15 of 1905 - Ordinance 15 of 1905 – Amending Section 517, re: plumbing rules. AN ORDINANCE .
An ordinance amending Section 517 of Chapter XXXV of the Revised
Ordinances of Salt Ldce City.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah.:
SECTION 1. That Section 517 of Chapter XXXV of the Revised Ordi-
nances of Salt Lake City be, and the same hereby is amended to read as
follows:
SECTION 517. PLUD3ING RULES. The discretion of the
inspector of plumbing in approving or accepting work as
provided in this chapter shall be limited by the followinf
rules, and it shall be unlawful for any person to con-
struct any plumbing work in any manner not in accordance
with such rules, viz:
Rule "A". No plumbing shall be installed without a
permit, end every building in which plumbing arrangements -'
are constructed shall be separately and independently con-
nected with the city sewer, where such sewer is provided,
and when it is not provided, with a cesspool in a location
and with a capacity to be approved by the board of health;
and every plumber before doing any plumbing work on a
building, or before any additions are made to old work,ex-
ceptingrepairs (and repairs are defined to consist of
mending leaks in drain, soil, waste and vent pipes, and
repairs on faucets, valves and water-supply pipes and of
forcing-out waste pipes, or replacing a water closet bowl
or opening soil or waste pipes to remove an obstruction),
and a written permit to do the work issued by said plumb-
ing inspector; 2rovided, that in buildings which are con-
demned by the board of health or plumbing inspector be-
cause of unsanitary condition, no plumbing shall be eon-
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sidered as coining under the head of repairs, but all pliimb-
ing shall he done as in the case of new buildings. All
work shall be subject toJmspection.
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Under no circumstances shall any mechanic doing the
work of plumbing or house draining, or any employee of
such mechanic, act as the agent of the inspector of plumb-
ing to perform the duties prescribed in this ordinance.
Ruel "B". All pipes from the sewer to the top of the
soil pipe, which must be carried to a point at least
eighteen inches through the roof, shall be fully four in-
ches in interior diameter at every point, and no vent
pipe shall terminate nearer than twelve feet to any door
or window opening.
Rule "C". No trap or any manner of obstruction to
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the free flow of air through the whole course of the drain
and soil pipe shall be allowed, and any plumber who shall,
directly or indirectly, place or make any trap, contrac-
tion or other obstacles anywhere in the course of such
drain or soil pipe, shall, in addition to the penalty
herein prescribed, forfeit his license, and shall be inel-
igible to relicense for one year. Any other person vio-
lating this rule shall be subject to the penalties of this
chapter and shall in addition pay the cost of rectifying
the wrong done.
Rule "D". Every sink, urinal, water closet, bath-tub,
basin, safe or other fixtures shall be separately trapped
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Rul-e "L^. All plumbing fixtures and traps must be
4` f of a kind andqualityto be approved bythe inspector I < P, specfor of
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Rule "F". No water closet will be allowed in an un-
ventilated room or compartment, or in a sleeping rooii; in
every case the room or compartment in which a water closet
is placed shall have direct communication with the outer
air by means of a window or air duct or shaft; and in
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every case the location and means of ventilation of closet
rooms shall be satisfactory to the inspector of plumbing.
a. No wash out water closet shall be allowed in any
building. Hopper closets may be used as anti-freezing
closets, but only when installed in separate buildings and
with brick vaults at least three feet deep.
b. Every trap which is so situated as to be subject
to siphonage by momentum or suction shall be of a kind
that cannot have its seal broken by siphonage, and shall
be vented.
c. All soil pipes and fittings, (unless otherwise
provided in this chapter,) shall be of cast iron of the
grade known to commerce as extra heavy and shall be of the
following weights per linear foot: 2-iaich, 5-1/2 pounds
per foot, 4-inch, 13 p ounds per foot, 5-inch, 17 pounds
per foot, 6-inch, 20 pounds per foot, and shall be carried
full size up through the house and at least 11 inches
through the roof and left without cap or bend. Standard s
soil pipe may be used above a vent tee in the stack, or
above a sanitary tee if no vent is used..; and in case of
cesspool connection, at least a 2-inch pipe must extend.
from cesspool up through the roof.
d. No fixture shall be trapped by having its outlet
connected with the trap of another fixture.
e. No connection shall be made at any part of the
house drainage system, with roof gutters or any other
channel for the conveyance of rain water, save that plumb-
ing fixtures may be supplied from tanks constructed to
store rain water for such purpose.
fr All pipes must be as direct as possible, and, ,
shall be so arranged that they may at all times he read'ii*
examined and repaired. Before the fixtures are placed the
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whole system of drain, soil, waste and vent pipes shall be
hermetically sealed; the pipes shall then be filled with
water to the top, and every joint shall be examined for
leakage, and all leaks shall be securely closed; except
that in case of inspection of plumbing already existing,
the peppermint or smoke test may be substituted by the
inspector of plumbing.
g. The joints of all pipes, except where screw
joints are used, shall be made with an oakum gasket and
soft load, thoroughly calked.
h. All vent pipes and fittings shall be of galvan-
ized iron or of cast iron, and, if o: cast iron, it shall
be of the grade known to commerce as extra heavy, and
shall be of the following weights per linear foot; ail
cast iron for vents must be extra heavy up to the top fix-
ture: 2 inches, 5-1/2 pounds per foot, 3 inches, 9-1/2
pounds per foot, 4 inches, 13 pounds per foot, and all
fittings used with such pipe shall correspond with it in
weight and quality, and all cast iron pipe and fittings
shall be coated inside and outside with coal pitch varnish.
i. The drain pipe. Shall not be laid below the cel-
lar floor, except it be absolutely necessary. It should
be fastened along the cellar wall or hung from the floor
timbers, and given a grade of at least one in sixty, and
more if possible.
j . All changes in the direction of the drain shall
be made with curved pipes, and all connections with Y's,
branches and one-eighth bends and sanitary tees. Offset
fittings may be used, hut no offset shall be over six
inches. If any o ffset is over six inches one-eighth bends
must be used. One-quarter bends are prohibited unless .
