Amending Ordinance No. 1808 with Reference to a Plumbing Code

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-43- on the sewer side of any trap. All other joints shall be caulked, screwed, or wiped. Soldering nipples, brass unions, galvanized box unions with sheet lead gaskets, made without other gaskets or packing, or with long threaded unions are permitted. No union shall be used under floors on waste or vent pipes. Section CLXIV. Slip joints shall not be permitted within any part of the water supply system. Section CLXV. That all persons doing any work within the terms of this ordinance shall also abide by any rules established by the Board of Public works regulating the Water Department, which are not in conflict with this ordinance. Section CLXVI. All plumbing and house drainage shall be inspected by said Inspector as follows: When the soil waste pipe or vent stack are completed throughout the building, and before any joint in such soil waste pipe or vent stack or fittings are covered, and whin all openings are made for the proper connection of all fixtures all soil waste pipes or vent stacks shall be filled with water to the highest .point or to the highest point above the vents. This shall be the first test made by the Plumbing Inspector and he shall be notified that the work is ready for inspection by written notice filed with him by the employing plumber. Final inspecton shall be made when all fixtures are attached and the work is completed and the water turned on and all traps filled. If this last mentioned test meets with the approval of the Plumbing Inspector and with the various sections of this Ordinance,, then the Inspector shall issue his certificate of approval to the proper per- sons, which said certificate shall properly identify the work and shall be issued before the water meter is set.