Amending Ordinance No. 1808 with Reference to a Plumbing Code

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-34- Section CXXIV. Soldering nipples shall be of cast brass, or of brass pipe iron pipe size. When cast, they shall be full bore and not less than standard weight. Section CXXV. Screw caps for cleanouts shall be of extra heavy brash not less than 1/8 of an inch thick. The screw cap shall have asolid square or hexagonal nut not less than one inch high. Cleanout is to be standard make having full bore. Section CXXVI. Connection or hangers, pipe supporters, or fixtures, setting with masonry or stone backing shall be made with expansion bolts without the use of wood plugs. Section CXXVII. Cellars and basements shall be kept free from ground or surface water, and where the same are too low to be drained into the sewer, the water therefrom shall be lifted by a cellar drainer or ejector or other device, approved by the Plumbing Inspector, and discharged into the sewer. Section CXXVIII. Overflow pipes from cisterns shall not connect directly with any house sewer, but drain pipes from bottom of cistern may connect with the sewer if properly valved. Section MIX. The connection with the roof sump must be made with brass ferrule caulked to cast iron or screwed into wrought iron pipe and shall be connected water and air tight to ferrule with an extension joint. Roof sumps shall be constructed of sheet lead not less than 4 lbs. to the square foot. Section CXXX. Sheet lead for roof flashing shall not weigh less than three pounds per square foot, shall be new unused material, shall extend not less than six inches from the pipe and the joint shall be made watertight. All roof flashing around pipes shall be made of lead which shall extend up and be flashed down into said vent pipe.