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THE BATTALION
Legal Notices
PLUMBING ORDINANCE NO. 51
Article 1. General
Section 1. No person, firm, or corpora
tion shall engage in the business of in
stalling or repairing the plumbing systems
of buildings within the city limits of
College Station, or in buildings served by
the water or sewer systems of College
Station, unless such person, firm or cor
poration shall have obtained a license
from the city.
Section 2. Examining Board. No license
shall be issued until the applicant shall
receive approval from an Examining Board.
Said Board shall consist of the city engi
neer as chairman, city sanitary engineer,
and a representative of the city-county
health unit. Should vacancies exist in the
official personnel mentioned, the Board may
be completed to a membership of three by
appointment of the mayor, such appointees
to hold office for one year or until the
vacancies in official personnel are filled.
The Board may conduct such examinations
or tests as it may see fit and if it ap
proves the application, shall report same
to the City Secretary.
Section 3. Issuance of License and fees.
Upon receipt of approval from the Exam-
ing Board the city secretary shall be
authorized to issue a license, provided that
a fee of $15.00 shall be paid to the city.
Said license shall be in force for one
year from date of issue, but may be re
newed annually by payment of $5.00.
Section 4. Plumbing Inspection. The city
council shall appoint a plumbing inspector
or assign the duties of plumbing inspect
ion to some city employee. It shall be the
duty of the plumbing inspector to issue
all permits for plumbing work, to inspect
and pass upon all such plumbing, to in
spect any such plumbing already in use
or being constructed which he may have
reason to believe is imperfect or out of
repair, and by written order to the owner
or agent in charge of any building or
premises where any such imperfect plumb
ing work may be located, or to the plumb
er in charge of the construction of same,
stop the construction or use of same until
same shall have been properly constructed
or repaired; and he shall have the power
to enter any house or premises in said
city at any time between the hours of
9 A. M. and 5 P. M. to inspect any such
plumbing. He shall investigate all alleged
violations of this ordinance, or any plumb
ing ordinance of this city, reported to him,
and file complaints against all whom he
may have reason to believe are guilty of
such violations, and perform such other
services as may be required of him by the
City Council. It shall also be the duty
of said city plumbing inspector to collect
for the city all inspection, installation, and
service fees required by this ordinance.
Section 5. Inspection Fees. The following
inspection fees shall be collected: For
inspection of any one single fixture issued
under any one permit, one dollar, for
each additional fixture, fifty cents, with
a maximum charge for any single building
and single inspection visit of two dollars.
Said fees shall be collected at the time
the permit is issued. Should more than
the two inspections required under Section
10 be necessary, such additional inspections
shall be paid for at the rates specified in
this section, before certificate of acceptance
will be granted.
Section 6. Permits. No person shall
do any plumbing of any character, or re
pair any plumbing work, or make an ex
tensions to plumbing, or change the loca
tion of any plumbing fixture, except as
hereinafter prescribed, in said city, until
pr
he has received a permit to do same from
the city plumbing inspector. Application
for such permit shall describe by means
of a sketch and other description the
character of the plumbing work or re
pairing proposed to be done, together with
the exact location of same, the number
and location of street openings, if any
and the number, name and chacracter of
the plumbing fixtures to be repaired or
put in, provided that no such application
need be made and no permit issued for
repairs or leaks in pipes, traps or cocks,
opening up waste for supply pipes, traps
or drains, in replacing any broken fixture
or water pipes, nor for installations made
for exhibit purposes and not used in the
usual manner.
Section 7. Notice of Defects. The city
plumbing inspector shall give the owner
or agent in charge of any building, prem
ises, or plumber in charge of any work,
written notice of any defects of said
plumbing or changes or repairs necessary,
and such owner, agent or plumber, shall,
within five days from receiving such
notice, make the necessary changes or re
pairs.
Section 8. Plumber’s Responsibility. The
plumber in charge of the work shall be
responsible for the construction and com
pletion, according to the ordinance and reg
ulations governini
work in this city,
according to the ordinance and reg-
governing plumbing and drainage
this city, of all the interior drain
age and supply pipes within the buildings
and their proper connections to the main
house drain leading to the public sewer
and connection to sewer.
Section 9. Application for Inspection.
