The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-01
size increasers or reducers, pitched to
an angle of forty.five (45) degrees be-
tween the two sizes shall be used.
Fixtures and Traps.

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to the trap overflow so as to COM
pletely submerge any matter deposited
in them and properly flush and scour
the soil pipe, when the contents OF the
bowl are discharged.
Cd Visible Trap Seal. All water
closets or pedestal urinals. with trap
com bined, shall have visible trap
seals.
(c) Flushing Rims. All water closets
or pedestal urinals shall be provided
with flushing rims. constructed so as
TO flush the entire interior surface OF
the bowl thereof with water as pres
cribed in subsequent section of this
title.
Cd All plumbing fixtures shall be
installed or set free and open from
all enclosing work.
Where practicable all pipes from fix
lures shall run to the wall.
practicable means that all pipes
from fixtures should waste to the wall
to avoid damage in cleaning floors and
for the purpose of obtaining directly
rising vent from a vertical waste
line)
(e) Low Down Closets. Water
, closets with low down tanks shall be
of siphon pattern provided with re-
filling devices.
(f) Water Closets Prohibited. Pan,
hopper, valve, plunger, offset, washout,
frost proof. range and latrine closets
are prohibited.
(g) Uninals. All urinals, troughs OF
cutters shall be constructed of ma.
terials impervious to moisture and
that will not corrode under the action
of urine. When floor cutters are used
as urinals the cutters shall be made
with impervious material and the
floor and walls within five (5) feet OF
such cutters shall be made equally
tight and impervious.
CHI Lavatories and Sinks. Lava
tories and sinks shall be made in one
piece, of porcelain ware, vitreous
chinaware, enameled iron ware, or
other impervious material.
Fixed wooden wash trays or sinks
are prohibited.
ID Bathtubs and Laundry Tubs.
Bathtubs and laundry tubs shall be
made of earthenware, vitreous china
ware. enameled iron ware or other I'M
pervious material.
Cd Traps. Each fixture shall be
separately trapped by a water seal
trap placed as close to the fixture as
possible.
(k) All Bathtubs and Laundry Trays
shall have an extra heavy drum trap
not smaller than 4 by with 4 inch
brass, air tight cover.
All drum traps for bathtubs and
laundry trays shall have at least
21S inch seal, and shall be ventilated
when placed over 5 feet from stack.
~ All other fixtures not herein
stated shall be separately and effec-
lively trapped and vented according TO
given tables, except pedestal lava
tories in barber shops and drinking
fountains. which set independent OF
wall. shall be trapped with anti
siphon traps.
(m) Traps fot Lavatories, Drinking
Fountains. Sinks. etc, either P, Tor 81,
traps shall be OF cast brass from the
inlet to the outlet with union connec-
lions and cleanout below the water
seal and shall be connected to waste
and vent lines with No. II gauge brass
tubing from outlet of trap.
Weight of traps exclusive Of P. 0.
plug shall not be less than as follows:
Ia P. trap ..-..........-.. ~. IoH'
115 p. trap ......... 2 Id. Soz.
(n) Waste pipes from bar sinks,
soda fountains, refrigerators or other
receptacles in which provisions are
stored shall not be connected directly
with the drainage system, but shall De
arranged to waste into an open fixture
in the basement.
Bar sinks and soda fountain fixtures
shall have separate traps and waste
lines to conform with other regula'
tions
When three or more refrigerators
are connected to one waste line IL
shall be continued at least one-foot
above the roof.
Each refrigerator shall be separate
ly trapped.
(o) Grease Traps When grease traps
are used in hotels, restaurants, gar
ages factories or other places where
necessary. they shall be constructed
of hard brick, cement or enamled cast
iron. and of approved types.
(p) Floor Drains. All floor drains
shall have a seal of at least three
inches. Bell trap receivers may be
used only when connected with or
s traps. All such floor drains shall
be branches of properly vented house
drains.
CIeanouto.
Section 21-Cleanouts. Proper clean
outs with water and gas ught cover
shall be used at the end of each hori'
zontal and at the bottom of each yer.
tfcaI line of pipe and at each lower
turn in vertical stack. All cleanouts
shall be accessible and shall De tne
came size as the pipes they serVe
except when the pipes are larger than
inches, then cleanout need not Dc
larger than inches in diameter. A
test tee of same size as main Dram
shall be placed In line just INSIDE Oh
foundation wall.
Fines for Violations Of Rules.
Section 22.-Any person. firm or
corporation who shall wilfully violate
any of the provisions OF this ordinance
respecting plumbing, or any rule or
regulation Of the local or State Board
~ Health respecting plumbing, shall,
upon conviction thereof, be fined not
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