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General Regulations: No double hub, double T branch shall be used on horizontal
soil or waste line. The drilling and tapping of house drains, soil
Section 154: GRADES OF HORIZONTAL PIPING
waste, or vent pipes and the use of saddle hubs and bends
All horizontal piping shall be run in practical alignment and at are prohibited.
a uniform grade of not less than two (2%) percent 20mm rise
per meter length, and shall be supported or anchored at
intervals not exceeding 3.00 m (10 feet). All stacks shall be
properly supported at their bases and all pipes shall be rigidly
secured.

Section 159: DEAD ENDS AVOIDED

Dead ends on all drainage system installation must be

avoided.

Section 175: ROOF JOINTS

The joints of protruding pipes thru roofs shall be made water

tight by the use of copper, lead or galvanized iron plates or
flashing.

A soil branch having a pitch of more than 2% has the

tendency of waste separation. The water flow faster and the
heavy suspended materials are left and deposited at the
bottom of the pipe.

Section 157: CHANGE IN DIRECTION

All changes in direction shall be made by the appropriate use

of forty-five (45) degree wye, half wyes, long sweep quarter
bends, except that single sanitary tees may be used on Section 176: SLIP JOINTS and UNIONS
vertical stacks, and short quarter bends may be used in soil
Slip joints will be permitted only in traps seals or in the inlet
and waste lines where the change in the direction of flow the
of the trap. Unions on the sewer side of the trap shall be
horizontal to the vertical. Tees and crosses may be used in
ground face, and shall not be concealed or enclosed.
vent pipes.

Section 182: TRAPS WHERE REQUIRED

Each fixture shall be separately trapped by a water-seal trap

as near to the fixture as possible except that a set of similar
Section 158: PROHIBITED FITTINGS fixtures consisting of not more than three (3) wash basins, or
a set of three (3) sinks may connect with a single one and
one half (1 ½) inches trap. In no case shall the waste from
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bath tub or other fixture discharge into a water closet trap.
No fixture shall be double trapped.

SECTION 187 PIPE CLEANOUTS WHERE REQUIRED SECTION 216 SOIL AND WASTE STACKS FIXTURE
A clean out easily accessible shall be provided at the upper CONNECTIONS
end of every horizontal waste or soil pipe. Also at every All soil and waste stacks and branches shall be provided with
change of horizontal direction, unless said change of direction correctly fitted inlets for fixture connections.
is made at an angle of not more than twenty-two and a half
(22 1/2°) degrees and is easily reached conveniently with
sewer rod wire.

There shall be a clean out within five (5) feet inside the
property line before the house sewer connection, connected
from a full sized branch, except for latter, clean-outs shall be
of the same nominal size as the pipes. The distance between
clean out in horizontal waste or soil lines shall not exceed,
fifty (50) feet. SECTION 218 ROOF EXTENSIONS

All roof extensions of soil and waste stack shall be run full size
at least one foot above the roof: If the roof is used for
purposes other than weather protection, such extension shall
not be less than eight (8) feet above the roof level.

SECTION 221 DISTANCE OF VENT FROM TRAP SEAL

No trap shall be placed more than five (5) feet, horizontally

developed length from its vent.

SECTION 189 GREASE TRAPS

Grease traps of adequate capacity must be installed wherever

greasy wastes from hotels, restaurants, club houses, or
similar public eating places are discharged into the sewer, or
septic vault said grease traps shall be placed as near as
possible to the fixture from which it receives the discharge
and shall have an air-tight cover, easily removable to permit
its cleaning.
SECTION 25. BAR, SODA AND DRINKING FOUNTAIN WASTE
No plumbing fixture waste except a bar sink, soda fountain
sink and a drinking fountain waste, shall be installed or set up
with an indirect connection to a home drain, soil, or waste
pipe. The waste from every bar sink, fountain sink or drinking
fountain, if not directly connected, shall discharge over a
property vented and trapped floor drain located as near its
practicable to the fixture.
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