Application for inspection must be made
to the city plumbing inspector when work
is ready for inspection at least eight hours
before such inspection is desired.
Section 10. Tests and Inspections. All
new plumbing work shall be inspected by
the city plumbing inspector as follows:
(1) . When the main house drains are
laid and before they are covered, the
sewer pipes shall be examined and in
spected as often as necessary to see that
they conform with the requirements of
this ordinance, but such inspections shall
be made at the same time as tests and
inspections required in (2) and (3) of this
section.
(2) . When the soil, waste and vent-pipes
within the building are in place, connected
to the traps, when such traps are below
floor level and before being covered or
concealed, they shall be filled with water
to top of stack above the roof. If leaks
are indicated, they shall be corrected by
the plumber in charge of the work by
removing all defective material and re
placing same with sound material, and
new water test shall be applied, until
the work is found to be tight and to con
form with the requirements of this
ordinance.
(3) . When the work is fullv completed,
notice thereof shall be given the city
plumbing inspector. Immediately after the
completion of the work, the inspector may,
if he thinks necessary, subject the work
to a smoke or peppermint test. When the
work has been properly inspected, tested
and approved by the inspector, he shall
issue a certificate of acceptance to the
plumber, and no plumbing fixture shall be
used until the plumber or owner has ob
tained this certificate from the city plumb
ing inspector.
Section 11. Extensions. All extensions to
work in buildings shall be done, tested, and
inspected as required for new work by
the terms of this ordinance.
Section 12. Work by Owner. If work of
coming
inanee,
is done by the owner of the building, then
all requirements as to permits, fees, appli
cations, and certificates of acceptance as
applicable to the plumber shall be appli
cable to the owner.
Section 13. Plumbing System. The plumb
ing system of a building includes the water
supply distributing pipes ; the fixtures and
fixture traps; the soil, waste, and vent
pipes; the house drain and house sewer;
the storm-water drainage; with their de
vices, appurtenances and connections all
within or adjacent to the building.
Section 14. Water-Service Pipe. The
water-service pipe is the pipe, from the
water main to the building served.
Section 15. Water-Distribution Pipes. 'The
water distribution pipes are those which
convey water from the service pipe to
the plumbing fixtures.
Section 16. Plumbing Fixtures- Plumb
ing fixtures are receptacles intended to
receive and discharge water, liquid, or
water-carried wastes into a drainage sys
tem with which they are connected.
Section 17. Trap. A trap is a fitting or
device so constructed as to prevent the
passage of air or gas through a pipe
without materially affecting the flow of
sewage or waste water through it.
Section 18. Trap Seal. The trap seal is
the vertical distance between the crown
weir and the dip of the trap.
Section 19. Vent Pipe. A vent pipe is
any pipe provided to ventilate a house
drainage system and to prevent trap
siphonage and back pressure.
Section 20. Local Ventilating Pipe. A lo
cal ventilating pipe is a pipe through
which foul air is removed from a room
or fixture.
Section 21. Soil Pipe. A soil pipe is any
pipe which conveys the dischage of water-
closets, with or without the discharges
from other fixtures, to the house drain.
Section 22. Waste Pipe and Special Waste.
A waste pipe is any pipe which receives
the discharge of any fixture, except water-
closets, and conveys the same to the house
drain, soil, or waste stacks. When such
pipe does not connect directly with a
se drain or soil stack, it is termed a
special waste.
plumbing installation and repair, cc
within the jurisdiction of this ordir
house drain or soil stack,
iecial waste.
Section 23. Main. The main of any sys-
titions shall be used lor fixtures. The use
of S traps is prohibited.
Section 53. Traps, Where Required.- Each
fixture shall be separately trapped by a
water-seal trap placed as near to the
fixture as possible, except that a set of not
tem of horizontal, vertical, or continuous
piping is that part of such system which
receives the wastes, vent or back vents,
from fixture outlets or traps, direct or
through branch pipes.
Section 24. Branch. The branch of any
system of piping is that part of the sys
tem which extends horizontally at a slight
grade, with or without lateral or vertical
extensions or vertical arms, from the
main to receive fixture outlets not directly
connected to the main.
Section 25. Stack. Stack is a general
term for any vertical line of soil, waste,
or vent piping.