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special permission is granted by the inspector of plumbing.
k. Waste pipes from safes, refrigerators, beer
pumps, water tanks and other similar fixtures, or from re-
ceptacles in which provisions are stored, shall not be
connected directly to the drainage system, but shall dis-
charge into an open sink or tray, which shall be in plain
sight. This sink or tray may connect with the drain
pipes, upon being properly trapped like other fixtures.
1. All connections of lead pipes shall be made with
wiped joints.
m. All connections of lead with iron pipe shall be
made with a brass sleeve or ferule, the sleeve to be thor-
oughly calked into the hub of the iron pipe with lead and
the lead pipe be attached to the sleeve by a wiped joint.
n. Water-cl,osets shall not be flushed by direct ser-
vice, but by means of a special tank, except outdoor,
anti-freezing water-closets.
o. Waste pipes and traps shall in all cases be of
lead, cast iron or brass and of the following sizes for
each of the following named fixtures:
Bath tub, 1-1/2 inches.
Sink, 1-1/2 inches.
Laundry tub, 1-1/2 inches.
Urinal, 1-1/2 inches.
Wash basin, 1-1/4 inches.
Slop hopper, 2 inches.
And the lead vent and waste pipes must not be lighter
than the following weight per linear foot: 1-1/4 inch,
2-1/2 pounds; 1-1/2 inch, 3-0 pounds; 2 inch, 4 pounds.
p. The vent pipe from each fixture shall in all
cases be of the same size as the trap from the same fix-
ture; provided, that when more than one fixture shall be
vented through the same pipe, the size of such pipe shall
be as fo11 ows: s
For more io cre pad not to exceed two basins, 1-1/4
inch pipe. For more than two and not to exceed six basics
1-1/2 inch pipe. For more than six and not to exceed
twenty basins, 2 inch pipe. For more than twne*y basins,
2-1/2 inch pipe.
For more than one and not to exceed three fixtures,
1-1/2 inches.
For more than three and not to exceed five fixtures,
2 inches.
For more than five and. not to exceed ten fixtures,
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For more than ten and not to exceed twenty fixtures,
3 inches.
Siphon jet water-closets located within five feet of
the stack need not be ventecid.
When closets are located more than 5 and not to ex-
ceed 15 feet from the main soil pipe a two inch vent pipe
shall be continued from the end of said soil pipe and con-
tinued as provided by the rules governing vents.
q. Vent pipes from water-closet traps shall not in
any case be less than two inches in diameter; and where
more than one closet is vented through the sane pipe, the
size of such pipe shal:L be as follows:
For one and not to exceed three closets, 2 inches.
For more than three and not to exceed six closets,
2-1/2 inches.
For more than six and not to exceed twelve closets,`
3 inches.
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A Water closet, bath tub and wash basin may all be
ventilated through the same pipe, but in all such cases
the two inch vent pipe which is common to such fixtures
shall not exceed thirty feet in length. And the same rule
shall apply in cases where a water-oleeet and either a
bath tub or a wash basin are vented through the same pipe.
r. All vent pipes which are more than thirty feet in
length shall be increased one size in diameter for each
additional forty feet in length.
s. In no case shall more than two lavatories be
drained or vented through a 1-1/4 inch pipe, nor shall any
waste pipe of 1-1/4 inches diameter exceed twenty feet in
length.
t. Trap vents from two or more fixtures must be con-
onts.d at leawgif tt3R ineees ei4eve the top of the fixtures,
and a trap screw of the same diameter as the vent, wiped
into it and not more than six inches above the connection
with the trap, and ground joint solder unions may be used.
u. All pipes are to be so arranged that they may be
easily examined and repaired.
v. All exit pipes from plumbing fixtures except from
water-closets, shall be provided with strong metallic
strainers securely fastened. Double hubs are prohibited
in all cast iron soil and waste pipes, except above the
vent tee. or in cleanouts in the sewer. Wooden ash-trays
and wooden sinks are prohibited inside of buildings, ex-
cept in hotels and restaurants. Such fixtures shall in
all other cases be of non-absorbent material.
w. Waste pipes from bath tubs shall be connected to
drum traps. Drum traps shall have trap screws not less
tian three inches in diameter, and shall be put as close
to the bath tub as is practical and accessible.
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x. In no case shall any vent or soil, pipe be run on
the outside of any building withour a special permit from
the inspector of plumbing.
y. In no case shall any fixture be allows to tits-- ---
discharge into the trap of any eater-closet, or into the
hee]of a lead bend.
z. Clean ogt screws shall be placed at the end of
the drain pipe under every Sink, and also at every'angle
in said pipe.
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SEC,TION 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here-
with ar/hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall tape effect upon approval.
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