Plumbing Code of the City of South Bend, Oridance No. 3208 as Amended 1937

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ceiling or shall be oeiled over not less than seven (7) feet above the floor, end the space so enclosed shall be ventilated in on approved manner. Section 115: In all buildings the outside partitions of any water closet or urinal apartment shall be solid and extend to the ceiling or be independently oeiled over not less then seven (7) feet above the floor, When necessary to light such apartments the upper part of the partitions may be provided with translucent, not clear glass, The interior partitions`;= of suoh apartments shall be dwerf partitions of not less than 6' o" high* Section 116: Where water closets or other plumbing fixtures are placed under a sidewalk, street,a lley or other like place, adjoining and opening into the basement of any building, each and every fixture so plat- ed shall be ventilated in the same manner as is provided for other plumbing fixtures in this ordinance, and the water closet compartments shall be adequately lighted and ventilated, and the bowls of such olosets must be caulked to the soil pipe or seourely bolted to a cast iron flange, or pro. vided with an approved screw connection* Section 117: All joints and connections prescribed under this ord- finance shall be made gas and watertight, and all wrought iron or mild steel waste pipes shall be properly reamed on the inside, Section 118: Joints in oast iron pipes shall be made with oakum and molten lead, caulked and smoothly faced. Joints in wrought iron pipes shall be "made up" with screw threads having white or red lead or mineral paint applied to the male part of the thread, and shall be screwed up to the shoulder of the fitting. Lead pipes shall be jointed by wiped joints in lead pipe or between pipes and pipes of brass or copper shall have an exposed surfaoe of the solderA esoh side of the joint of at least three - quarters of an.inoh. Connections of lead and iron pipes shall be made by means of a cest lead combination or standard brass ferrule, brass, b4ase soldering nipple or soldering union and wiped joint. The use of cup or drive ferrule is hereby prohil)ited. Section 119: Every building used for retsidenoe, oommeroiai, in- dustrial or public purposes when served with city water must have its own distinct water service pipe not smaller in internal diameter than shown by