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Section 26. House Drain. The house drain
is that part of the lowest horizontal pip
ing of a house drainage system which
receives the discharge from soil, waste,
and other drainage pipes inside the walls
of any building and conveys the same to
the house sewer.
Section 27. House Sewer. The house
sewer is that part of the horizontal piping
of a house draining system extending
from the house drain to its connection
with the main sewer or septic tank and
conveying the drainage of but one building
site.
Section 28. Size and Length. The given
caliber or size of a pipe is for a nominal
internal diameter. The developed length
of a pipe is its length 'along the center
line of pipe and fittings.
Section 29. Dead End. A dead end is a
branch leading from a soil, waste, vent,
house drain, or house sewer, which is
terminated at a developed distance of 2
feet or more by means of a cap, plug, or
other fitting not used for admitting water
to the pipe.
Section 30. Grades of Horizontal Piping.
All horizontal piping shall be run in
practical alignment and at a uniform
grade of not less than one-eighth of an
inch per foot, and shall be supported or
anchored at intervals not to exceed 10
feet. All stacks shall be supported at their
bases, and all pipes shall be rigidly secured.
Section 31. Change in Direction. All
changes in direction shall be made by the
appropriate use of 45° wyes, half wyes,
long sweep quarter bends, sixth, eighth,
or sixteenth bends, except that single san
itary tees may be used on vertical stacks,
and short quarter bends may be used in
soil and waste lines where the change in
direction of flow is from the horizontal
to the vertical. Tees and crosses may be
used in vent pipes.
Section 32. Prohibited Fittings. No dou
ble hub, double T, or double sanitary T
branch shall be used on soil or waste lines.
The drilling and tapping of house drains,
soil waste, or vent pipes, and the use of
saddle hubs and bands are prohibited.
Section 33. Protection of Material. All
pipes passing under or through walls shall
tected against external corrosion.
Section 34. Materials, Quality of. All ma
terials used in any drainage or plumbing
system, or part thereof, shall be free
from defects.
Section 35. Label, Cast or Stamped. Each
length of pipe, fitting, trap, fixture, and
device used in a plumbing or drainage
system shall be stamped or indelibly
marked with the weight or quality there
of and the maker’s mark or name.
Section 36. Certain Pipe Materials, (a)
All vitrified clay pipe, cast-iron soil pipe,
wrought-iron pipe, steel pipe, brass pipe,
and copper pipe, and fittings for same
shall conform to the standard specifica
tions of American Society for Testing
Materials, (b) All cast-iron pipe and fit
tings for underground use shall be coated
with asphaltum or coal tar pitch.
Section 37. Lead Pipe, Diameter, Weights.
All lead pipe shall be of best quality of
drawn pipe, of not less weight per linear
foot than shown below.
(a) Lead soil, waste, vent, or flush pipes,
including bends and traps:
Internal diameter
Inches
1
li
li
2
3
4
Weights per foot
Lbs. Ozs.
2
2 8
3 8
4 —
4 12
6 —
(b Lead water-supply pipe above ground
(strong) :
Internal diameter
Inches
4
5/8
3
1
U
U
if
2
Weights per foot
Lbs. Ozs.
2 —
2 8
3 —
(c) Lead water-supply pipe under ground
(extra strong) :
Internal diameter
Inches
4
6/8
f
1
14
14
if
2
Weights per foot
Lbs. Ozs.
2 8
3 —
3 8
4 12
6 —
7 8
8 —
9 —
Section 38. Threaded Fittings, (a) Plain
screwed fittings shall be of cast iron,
malleable iron, or brass of standard weight
and dimensions, (b) Drainage fittings shall
be of cast iron, malleable iron, or brass,
with smooth interior waterway, with
threads tapped out of solid metal, (c) All
cast-iron fittings used for water-supply
distribution shall be galvanized.
Section 39. Floor Flanges for Water
Closets. Floor flanges for water closets
shall be not less than three-sixteenths of
an inch thick, and of brass or cast iron.
Section 40. Water and Air Tight Joints.
All joints and connections mentioned in
this ordinance shall be made permanently
gas and water tight.
Section 41. Joints in House Sewers.
