1508 ORD AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 1074 AND ORDINANCE NO 1202

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(3) After the plumbing fi.xtures ha.ve beon set and their traps filled with water, the entire drainage system shall be inspected and where required by the City Plumbing Xnspector, shall be submitted to a final test. (4) The City Plumbing xnspector may require the removal of any cleanouts or plugs on any test to ascertain if the pressure has reached all parts of the system. (5) The equipment, material, power, and la.bor necessary for required inspections and tests, ahalt be furnished by the plumber. (b) TESTING OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM, (1) Water Test. The water test may be applied to the drainage system in its entirety or in sections. If applied to the entire system, all openings in the piping shall be tightly closed, except one opening which shall be not less than two (2) feet above the highest fixture in the build- ing, and the system filled with water to the point of overflow at said opening. If the system is tested in sections, each opening sha.ll be tightly plugged except the highest opening of the section under test, which opening shall be not less than two (2) feet above the highest fixture in the building, and each section shall be filled with water to the point of overflow at said opening. The water shall be kept in the system, or the portion under test, for at least fifteen (15) minutes before the inspection starts; and the system shall be tight at all points without leakage. (2) Air Test, The air test shall be made by attaching an air compressor or testing apparatus to any suitable opening and after closing all other inlets and outlets to the system, forcing air into the system until there is a uniform gage pressure of five (5) pounds per square inch or sufficient to balance a column of rnercury ten (10) inches in height. This pressure shall be held without the introduction of additional air for a period of at least fifteen (15) nninutes. (3) Gas pipes and connections sha.ll be required to hold ten (10) pounds or more air pressure without loss for fifteen {15} minutes. In- spections or test shall be made after completion of building and imme- diately prior to placing of ineter by the gas company. Section 21. All extensions to work in buildings shall be done and in- spected as required for new work by the term of this Ordina.nce. Section 22. When soil or waste pipes are placed in buildings for future use, or where there are no sewer connectiona to be had, the necessary ventilation and drain pipes shall be put in and the work in- spected as if for immediate use; all openings not in use must be closed, either calked or soldered. Old house plumbing can be cannected with the sewer only when it is found upon examination by the City Plumbing InBpector to conform in all respects to the requirements governing plumbing. Section 23. A house or building, as such terms are used in this Ordinance shall include any structure enclosed by walls and covered with a roof.