Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-17
the full size OF the iron pipes.
Vent Pipes.

the full size OF the iron pipes.
I Vent Pipes.
Sec. 10. Each and every tral
shall be vented except drum traps
In cases where the size Of the trap IL
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 Is
inches. In cases of larger size traps
the vent pipe shall start from the
| vent horn, and IL no horn, from the
lead bend. Each verticle line of
vent pipe over eight feet in length
shall be galvanized or cast iron and
connected to trap at an angle of As
degrees. The branch of wye of
vent pipes shall be set above the fix
lures so that the vent cannot act as
a waste pipe. No rubbed couplings
or solder unions shall be used to con-
meet vent pipes The highest water
closet when located within eighteen
inches of the main soil pipe need not
be separately ventilated when
ventilated fixtures empties into the
lead bend. Connections of lead pipes
with those of cast iron OF galvanized
pipes and fittings shall be made with
extra heavy cast brass or combina-
tion ferrules, properly caulked and
wiped In, or with heavy cast brass
solder nipples of size not less than
the lead pipes, with properly wiped
solder joints and screwed on to the
iron pipe.
Size of Vent Pipes.
Sec IT, The size of vent pipes,
except for water closets and slop
sinks, or slop hoppers, shall be not |
less than that Of the trap which 1t |
serves, or may be connected in attic |
all connections with an in
verified vent fitting into four inch soil |
stack. All vent pipes forty feet in |
heighth shall be increased one inch |
In diameter for each additional |
thirty feet in heighth, Vent pipes
may run separately through the roof |
when they are over five feet main |
stack.
Change in Direction of Pipe.
Sec. Is. All sewer, soil and waste |
pipes shall be run as direct as poss-
bile; changes in direction of hori-
.ontal pipes shall be made with reg
llar fittings, and connections with
horizontal runs shall be made with
'wyes" eighth bends, and 18th bends.
On vertical runs, sanitary tees, one
Eighth and sixteenth bends shall be
Used; offsets shall be made with As
legree bends or similar fittings. No |,
quarter bend shall be used in hor-
zontal runs unless Unavoidable and
hall be especially authorized by the
Building Inspector.
Termination of Pipes at Roof.
Sec. 10. All main sewers, soil or
waste pipes shall be carried un-
finished In size to a heighth of at
east eighteen inches above the main
oof. Pipes on extention roofs, when
within ten feet Of any window, shall {
re carried up unfinished in size !
bove the top of the nearest win {
ow. There shall be no caps, cowles {
entilators or return bends put on /
he ends Of the pipes above the roof I
Fixtures, How Trapped. L
Sec, 20, The waste pipe of each /
nd every sink, basin, bath, water ]
loset, urinal, and each set of trays
r other fixtures shall be separately
nd effectively trapped Except as c
rovided in section 27). The trap !
hall be as near as practicable to the G
xture 1t serves, and must have pro- /
err clean out. No fixtures shall be Y
1t unless supplied with sufficient b
'ater to properly flush it. Where a t
alter closet is more than twenty-four
lches from mainstack 1t shall be re-
ented through vent fitting or from p
lead bend. No pipe shall be con- Il
ected into the heel of any lead bend. a
uggy or automobile garage stable n
nd feed barns where buggies or v
ehicles are washed shall have what t
known as buggy washer not a
ss than IT. by TT. built of brick "
: concrete, with sand trap proper p
arranged with cast iron quarter "
end and proper clean out. Bar p
astes shall be connected to lead g.
rum trap, 6x10 inches with o
roper seal. All floor drains must e
, retrapped below with p trap b
roperly vented. t,
rap and Waste Pipes From Fix. o
lures. Il
Sec. 81. Trap and branch waste II
pes shall be of the following a
yes: Sizes For basin and pantry IL
nks, IL inches, (slop sinks at
asst size of out lett. Kitchen
nks, l " or inches; laundry tubs IL
V or 2 inches; water closets 81