Stormwater shall not drain into the sanitary
sewer system of the Village.
Floor drains and sumps in basements and cellars
of residence buildings shall not be drained into the sanitary sewer
system.
Old house sewers may be used in connection with
new buildings or new plumbing only when they are found on examination
by the Plumbing Inspector to conform in all respects to the requirements
governing new sewers.
All house sewers shall be constructed of five-inch
extra-heavy cast-iron pipe. Each length of pipe and all cast-iron
fittings shall have size and weight cast upon its exterior surface.
Such pipe, including hubs, shall weigh not less than 17 pounds per
linear foot. Cast-iron pipe and fittings shall not vary in any two
diameters greater than 1%.
The house drain and its branches must be of
extra-heavy cast iron when underground, and of extra-heavy cast iron
or galvanized wrought iron or steel when aboveground.
The house drain must properly connect with the
house sewer at a point two feet outside the outer front vault or area
wall of the building by a fitting five inches in diameter, leading
out for connection. An arched or other proper opening must be provided
for the drain in the wall to prevent damage by settlement.
The house drain, if above the cellar floor,
must be supported at intervals of 10 feet by eight-inch brick piers
or suspended from the floor beams or be otherwise properly supported
by proper hangers placed not more than 10 feet apart.
No steam exhaust boiler blowoff or drip pipe
shall be connected with the house drain. Such pipes must first discharge
into a proper condensing tank, and from this a proper outlet to the
house sewer outside of the building must be provided. In low-pressure
steam systems the condensing tank may be omitted, but the waste connections
must be otherwise as above required.
The house drain and house sewer must be run
as direct as possible, with a fall of at least 1/4 inch per foot,
all changes in direction made with proper fittings, and all connections
made with Y-branches and one-eighth and one-sixteenth bends.
The house sewer and house drain must be at least
four inches in diameter when receiving the discharge of a water closet.
No house sewer or house drain shall be of less diameter than the largest
line of pipe connected thereon. The following table is the maximum
area allowed to drain into pipes of given diameter:
|
Diameter of Pipe fall 1/2 Inch per Foot
(inches)
|
Fall 1/4 Inch Per Foot
(square feet)
|
(square feet)
|
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|
3
|
1,200
|
1,500
|
|
4
|
2,500
|
3,200
|
|
5
|
4,500
|
6,000
|
|
6
|
8,000
|
10,000
|
|
7
|
12,400
|
15,600
|
|
8
|
18,000
|
22,500
|
|
9
|
25,000
|
31,500
|
|
10
|
41,000
|
59,000
|
|
12
|
69,000
|
98,000
|
Full-size Y- and T-branch fittings for handhold
cleanouts must be provided where required on house drain and its branches.
No cleanout need be larger than six inches in diameter.
An iron running trap must be placed in the house
drain near the front wall of the house and on the sewer side of all
connections, except that this shall not apply to a Y-fitting used
to receive the discharge from an automatic sewage lift, oil separator
or a drip pipe where one is used. If placed outside of the house or
below the cellar floor, it must be made accessible in a brick manhole,
the walls of which must be eight inches thick, with an iron or flagstone
cover. When outside the house it must never be less than three feet
below the surface of the ground.
When the plumbing system of any building is
altered by the addition of a new soil or vent line to the extent of
50% or more and no house trap and fresh-air inlet exist on the house
drain, same shall be prohibited.
The house trap must have two cleanouts with
brass screw cap ferrules caulked in.
The discharge from any fixture must first pass
through the main house trap before entering outside sewer line, or
it may pass through other lines, provided the traps connected therewith
are approved first by the Superintendent of Buildings.