The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-04-06

, OF iron and lead pipe shall be made
by inserting a brass sleeve or ferrule
into the iron pipe and calking 1.-The
joint with oakum and lead, and the
Joint of the ferrule with the lead pipe
shall be wiped joint All joints must
be left smooth on the inside All gal
vanized vent pipe shall be made with
screwed thread. Connections with
lead and galvanized pipe shall be
made with a brass solder nippel and
wiped joint.
Water and sewer pipes shall not be
laid less than six inches apart in the
same trench.
Fixtures Trapped
Section &c. All plumbing fixtures
or openings for the reception of sew
erage shall be separately trapped as
near the fixtures as possible, and no
waste from any fixture shall empty
into the trap of another sewerage
from laundries, hotels, boarding house
kitchens and lunch counters shall pass
through grease trap. Bar or soda
fountain waste must be connected with
a drum trap not less than four inches
in diameter.
Closets.
Section 27. Outside water closets
must be separately trapped with
clean-out on trap. Flanged cast iron
soil pipe or lead connection, Hanged
on floor to receiver hopper, to be set
in a gasket of putty. trap and soil
pipe to be of cast iron and to extend
at least three feet outside OF vault, and
when on dead end of sewer to be
vented with two inch vent and pro-
vided with air chamber Water sup
ply to closet to be not less than one
half inch pipe. Hoppers to be flushed
with seat attached to heavy brass
chain or rod. Waste Of valve to be
connected to sewer above closet trap
Trap and valve for water closet to be
placed below freezing.
All closets shall be thoroughly
flushed after service, with clear water,
in sufficient quantity to flush all
solids from bowl or hopper. Outside
closets must be anti-freezing and have
automatic flushing device, and shall
not be located closer than fifteen feet
to any occupied building. All con-
nections entering closet lead bends
must enter on an angle not greater
than forty-five degrees, and only in
the upper half of outlet and of lead
bend. Entering lead bend on inlet
end of bend will only be allowed when
absolutely necessary and special con-
sent must be obtained from plumbing
inspector. Under no circumstances
will connection be allowed at heel of
lead bend
Closet Vaults and CesspOols.
Section o. All closet vaults and |
cesspools shall be constructed with |
proper provisions for ventilation and |
closing out, and no vault or cesspool |
shall be connected with any building |
until so arranged as to prevent the ad- |
mission of sewer gas to said building.
Room Ventilation.
Section 29. Water closets must never
be placed in an unventilated room |
or compartment. In every case the |
compartment must open to the outer |
air
Terra Gotta Pipe.
Section 80. (In no case shall a salt |
glazed vitrified sewer pope be laid I'M
der any building, and) no pipe shall be |
covered up until examined by the in
spectOr.
Vent Pipe.
Section 81. Each and every trap |
shall be ventilated by an air pipe In |
case where the size Of the trap is two |
inches or less the vent pipe shall start |
not more than four inches away from |
the water line of the trap, except p
traps which may be ten inches. In
cases of larger sized traps the vent |
pipe shall start from the vent horn,
and if no horn, from the lead bend, but |
in NO case shall a closet be vented |
from the heel of lead bend Each YER
teal line of vent pipes over eight feet |
in length shall be galvanized wrought |
iron or cast iron, and connected to a |
trap at an angle of As degrees The
branch tee or vent pipes shall be set
above the fixtures so that the vent can
not act as waste pipe. No rubber
couplings or solder unions shall be
used to connect vent pipes
Water Closets, CesspOOls and Drains.
Section 80. In all cases where a
new building is erected or where
house drainage and water closet &C
commodations are maintained within
one hundred feet of a public water
supply and not within the limits of a
sewer, the bathtub, basin or laundry
trap and sink drains shall be con-
nected with cesspools located at least
fifteen feet from any tenanted build
ing, and must not be less than four
feet in diameter. said cesspool shall
be covered over at least one foot be-
low the surface of the ground
Power of Inspector to Stop Work.
Section 49, All plumbing in process
of construction, alteration or repair,
shall be under the supervision of the |
inspector of plumbing who is hereby |
empowered to stop further work when |
he shall decide that it is being done |
contrary to this ordinance.
Section "a. 1t shall be unlawful for /
any person other than a duly licensed |
merchant plumber to do any plumb
ing work only a helper in the pres |
ence of a licensed plumber or to I'M |
cover, disconnect, remove or repair |
any fixtures, pipes, or lines of sewer |
Any person or persons engaged in |
or becoming engaged in the plumb |
ing business, shall be required to Sc
cure license from the city clerk, and |
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