The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-06-10

ends shall be properly reamed out and
free from burrs. The threads shall be
made long SO they shoulder up to recess
of soil pipe fitting.
When galvanized wrought iron soil
pipe is used it shall be properly inspect
ed so there shall be no projecting points
of galvanizing on the inside of soil pipe.
All fittings used in wrought iron soil
pipe work shall be of the recessed type,
(as in the Durham systemJ. The plain
water or steam pipe fittings are positive
" prohibited.
Connections of Lead Pipe With Iron.
Section "a. All connections of lead
with iron pipe shall be made with a brass
ferrule not less than one-eighth "a of
| an inch in thickness, put in the hub of
the iron, pipe and caulked in with lead.
The lead pipe shall be attached to the
ferrule by a wiped solder joint.
Solder, Joints.
Section 50. All connections of lead
pipe shall be wiped solder joints. Every
fixture shall be separated and effectually
trapped.
Where a series of two or three wash
basins shall come together in a range but
one trap shall be required for the three.
All sheet iron vent pipes now in use
must be removed and replaced with iron
soil pipe upon notification from the Board
of Health.
No basin waste shall be connected in a
bath waste, separate connections either
to the lead bend under closet or in the
waste pipe shall be branched into the
heel of the lead bend under a closet.
Drip on Overflow Pipes.
Section SO. All drip or overflow pipes
from safes under washbasins, baths, uri-
rails. water closets, or other fixtures shall
be by a special pipe run to an open sink,
outside, the house, or some conspicuous
point, and in no case shall any sueh
waste pipe be connected with a soil drain
Refrigerator Waste Pipe.
Section 81. No waste pipe from a re-
frigerator or other receptacle in which
provisions are stored shall be connected
with any drain, soil or other waste pipe.
Such waste pipes shall be so arranged as
Number of Water Closets.
Section So. Each dwelling house shall
have at least 1 water closet; dwelling
providing for 2 or 3 families must have
at least 2 water closets. and dwellings
providing for 4 or more. families the
number of water closets shall be deter
mined by the Board of Health.
Hotels, boarding houses and buildings
where operators of both sexes are en-
ployed, a proper number and separate
water closets shall be furnished for men
and women.
Water Closets to be Supplied With
Water From Flushing Tan
Section 80. All water closets within
buildings shall be supplied with water
from special tanks or cisterns which shall
hold not less than eight go gallons of
water when up to the level of the over
flow pipe for each closet supplied, except
ing automatic or syphon tanks, which
shall hold not less than five 60 gallons
of water for each closet supplied, the
water in said tanks shall not be used for
any other purpose. The flushing pipe of
all tanks shall not be less than one and
~one-quarter dl4) of an inch in diameter:
No person shall place in any building
any %plunger, pan or wash-out closet, and
when such closets are removed Tor re-
pairs they shall not be replaced.
placed in the yard, shall be supplied di-
rectly from the water supply pipes. un-
less controlled by an authorized flush
ometer system. All closets placed out
side must be equipped with a Johnson
hopper valve or its equal.
Closets May be Supplied from One Tank.
Section Al. A group of closets may be
supplied from one tank. but water closets
on different floors shall not be flushed
from one tank except where a special
valve device is used on the flush pipe of
each water closet, said device shall insure
a sufficient water suppl and not be sub
ject to syphonic action. On high build
ings a house tank shall be erected of
sufficient capacity to supply all fixtures
when so required by the Board of Health,
The use of wash-out closets is prohibited.
Yard Water Closet Enclosure.
Section ~. The enclosure of the yard
water closet shall be ventilated by Stat
ted openings and there shall be a trap
door in the floor of sufficient size for ac-
cess TO the hopper trapi ~ ,,4oa
Section -. Water closetszmask~1aetAe
located in the sleepin4}1r81tnse kseny
building, nor n any JPN ~
the external air eith6}4
an air shaft. having sa123le4sx ~ 1tl6 Qten
air of at least four lD square feet.
Water Closets Within a Building.
Section "A. All water closets within a
building, using lead connections shall
have a cast brass fiange, not less than
hree-sixteenths tS,16) of an inch in
thickness (ftted with a rubber gasket of
sufficient thickness to insure q tight
joint bolted to the closet.
Rain Water Conductors.
Section As. Rain conductors shall not
be connected to any sewer or drainage
system. nor used as soil, waste or vent
pipes; nor shall any soil, waste or ar
pip be used as a rain conductor, and, II
placed within a building, shall be of cast
iron pipe with loaded joints.
Exhaust or Waste.
Section 46. No steam exhaust or waste
from steam pipes shall be connected with
any house drain, soil pipe or sewer.
Section AZ. No priVy vault or cesspool
from sewage shall hereafter be construct
ed in any part of the city where a sewer
is at all accessible.
Section Is. No connections from any
cesspool or privy shall be made with any
sewer nor shall any water closet, or
house drainage empty INTO a cesspoo or
privy well where sewer is accessible.
Section 40. In rural districts a permit
may be issued by the Board of Health
for waste pipes from buildings to be con-
nected with cesspools constructed Tor
that special purpose. The sides and bot
tom oil the same 10 De CONSTRUCTED u
brick of at least s inches thick, laid in
cement or concrete pit, sides and bottom
to be at least 5 inches thick and water
tight so that the contents cannot escape
therefrom, and to have a tight cover
vented and so constructed as to be read
lily and easily cleaned out.
Section ABB. No person shall con-
struct, reconstruct, build or establish any
privy vault. catch-basin, cesspool or 9TH
er sub-surface receptacle for filth, except
it-be constructed, ventilated, located and
covered in accordance with a written
permit first obtained from this Board.
\ Section 49-C. The inside of every priVy
vault and every cesspool hereafter con-
structed shall be at least five feet dis
tant from the line of every adjoining lot,
street, or public place, and not less than
fifteen feet distant fro II every house or
building which is used or intended for
dwelling purposes. No dwelling or build
ing used as "a habitation shall be built
or established within twenty feet of any
privy vault or cesspool which is on the
same premises. No vault, cesspool or
catch-basin shall form a portion of, or be
attached to any foundation wall of any
building, nor shall any such structure be
built or maintained beneath any building
used as n habitation.
Section 49-D. No owner, tenant, lessee
or occupant of any building or premises
to which any vault. catch-b basin or cess
pool shall appertain or be attached, shall
allow the contents to flow therefrom, or
to rise within one foot of the top there
of, nor permit said contents to become
offensive; nor shall any vault or other
structure in this section mentioned be
filled with earth or be permanently closed
until its filthy contents have been remov-
ed. Nor shall any person cast or deposit
i'm any vault, cesspool, or catch-basin any
dead animals, garbage, offal, rubbish, or
any substance not appropriate to the
purposes for which the structure was
intended. When any structure in this
section mentioned has been abandoned,
OF is no longer in use for the purpose for
which it was designed, it shall be remoV-
ed. or II may be filed with Glenn eArth