
No Connection Into Heel OF Stack.
Section 81. No fixture shall be connected
into the heel of stack, or within three
feet of the base of stack, without back
venting where the discharge of fixtures
above on the same stack exceeds the
amount allowed i'm Rule No. 80.
Vent Pipes-Material, Size, Location,
Use, Etc.
Section o. The traps of all fixtures
must be protected from espionage, and
their wastes ventilated by special lines of
cast iron pipe not less than two inches in
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more than two closets and two other fix
lures or more than five fixtures i'm all,
t must be at least three inches In diane
er. The short branches from these lines to
zach trap shall be two inches I'm diameter
'or three and four-inch traps, and for
smaller traps the vent shall be the same
size as the trap. Branch vents must be
above the outlet of any or all
fixtures in the group in such "a manner as
% prevent the water from flowing through
he vent pipe should the waste pipe become
Instructed. Vent pipes also cause a cur
.ent of fresh air to pass through all pipes,
md out above the roof continuously, and
hereby remove much foul air from the
system. No brick, sheet metal, earthen-
ware or chimney fiue shall be used as IA
ewer vcntilator, nor to ventiate any trap, G
Train, soil or waste pipe, nor shall any
'ent, soil or waste pipe be placed I'm
Hue or ventilator 1t Is recon-
nended that local or bowl vents be used, I
,ut they must not be connected to the '
General system In any way; they should $
un to a chimney. lie
Gas Heater Vents.
Section 81. All gas water heaters must
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