Joints in vitrified clay pipe and concrete
pipe shall be yarned with a gasket of
oakum or hemp around the spigot of the
pipe accurately to center spigot in the
bell and the remaining space shall be filled
with a mortar consisting of 1 part Port
land cement and 2 parts clean sand. Joints
between vitrified clay or concrete and
metals shall be yarned and filled with a
hot jointing material.
Section 42. Calked Joints. All calked
joints shall be firmly packed with oakum
or hemp, and shall be secured only with
pure lead, not less than 1 inch deep, well
calked, and no paint, varnish, or putty
will be permitted until after the joint
is tested.
Section 43. Screw Joints. All screw
joints shall be American standard screw
joints, and all burrs or cuttings shall be
removed.
Section 44. Cast Iron. Cast-iron joints
may be either calked or screw joints made
in the approved manner.
Section 45. Wrought Iron, Steel, or Brass
to Cast Iron. The joints may be either
screwed or calked joints made in the ap
proved manner.
Section 46. Lead Pipe. Joints in lead
pipe or between lead pipe and brass or
copper pipes, ferrules, soldering nipples,
bushings, or traps, in all cases on the sewer
side of the trap and in concealed joints
on the inlet side of the trap, shall be
full-wiped joints, with an exposed sur
face of the solder to each side of the joint
of not less than three-quarters of an inch
and a minimum thickness at the thickest
part of the joint of not less than three-
eighths of an inch.
Section 47. Lead to Cast Iron, Steel, or
Wrought Iron. The joints shall be made
by means of a brass calking ferrule, brass
soldering nipple, or brass bushing.
Section 48. Slip Joints and Unions. Slip
joints will be permitted only in trap seals
or on the inlet side of the trap. Unions on
the sewer side of the trap shall be ground
faced, and shall not be concealed or en
closed.
Section 49. Roof Joints. The joint at the
roof shall be made water-tight by use
of copper, lead or iron plates or flashings.
If the stack projects not more than 1 foot
above the roof the flashing shall be crimp
ed to the edge of the stack.
Section 50. Closet, Pedestal Urinal and
Trap, Standard Slop Sink, Floor Connect
ions. A brass floor connection shall be
wiped or soldered to lead pipe, an iron
floor connection shall be calked to cast-
iron pipe, or an iron floor connection calk
ed or screwed to wrought-iron pipe, and the
floor connection bolted to an earthenware
trap flange. A metal to earthenware, a
metal to metal union, or a lead or asbestos
gasket or washer shall be used to make
a tight joint.
Section 51. New Materials. Any other
material than that specified in this code,
which the proper administrative authority
approves as being equally efficient, may
be permitted.
Section 52. Traps, Kind. Every trap shall
be self-cleaning. Traps for bathtubs, lav
atories, sinks, and other similar fixtures
shall be of lead, brass, cast iron, or of
malleable iron, galvanized or procelain
enameled inside. Galvanized or porcelain
enameled traps shall be extra heavy, and
shall have a full bore smooth interior
waterway, with threads tapped out of
solid metal. No form of trap which de
pends for its seal upon the action of
movable parts or concealed interior par-
more than 3 laundry trays or lavatories I
or a set of 2 laundry trays and 1 sink j
may connect with a single trap, provided ]
the trap is placed centrally and the braich- j
es connect into the trap seal at an agle j
of not more than 60° to the vertical arm. '
In no case shall the waste from a bath
tub or other fixture discharge into a
water closet trap. No fixture shall be
double trapped.
Section 54. Water Seal. Each fixture trap
shall have a water seal of not less than
2 inches and not more than 4 inches.
Section 55. Trap Clean Outs. Each trap
except those in combination with fixtures
in which the trap seal is plainly visible
and accessible, shall be provided with an
accessible brass trap screw of ample size,
protected by the water seal.
Section 56. Trap Levels and Protection.
All traps shall be set true with respect to
their water seals and protected from
frost and evaporation.
Section 57. Pipe Clean Outs—Where Re
quired. A clean out easily accessible shall
be provided at the foot of each vertical
waste or soil stack. There shall be at
least two clean outs in the house' drain-
one at or near the base of the stack and
other, with full-size Y branch, inside the
wall near the connection between the house
drain and house sewer. Except for the
latter, clean outs shall be of the same
nominal size as the pipes up to 4 inches
and not less than 4 inches for larger pipes.
