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such pan, basin, or receptacle, to fall free of the sides thereof and directly
into the water received and contained in such pan, basin, or receptacle, and
he shall not construct or fix under such pan, basin, or receptacle, any
"container " or other similar fitting.
(5) He shall construct or fix immediately beneath or in connection with such
pan, basin, or other suitable receptacle, an efficient syphon trap, so constructed
that it shall at all times maintain a sufficient water seal between such pan,
basin, or other suitable receptacle, and any drain or soil pipe in connection
therewith. He shall not construct or fix in or in connection with the watercloset
apparatus any "D" trap or other similar trap.
Pans to be
trapped.
5. (1) Any person who shall construct in connection with a building any
water-closet, the soil pipe of which shall communicate with any sewer and shall
be in connection with any other water-closet, shall cause the trap of every such
water-closet to be ventilated into the open air at a point as high as the top
of the soil pipe, or into the soil pipe at a point above the highest water-closet
connected with such soil pipe, and so that the ventilating pipe shall have
in all parts an internal diameter of not less than two inches, and shall be
connected with the arm of the soil pipe or the trap at a point not less than
three and not more than twelve inches from the highest part of the trap and
on that side of the water seal which is nearest to the soil pipe. He shall
cause the joint between the ventilating pipe and the arm of the soil pipe or
the trap to be made in the direction of the flow.
Ventilation or
trap.
(2) He shall construct such ventilating pipe in drawn lead or of heavy cast
iron. Provided that in any case where it shall be necessary to construct such
ventilating pipe within a building he shall construct such ventilating pipe in
drawn lead.
Material for
ventilating pipes-
(3) He shall construct such ventilating pipe, whether inside or outside a
building, so that if the pipe be of lead its weight shall not be less than 45 lbs.
per 12 feet length, and if the pipe be of iron its thickness shall not be less
than three-sixteenths of an inch, and its weight not less than 25 lbs. per
6 feet length.
Weight of
ventilating pipes.
(4) He shall in all cases cause the joints in and the connections to such
ventilating pipe to be made in the same manner as if such ventilating pipe
were a soil pipe.
Joints of
ventilating pipes.
6. (1) A person who shall construct, in connection with a building, a
slop sink or urinal constructed or adapted to be used for receiving any solid
or liquid excremental filth for conveyance to any sewer, shall construct or fix
immediately beneath such slop sink or urinal an efficient syphon trap, so
constructed as to be capable of maintaining a sufficient water seal between such
slop sink or urinal, and any drain, soil pipe, or waste pipe in connection
therewith. He shall not construct or fix in or in connection with such slop sink
or urinal any trap of the kind known as a bell trap, a dip trap, or a "D" trap.
Slop sinks for
filth and urinals.