Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-28


straight a line as possible and shall
not terminate within ten t10) feet nj
any window or opening. If galvanized
wrought iron pipe is used all the fit.
tings must be recessed and the pipe
reaHed to full bore. H.. .~.-@ .,
I'm the, construction of soil pipes;
all cast iron pipes and fittings shaE
be covered inside and outside with l
coating of asphaltum. Changes in
direction OF soil pipes shall be made
by " branches. and Is, Is or lie
bends; and in no case shall double
hubs be used except for vent fittings
where the fittings are to be inverted.
Sanitary rs may be used in vertical
runs. Tin pipes anu pipes made from
sheet metal shall nots be used in the
construction of soil or waste pipes. "
mo four by two (4x2D or other
heel outlet fittings shalt be allowed to
act as a waste or vent pipe through
the heel opening, except on vertical
lines. The use OF eements of any de-
scription to repair splits or breaks IT.
cast iron pipes or fittings shall not be
allowed.
mot more than the following num-
Der of water closets may be connected
on the various sizes of soil pipes
designated below: %....... ! 49,
''1E water closets on .4.fnch soil or
branch pipe -: -. IT,.
"25 water closets on .5-inch soil or
branch pipe. s.@~..> ~
go water closets on 6-inch soil or
branch pipe. =... .~4.
mo soil or drain pipe shall be more
than six (6) inches in diameter, and
whenSa greater number than sixty (60l
water closets are in one building, two
90 soil or drain pipes must be rim
to the main sewer in the street. and
shall be continued up to and through
the roof in full size; and where ver-
tical lines of soil pipes extend TO
water closets on the third floor the
same must extend full size through
the roof" #
SECTION 5. Section 16 of said Ord
nance is hereby amended to read as
follows: .~ .- =
Section 16. Traps. All fixtures shall
be separately and ! independently
trapped as near the opening thereof
as is practicable. All traps shall have
a water seal of not less than one and
one-halfE (11k) inches in depth and
shall: be set true to water seal. The
size of every trap shall be the same
as the waste pipe it serves.
mo grease traps shall in any case
be placed under a building or struc.
ture. Grease traps shall be used only
for restaurants, hotels, tenements and
boarding houses. All grease traps
shall have a capacity of not less than
thirty 600 gallons and shall be con-
structed subject to the approval of
the plumbing inspector.
No bell trap shall be used in any
case.
'".Anti-siphon traps Shall be used
only where the plumbing inspector
finds that it is impracticable to use
any other.
All traps in the ground or in con.
crete shall be of galvanized or cast
iron pipe coated with asphaltum.
"All traps with internal partitions
or any mechanism forming seal are
strictly prohibited"
SECTION 6. Section 10 of said Ord
nance is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 10. Water closets. The
use OF pan, hopper or plunger closets
Is prohibited. No water closet, slop
sink or urinaf shall be placed or main
tanned in any room In which there
b not a window opening direct to
the external atmosphere; provided
that, I'm lieu thereof. such may be
ventilated by means of shaft or.
air dict at least eight (Sl. inches in
diameter or of equal area and as near
the ceiling as possible, land carried
thence through the roof Stop cocks
shall ibe> placed on all supply pipes
TO water closet tanks, between the
Tank and the floor.
'1n factories, workshops, tenements.
and rooming houses there shall be
provided one ID water closet for each
ten (10I persons, or fraction thereof,
If each sex;
Range closets are strictly prohibit
I'd; provided, however, that an ex-
ception may be made, by special per.
ufpSiOH VI Tic DOdfu VI OupOINloOTSt
IN the ease OF hospitals for insane
persons.
Toilets shall be separate in all
cases. All residences shall be pro-
vided with at least one water closet
and one sink.
"All water closets, earthen or iron,
1avings1traps above the floor, using
cad connections, shall be fastened to
he floor and made lperfectly tight
with red lead putty connections or by
,uchs other method as may be approx
I'd OF by the plumbing inspector. And
when iron connections ito water closet
.raps are used, they shall be cast or
galvanized wrought iron pipe with
case brass fianges mott less than one
eighth of an inch thick and the
langes either caulked Or screwed on
Rubber gaskets shall not be used"
SECTION Z. Section E22 of said Ord
nance is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section %. Clean-outs.
"(a) General provisions for all
;lean-outs. ALI 'clean-olts' shall be so
placed as to be accessible, and where
l. cement floor is laid said clean-out