The distance between clean outs in hori
zontal soil lines shall not exceed 50 feet.
Section 58. Clean Outs—Equivalents. Any
floor or wall connection or fixture traps
when bolted or screwed to the floor or
wall shall be regarded as a clean out.
Section 59. Basement Floor Drains. Cel
lar or basement floor drains shall connect
into a trap so constructed that it can be
readily cleaned and of a size to serve ef
ficiently the purpose for which it is
intended. The drain inlet shall be so located
that it is at all times in full view. When
subject to back flow or back pressure,
such drains shall be equipped with an
adequate back-water valve.
Section 60. Back-Water Valves. Back
water valves shall have all bearing pars
or balls of noncorrodible metal and so
constructed as to insure a positive me
chanical seal and remain closed except
when discharging wastes.
Section 61. Distribution. The water supply
shall be distributed through a piping sys
tem entirely independent of any piping
system conveying another water supply.
Section 62. Water Supply to Fixtures. All
plumbing fixtures shall be provided with
a sufficient supply of water for flushing
to keep them in a sanitary condition.
Every water-closet or pedestal urinal shall
be flushed by means of an approved tank
or flush valve of at least 4 gallons flush
ing capacity for water-closets and at least
2 gallons for urinals, and shall be ad
justed to prevent the waste of water. The
flush pipe for water-closet flush tanks
shall be not less than If inches in diam
eter, and the water from flush tanks
shall be used for no other purpose.
No water-closet or urinal bowl shall be
supplied directly from a water-supply sys
tem through a flushometer or other valve
unless such valve is set above the water-
closet or urinal and a vacuum breaker of
design approved by the inspector is in
stalled.
Section 63. Size of Water-Supply Pipes.
The minimum size of water-service pipes
from the curb to the dwelling shall be
three-fourths inch, and to fixtures as
follows:
Inch
Hot water boilers 4
Laundry trays 4
Sinks 4
Lavatories 3/8
Bathtubs 4
Water-closet tanks 3/8
Section 64. Water-Supply Control. A main
shut-off with waste on the water supply
line shall be provided near the curb. Ac
cessible shut-offs with wastes shall be
provided on the main supply line just
inside the foundation wall for each flat
or apartment of a building, for each lawn
sprinkler, for supply to each hot water
tank, and for each water tank, and for
each water-closet.
Section 65. Water-Supply Pipes and Fit
tings—Material. All water-supply pipes for
a plumbing system shall be of lead, gal
vanized wrought-iron, or steel, brass, or
cast iron, with brass or galvanized cast
iron or galvanized malleable iron fit
tings. No pipe or fittings that have been
used for other purposes shall be used for
distributing water.
Section 66. Water Supply, Protection. All
concealed water pipes, storage tanks, flush
ing cisterns, and all exposed pipes or
tanks subject to freezing temperatures
shall be efficiently protected against freez
ing.
Section 67. Materials. All receptacles us
ed as water-closets, urinals, or otherwise
for the disposal of human excreta, shall
be vitrified earthenware, hard natural
stone, or cast iron, white enameled on the
inside.
Section 68. How Installed. All plumbing
fixtures shall be installed free and open
in a manner to afford access for cleansing.
Where practical all pipes from fixtures
shall be run to the wall, and no lead trap
or pipe shall extend nearer to the floor
than 14 inches unless protected by casing.
Section 69. Fixtures Prohibited. Fixed
wooden wash trays or sinks shall not be
installed in any building designed or used
for human habitation. No new copper
lined wooden bathtubs shall be installed.
Pan and valve plunger, offset washout
and other water-closets having invisible
seals or unventilated space, or walls not
thoroughly washed at each flush shall not
be used. Long hopper closets or similar
appliances shall not hereafter be installed.
No dry closet or chemical closet shall be
installed in a dwelling.
No fixtures shall be installed with
water inlets terminating within three-
fourths inch of the maximum water level,
disregarding the fixture overflow pipe,
except that flushometer toilets may be
installed as prescribed in Section 62.
Sectiwi 70. Floor Drains and Shower
Drains. A floor drain or a shower drain
shall be considered a fixture and provided
with a strainer.
