Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-30
City L@gaI Notices
COMMISSION ORDINANCE
No. 100.

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Be 1t Ordained, by the Citv Com
mission of the City of Albuquerque
that Section 20. Article c, d. =
f, G and H. Ordinance No. los
ADOPTED Februar* rs. 1922 b
amended to read as follows:
Section 20.
Soil Pipe. Each house o
building shall have a separat
mouse drain of either standard o
extra heavy cast iron soil pine. 7
VIII begin at the earthenware drai,
outside the foundation of the build
ing and will be continued full siz,
TO point six inches above ridg,
and not more thin three feet O
pipe exposed above roof. If it il
q flat roof the pipe will be carried
| from two to four feet above tn,
fire walls.
All soil and waste pipe must b.
laid to grade of not less than on,
foot in fifty feet. They must "a
run as direct as possible, and mus
be furnished with hand hole ant
cleanouts where necessary or con.
Venlent to remove distractions
Provided, however. that all hand.
holes or cleanouts shall be placed
where accessible. and when neces.
sary the carpenter shall provide
trap doors so that such hand holes
or cleanouts may be reached. The
soil pipe will be supported every
five feet with hangers or hooks
Where 1t is in vertical position
waste pipe connections will be
made by "Y" or sanitary "T
branches, but where 1t is in a i1or.
izontal position they must be made
by ~" shaped branches only. All
iron pipes and fitting must be
sound, cylindrical, and smooth, and
coated inside and outside with
coal tar" or "asphaltum varnish."
All cast iron pipe will be jointed
by first inserting gasket of picked
oakum, then filling the remainder
with molten soft pig lead. This
lead will then be driven with caulk-
ing tools to form a tight Joint. No
cement or putty joints will be per-
mitted.
D-Waste Pipes. Lead waste
pipes shall not be lighter than the
grade known to the trade as extra
light" Lead pipes will be Joined
by a wiped Joint. All connections
with iron pipe will be by brass fer
rules of the same bore as the lead
pipe and soldered into it with a
wiped joint. The other end of the
ferrule will be caulked into the hub
Of the iron pipe with an oakum
gasket and lead joints. All lead
pipes will be supported by metal
tacks and screws. when vertical,
and continuously supported on
boards when horizontal. Waste
pipes from all fixtures shall be of
cast iron or lead of the following
sizes: For one wash basin, N in.
pipe. Each bath tub. wash tray,
kitchen sink and urinal. IL in.
For two bath tubs, two sinks or
fixtures requiring equivalent drain
age. / Y IN. waste pipes. For three
Of the above, in. pipe; for more
than three, in. pipe; for three
wash basins. Il in; for six wash
basins, Q inches; for more than six.
3 inches; for one slop sink the
waste must be inches. No fixture
pipe will be connected with any
watercloset traps either below or
above the water line. They must
be directly connected with soil
pipes or to a special run of two
inch iron waste pipe. when the fix
lures are remote from the main
soil pipe. Safe wastes will have no
smaller pipes than one inch, and
shall discharge over a sink. Re-
frigerator waste pipes must con-
meet with an open tray or sink. The
drain pipe from the tray or sink
may connect with the drainage sys-
tenn, If trapped and vented as other
fixtures. No waste pipes from
either safes. refrigerator or cisterns
can connect directly to the drain
age system.
Event Pipes. The trap Of all
fixtures must be vented with a pipe
of the same diameter as the trap,
except those used for waterclosets,
which must be two inches inside
diameter. They shall always be
run as nearly vertical as possible
until they are above the fixtures,
and shall be placed so as to drain
themselves, and shall be securely
fastened. Vent pipes must be COM
bined. where 1t is practicable to do
so, and also where 1t is practicable
they must connect with the main
stack, otherwise they must be car
ried through the roof, the same as
the main stack. They will not be
combined lower than three feet
above the floor. Vent pipes cannot
connect with the main stack lower
than three feet above the floor of
the highest fixtures. except water
closets where separate line of
waste pipe runs from sewer to roof
or back vents into another stack,
and the trap is placed within two
feet of said waste pipe. 1t will n t
be necessary to crown-vent the
trap. Vent pipes shall be of either
cast iron, lead or galvanized
wrought iron, with galvanized fit
tings Mcclellan vents and me-
chanical traps are prohibited. Caps
on top of vent pipes are not allow
able. Soil or vent pipes cannot be
connected with chimney flues.
Three basins may be connected to
IL In. vent pipe.
Three bath tubs may be connect
ed to IL in. vent pipe.
Two sinks may be connected to
/ In. vent pipe.
Five basins may be connected to
l II In. vent pipe.
One nk-bath-basin may be con-
nected to 2 in. vent pipe.
Three closets may be connected
to in. vent pipe.
One bath closet-basin may be
connected to in. vent pipe.
Traps. All fixtures connect
ed with the drainage system must
be trapped. The traps shall be
located as closely as possible to the
fixtures, and in no case shall the
trap be more than two feet from
the fixtures. They must be self
cleaning and have ,rass or nickle
cleanout on the under side at least
one inch in diameter. and made
water tight. All bath tubs must
have a four-inch lead drum tap
with at least a three-inch cleanout
flush with floor and made air tight
with threaded screw, said top must
be vented, and said vent must rise
at least one inch to each foot, and
not larger in the bore than thel