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(4) He shall construct such soil pipe, whether inside or outside the building,
so that it shall not be connected with any rain-water pipe or with the waste
of any bath, or of any sink other than that which is provided for the reception
of urine or other excremental tilth, and he shall construct such soil pipe so
that there shall not be any trap in such soil pipe or between the soil pipe and
any drain with which it is connected.
Soil pipe not to
be connected
with rain-water
and waste pipes,
nor to be trapped.
(5) Every person who shall provide a soil pipe, outside or inside a building,
shall cause such soil pipe to have an internal diameter of not less than
inches, and to be continued upwards without diminution of its diameter
and (except where unavoidable) without any bend or angle being formed in
such soil pipe, to such a height and in such a position as to afford, by means
of the open end of such soil pipe, a safe outlet for foul air, and so that such
open end shall in all cases be above the highest part of the roof of the building
to which the soil pipe is attached, and, where practicable, be not less than
3 feet above any window within 20 feet measured in a straight line from the
open end of such soil pipe.
Size of soil pipes
and position of
outlets for foul
air.
(6) He shall furnish the open end of such soil pipe and any soil ventilating
pipe with a wire-guard or other suitable covering, the openings in the meshes
of which shall be equal to not less than the area of the open end of the soil pipe.
Termination of
soil or ventilating
pipe.
(7) In all such cases where he shall connect a lead trap or pipe with an iron
soil pipe or drain, he shall insert between such trap or pipe, and such soil
pipe or drain, a thimble of copper, brass, or other suitable alloy, and he shall
connect such lead trap or pipe with such thimble by means of a wiped or
overcast metallic joint, and he shall connect such thimble with the iron soil
pipe or drain by means of a joint made with molten lead properly caulked.
Provided that it shall be sufficient if he shall connect such lead trap or pipe
into an iron soil pipe in an equally suitable and efficient manner.
Connection of lead
trap, &c., with
iron pipe or drain.
8. Any person who shall connect a stoneware or semi-vitrified ware
trap or pipe with a lead soil pipe, waste pipe, or trap communicating with a
sewer, shall insert between such stoneware or semi-vitrified ware trap or pipe
and such lead soil pipe, waste pipe, or trap, a socket of copper, brass, or other
suitable alloy, and shall insert such stoneware or semi-vitrified ware trap or
pipe into such socket, making the joint with Portland or other equally
suitable cement, and shall connect such socket with the lead soil pipe, waste
pipe, or trap, by means of a wiped or overcast metallic joint; provided
always that it shall be sufficient if he shall connect the stoneware or semivitrified
ware trap or pipe with the lead soil pipe, waste pipe or trap, in an
equally suitable and efficient manner.
Connection of
stoneware trap
of closet, &c.,
with lead soil
pipe, &c.
9. Any person who shall connect a lead soil pipe, waste pipe, ventilating
pipe, or trap with a stoneware or semi-vitrified ware pipe or drain communicating
with a sewer, shall insert between such lead soil pipe, waste pipe,
ventilating pipe, or trap and such stoneware or semi-vitrified ware pipe or
drain, a flanged thimble of copper, brass, or other suitable alloy, and shall
connect such lead soil pipe, waste pipe, ventilating pipe, or trap with such
thimble by means of a wiped or overcast metallic joint, and shall insert the
flanged end of such thimble into a socket on such stoneware or semi-vitritied
Connection of
lead soil pipe, &c.,
with stoneware
drain, &c.