Section 71. Fixture Strainers. All fix
tures other than water-closets and pedestal
urinals shall be provided with fixed strong
metallic strainers with outlet areas not
less than that of the interior of the trap
and waste pipe.
Section 72. Fixture Overflow. The over
flow pipe from a fixture shall be connected
on the house or inlet side of the trap and
be so arranged that it may be readily and
effectively cleaned.
Section 73. Material. All main or branch
soil, waste, and vent pipes within the
building shall be of cast iron, galvanized
steel or wrought iron, lead, brass, or cop
per, except that no black or galvanized
steel or wrought iron pipe shall be used
for underground soil or waste pipes.
Section 74. Fixture Unit. The following
table based on the rate of discharge from
a lavatory as the unit shall be employed
to determine fixture equivalents:
Fixture
Units
One lavatory or wash basin 1
One kitchen sink 14
One bathtub 2
One laundry tray 3
One combination fixture 3
One urinal 3
One shower bath 3
One floor drain 3
One slop sink 4
One water-closet 6
Section 75. Soil and Waste Pipes and
Stacks. Every building in which plumbing
fixtures are installed shall have a soil
or waste stack, or stacks, extending full
size through the roof. Soil and waste
stacks shall be as direct as possible and
free from sharp angles and turns. The
required size of a soil or waste stack shall
be independently determined by the total
fixture units of all fixtures connected to
the stack in accordance with the following
tables:
WASTE STACKS AND PIPES
Diameter
Number of fixture units of stack
Inches
1 If
14 to 4 14
5 to 18 J2
19 to 36 ..... 3
SOIL AND WASTE STACKS AND PIPES
Number of Diameter
Number of fixture water-closets of stack
units or equivalent
Inches
■4
5
6
37 to 60 1 to 10
61 to 210 11 to 35
211 to 300 36 to 60
Restrictions. No water-closet shall dis
charge into a stack less than 4 inches in
diameter. Not more than three water-
closets or their equivalent in fixture units
shall discharge into a 4-inch stack from
one 4-inch branch, and not more than
two such branches may connect to a 4-inch
stack at the same point or level.
liin. 14in. 2 in.
3 in.
4 in.
5 in.
6 in.
Water-closets
1-4
5-10
11-20
21-35
36-50
Kitchen sinks
1-2 3-8
9-20
21-40
41-70
71-100
Slop sinks
1 2-4
5-10
11-20
21-35
36-50
Bath tubs
1-2 3-8
9-20
21-40
41-70
71-100
Laundry trays
1-3 4-8
9-20
21-40
41-70
71-100
Urinals
1-2 3-8
9-20
21-40
41-70
71-100
Shower baths
1-2 3-8
9-20
21-40
41-70
71—00
Lavatories or
1 2-4 6-8
wash basins
9-20 21-40
41-70
71-100
Combination fixtures
1-3 5-8 9-20
21-40
41-70
71-100
Floor drains
1-2 5-8
9-20
21-40
41-70
71-100
Section 76. Soil and Waste Stacks, Fix
ture Connections. All soil and waste stacks
and branches shall be provided with cor
rectly faced inlets for fixture connections.
Section 77. Changing Soil and Vent
Pipes. In existing buildings where the soil
or waste vent pipe is not extended un-
diminshed through or above the roof, or
where there is a sheet metail soil or
waste vent pipe, and the fixture is
changed in style or location or is replaced,
a soil or waste vent pipe of the size and
material prescribed for new work shall be
installed.
Section 78. Prohibited Connections. No
fixture connection shall be made to a lead
bend or branch of a water-closet or similar
fixture. No soil or waste vent, circuit or
loop vent above the highest installed fix
ture on the branch or main shall there
after be used as a soil or waste pipe.
Section 79. Roof Extensions. All roof
extensions of soil and waste stack shall
be run full size at least 1 foot above the
roof, and when the roof is used for other
purposes than weather protection such
extension shall not be less than 5 feet
above the roof.
Section 80. Terminals. The roof terminal
of any stack or vent, if within 12 feet of
any door, window, scuttle, or air shaft,
shall extend at least 3 feet above the
Section 81. Traps Protected, Vents. Every
fixture trap shall be protected against
siphonage and back pressure, and air cir
culation assured by means of a soil or
waste stack vent, a continuous waste soil
vent, or a loop or circuit vent. No crown
vent shall be installed.
