The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-12
LEGAL NOTICES

WATERBURY:-
 SEC, H., All galvanized genuine wrought iron pipe must be lap-weld- ed: fittings must be the special extra heavy cast iron recessed and thread. ed drainage fittings with smooth inc terior waterway and threads tapped so. as to give Q uniform grade to branches Of not less than one-fourth of an inch per foot;s joints must be screwed joints, made up with red lead and the burr formed in cutting must be carefully reamed out. short nipples, where the sunthreaded part of the pipe isl less than one and one half inches long must be of the thickness and weight known as extra heavy. The use of genuine galvanized wrought iron pipe for waste. shall not be permitted in any dwelling or. apartment house on any fixture carrying greasy waste.
 Rain water leaders shall not be used as soil, waste, or vent pipe, nor shall any soil, waste, or vent pipe be used as rain leaders. When outside rain leaders are connected properly trapped, the trap being so placed as to prevent freezing and be located at least five [5) feet from the main drain. When inside rain leaders are used they shall be of extra heavy cast iron pipe, or, of pipe or as provided in SECTION 5, and need not be trapped excepting where opening in roof is so near a window as to be liable to be dan- gerous or offensive.
 A. All water heaters using gas or oil as a fuel hereafter installed and all existing water heaters that provided with metal fiue, the cross sectional area of which shall not be less than the aggregate area of the vent outlet of the appliance con- nected- to them. This does not apply to appliances which have no vent outlet.
 Flues for the venting of gas or oil appliances shall be made of twenty-four (2G gauge iron or other approved material and shall be connected to chimney or car- ried two CD. feet above the roof or to the outer air.
 Every fue connected appliance construction serves the same pur- pose, shall be equipped with an effective draft hood.
 No water heater using gas or oil as a fuel shall be installed in a bathroom, bedroom or closet, toilet, or any occupied room normally kept closed.
 B. All domestic hot water supply systems employing storage tank, whether controlled manually or automatically, hereafter installed or if already existing when the tanks are changed or replaced, shall be equipped with effective devices to relieve excess pressure and excess tions may be combined in one de- vice. Such device shall be construct ed of brass or other corrosion re- sisting material and shall be ap- proved by the Plumbing Inspector.
 The pressure relief device shall be equipped with a means of testing shall not be less than h" and it's outlet shall not be less than + ~ The size of the relief valve shall be not less than the connecting supply pipe. The outlet shall be piped to with iron pipe size brass pipe or heavy copper tubing. The pressure relief device shall be located on tho cold water inlet and as close as practical to the storage tank. The circulating pipe between the storage tank and the heating unit shall be iron pipe size brass or copper pipe.
 The temperature relief device may accomplish its purpose by shutting off the supply of heat or by dis charging hot water and must be so installed that the heat responsive portion will be exposed to the maximum water temperature either In the storage tank or the hot water supply line. If it Is of the type which shuts off the supply of heat. 1t shall be independent of any ther- mostatic control of water tempera- ture and must be so designed that 1t will have to be reset manually in fl hack Tn SarUfNa after 1t has operated.
 The excess pressure relief valves will be required on instantaneous types of heaters employing no stor- age tank.
 Permits shall be issued to licensed Master Plumbers only to install range boiler and water heater. They shall be issued by the Plumbing In spector and he shall charge the plumber the same fee as for a plumbing fixture.
 No person. firm or corporation shall do any work or make any con- nection to the water pipe or make any alteration or addition to any existing water heater or install any. son has been, licensed as provided by law and a certificate ot com potency has been issued to him.
 This section shall not apply to any company especially chartered by the State of Connecticut to distribute the jurisdiction of the Public Utili- ties Commission of the State of Connecticut which may by its em- ployes, install or repair gas piping and gas fuel operated devices, ap- pliances and accessories in any building and make gas connections to such devices and appliances. In doing such, it shall observe and follow any ordinances specifying the manner in which such work shall be done, and shall take out such permits. relating to each installa.. others.
 Any ordinance governing or ap- plying to persons, firm or partner ship or corporation relating to or requiring license for or requiring a bond for, or prohibiting them from installing or repairing gas piping and gas fuel operated devices, appli- ances and accessories shall not ap- ply to such specially chartered com- panies or their employees when panies. except that any fee appli- cable on a per fixture or per in- stallation basis shall be paid.
 No flush valve that is installed to flush water closets or any other fixture or device shall be connected uAi6CkAy W any Stty WdtCl pbPC OA service pipe in the City of Water. bury unless such flush valve or de- vice is provided with approved air breaks to overcome the vacuum created when the water is shut off and no plumbing fixture. device or construction shall be installed which will provide a cross connection be- tween the distributing system of water for drinking and domestic purposes and drainage system, soil or waste pipe so as to permit or make possible the back flow of sew age or waste into the water supply system.
 The water service pipe to any building shall be of sufficient size to permit C continuous ample flow of water on all floors at a given time and in no case shall the service pipe be less than AZ. The use of second hand pipe to convey water for domestic purposes is hereby for bidden. The Plumbing Inspector may require an affidavit to be filed with the permit to install any second hand plumbing fixture, and in each case the applicant shall be required to furnish a history of each fixture. No permit shall be issued for the installation of any second hand plumbing fixture that has been used in connection with any contagious disease