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Town of Mount Pleasant, NY
Westchester County
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New Laws (2) Index
[Amended 10-13-1981]
All joints under this article shall be made gas- and watertight. In addition, the first joint upon leaving the building shall be caulked with lead and oakum, and the first joint rising within the building shall be caulked with lead and oakum.
All caulked joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and shall be secured with pure molten lead, not less than one inch deep, well caulked.
[Added 3-25-1980]
No-hub pipe may be used for storm drains or leader drains only. This is to be correctly secured and hung, installing sway bars at various points, and inspected at the discretion of the Plumbing Inspector.
All screw joints shall be American standard screw joints, and all burrs or cuttings shall be removed.
A. 
Cast-iron joints may be either caulked or screw joints made in the approved manner.
B. 
Neoprene joints may be used, but only underground.
[Added 10-10-1978]
The joints may be either screwed or caulked joints in the approved manner.
Joints in lead pipe or between lead pipe and brass or copper pipes, ferrules, soldering nipples, bushings or taps shall be full-wiped solder joints.
The joints shall be made by means of a caulking ferrule, soldering nipples or bushings.
Slip joints shall be permitted only in trap seals or on the inlet side of the trap.
[Amended 1-28-1975]
The joints at the roof shall be made watertight by use of copper, lead or iron plates or flashings. The joints at roof and storm drains shall be watertight and tested. Cast iron or copper, Type K, shall be used inside of the building. From five feet outside of the building, cast-iron or Class 2400 asbestos cement pipe inbedded in sand may be used at the discretion of the Plumbing Inspector.
A brass floor connection shall be made wiped or soldered to lead pipe, an iron floor connection shall be caulked to cast-iron pipe or an iron floor connection caulked or screwed to wrought-iron pipe and the floor connections bolted to an earthenware trap flange. All floor connections shall be made gastight in a manner to meet with the approval of the Inspector.
Where different sizes of pipes or pipes and fittings are to be connected, proper size increasers or reducers, pitched at an angle of 45° between the two sizes, shall be used. All stacks of soil or waste pipes shall be at least four-inch size through any roof, and increasers shall be provided below the roof where required.