Section 82. Distance of Vent from Trap
Seal. No trap shall be placed more than
5 feet, horizontal developed length, from
its vent. The distance shall be measured
along the central line pf the waste or
soil pipe from the vertical inlet of the
trap to the vent openings. The vent open
ing from the soil or waste pipe, except for
water-closets and similar fixtures, shall
not be below the dip of the trap.
Section 83. Main Vents to Connect at
Base. All main vents or vent stacks shall
connect full size at their base to the main
soil waste pipe at or below the lowest
fixture branch and shall extend undimin
ished in size above the roof or shall be
reconnected with the main soil or waste
vent at least 3 feet above the highest
fixture branch.
Section 84. Vents, Required Sizes. The
following are permissible sizes of vents:
Section 85. Vent-Pipe Grades and Con
nections. All vent and branch vent pipes
shall be free from drops or sags and be
so graded and connected as to drip back
to the soil or waste pipe by gravity.
Where vent pipes connect to a horizontal
soil or waste pipe the vent branch shall
be taken off above the center line of the
pipe, and the vent pipe must rise ver
tically or at an angle of 45° to the ver
tical to a point 6 inches above the fixture
it is venting before offsetting horizontally
or connecting to the branch, main waste,
or soil vent.
Section 86. Circuit and Loop Vents. A
circuit or loop vent will be permitted as
follows: A branch soil or waste pipe to
which two or not more than eight water-
closets, pedestal urinals, trap standard slop
sinks, or shower stall are connected in the
series may be vented by a circuit or loop
vent, which shall be taken off in front
of the last fixture connection. Where
fixtures discharge above such branch, each
branch shall be provided with a relief vent
one-half the diameter of the soil or waste
stack, taken off in front of the first fix
ture connection.
Section 87. Common Vent and Waste.
Where bathrooms or water-closets or other
fixtures are located on opposite sides of
:tly adjacent to
each other within the prescribed distance,
a wall or partition or direct!:
such fixtures may have a common soil or
waste pipe and common vent.
Section 88. Independent System. The
drainage and plumbing system of each
new building and of new work installed
in an existing building shall be separate
from and independent of that of any other
building, except as provided below, and
every building shall have an independent
connection with a public or private sewer
when available.
Exception. Where one building stands in
the rear of another building on an inter
ior lot and no private sewer is available
or can be constructed to the rear building
through adjoining alley, court, yard, or
driveway, the house drain from the front
building may be extended to the rear
building and the whole will be considered
as one house drain.
Section 89. Old House Sewers and Drain.
Old house sewers and drains may be used
in connection with new buildings or new
plumbing only when they are found, on
examination and test, to conform in all
respects to the requirements governing
new sewers or drains, as prescribed in
this code. If the old work is found de
fective, the plumbing inspector shall noti
fy the owner to make the necessary changes
to conform with this code.
Section 90. Connections with Septic Tank.
When a sewer is not available, drain pipes
from buildings shall be connected with ap
proved private sewage disposal works.
Section 91. Material, (a) The house sew
er beginning 3 feet outside the building
shall be of cast iron, vitrified clay pipe,
or concrete pipe; (b) the house drain
when underground shall be of lead, brass,
or cast iron; (c) the house drain when
above ground shall be of cast iron, gal
vanized wrought iron or steel, lead or
brass of approved standards.
Section 92. Depth of Drains and Sewers.
No house sewer or underground house
drain shall be laid parallel to or within 3
feet of any bearing wall, which might be
thereby weakened. The house sewer and
drains shall be laid at sufficient depth to
protect them from frost.
Section 93. Size of Drains and Sewers.
The required size of sanitary house drains
and sanitary house sewers shall be deter
mined on the basis of the total number
of fixture units drained by them in ac
cordance with the following table:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1940
3 Short Courses
To Be Given Here
During Next 2 Weeks
Slope
Fixture units
Number
W ater-
1 /8 in. 4 in. 4 in. Closets or
to 1’ to 1' to 1' equivalent
6
to
12
diam. in in.
4
3
—
1-2
13
to
24....do....
4
4
3
3-4
25
to
72....do....
6
5
4
5-12
73
to
300....do....
8
6
5
13-50
301
to
720....do....
8
8
6
51-120
721
to
l,080....do....
10
10
8
121-180
1,081
to
1,920....do....
12
12
10
181-320
Section 94. Fixtures Permitted to Con
nect. No waste pipe from a refrigerator
or ice box floor drain, or any other recep
tacle where food is stored shall connect di
rectly with any house drain, soil, or waste
pipe. Such waste pipes shall in all cases
emptey into an open sink that is properly
supplied with water, connected, trapped,
and venter, the same as other fixtures or
they may discharge into a down spout or
rainleader trap located inside the building
or into a cellar floor drain, but their ends
must be left open. Such waste connections
shall not be located in inaccessible or un
ventilated cellars.
Section 95. Overflow Pipes and Motor
Exhausts. Pipes from a water-supply tank
or exhaust from a water lift shall not be
directly connected with any house drain,
soil, or waste pipe. Such pir“ shall dis
charge upon the roof or be trapped into
an open fixture.
Section 96. Vents for Hot Water Heat
ers. All hot water heaters shall be vented
so that products of combustion will be con
veyed outside the building by means of a
appi
24 inches in diameter.
Section 97. Grease, Sand and Oil Traps.
Wash lines from sinks of restaurants and
other public eating establishments shall be
provided with grease traps of approved
design. Floor drains and wash racks of
ng
pipe of approved material not less than
other pi
provided with grease traps of approved
Irains and wash racks
public garages and automobile service sta
tions that discharge into the sewers must
be provided with sand and oil traps of
approved design. Said grease, sand and oil
traps must be kept clean and in good
condition by the occupants of the building.
Section 98. Defective Fixtures. All in
stalled fixtures found defective or in any
insanitary condition shall be repaired, ren
ovated, replaced or removed within 30
days upon written notice from the proper
administrative authorities.
Section 99. Temporary Toilet Facilities.
Suitable toilet facilities shall be provided
for the use of workmen during the con
struction of any building. These toilet fa
cilities shall be maintained in a sanitary
condition.
Section 100. Penalty. Any person, firm,
or corporation who shall fail to comply
with, or shall violate any of the provisions
of this ordinance, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction there
of, shall be fined in any sum not ex
ceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) for each of
fense, and each day that any person, firm,
or corporation shall maintain upon prem
ises owned, occupied, or controlled by them,
a condition that is in violation of any pro
vision of this ordinance shall be deemed
a separate offense.
The library at the University of
Texas now houses 639,732 volumes,
an increase of 26,117 over last
year.
Dr. H. C. Gossard, dean in charge
of curricula at Eastern New Mex
ico college, has just finished a
study on what professors do in
their spare time.
A. L. Darnell, professor of dairy
husbandry at the college, has per
fected plans for the Sixth Annual
Dairymen’s Short Course which will
be held Dec. 2-4. Noted men in the
dairy field will serve as discussion
leaders and staff members of the
college will serve as instructors for
the three-day course. Approximate
ly 150 dairymen will attend.
Short courses to be held at Tex
as A. & M. College within the next
few weeks have been announced by
Col. Ike Ashburn, executive assist
ant to the president, and the an
nouncement reveals two new ones
being held at the college for the
first time.
The Texas Nurserymen’s Short
Course will be one of the new
courses and will held on the cam
pus, Oct. 30-No. 2. It will be under
the direction of J. F. Roxborough,
Texas A. & M. College Extension
Service specialist in horticulture,
who has estimated that approxi
mately 100 people will attend. A
banquet has been planned for the
evening of Nov. 1. Many of those
attending will attend the ArkansaS-
Aggie football game Nov. 2.
The Texas Cattle Raisers’ Asso
ciation directors will hold one of
their regular meetings at the col
lege on Nov. 15-16 and will attend
the Rice-Aggie football game on
No. 16. Dean E. J. Kyle of the
School of Agriculture at the col
lege, has announced' that he ex
pects an attendance of approxi
mately 100 cattlemen. A banquet
will be held in the college dining
hall on the evening of Nov. 15.
Only 25 of Texas’ 254 counties
have county libraries.
Markets for about 65 percent of
form European cotton exports have
been cut off by naval blockade as
a result of the war.
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