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Such application shall describe the work proposed to
be. done the premises to be drained, and the drains,Aplumb-
ing appliances and fixtures to be connected with or drained 1:
into the sewer.
With the permission of the Engineer or Inspector, two
adjoining buildings may be drained through one 6-inch sew-
er. In such cases, the 6-inch pipe shall run from the public
sewer in the street to the street line or point where the two
separate drains connect.
4. NOTIFICATION.
Before proceeding to construct, re -construct, or alter
any portion of the drainage, plumbing or ventilation of any
house or building, the owner or his agent shall notify
through the Town Clerk's Office, the Engineer, or Inspector. s
No workman engaged to construct, re -construct,, or alter any
portion of such drainage, plumbing or ventilation shall do
any wore in connection with smch construction, re-construe-
tion, or alteration until such master plumber, plumber or
workman has satisfied himself than the owner has filed such
notice with the Engineer or Inspector.
5. LICENSES REQUIRED,
No pe son shall undertake or carry on the work of
constructing any house sewer connection or any line of sew-
er pipe connected with, or to be connected with, the public
sanitary sewer unless such person has first obtained a license
or written permission from the municipality author-
izing him to carry on the work of sewer construction and
no person shall undertake or carry on the work of plumbing
or of constructing or installing any part of the plumbing or
sanitary fixtures or appliances in or in connection with any
building or place unless such person has first obtained a
license from the Council authorizing him to carry on the
business of plumber, and unless such license is in force. }
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6. APPLICATION FOR LICENSES.
Any person desiring a license to carry on the work of
sewer construction or carry on the business of plumber shall
file with the Clerk an application for such license accom-
panied with the fee herewith specified. Upon the receipt of
such, awDlication the Clerk shall deliver the same to the `
Engineer or Inspector, who shall return the application to
the Clerk with a report to the Council as to the qualification
of the applicant to carry on the work in question, and his
familiarity with this by-law. Such application shall be
thereupon brought by the Clerk before the Council at its
next ensuing meeting. The license shall be in such form as
may be prescribed by the Council and may be granted by
resolution.
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7. JOURNEY -MAN PLUMBER REGISTRATION.
Within one month after the passage of this by-law,
every man at work in the Town of Aurora as a journey -man
plumber shall register with the Town Clerk or other persons
appointed by the Council, his age, residence, name of pres-
ent employer, and the length of time he has been at work as
journey -man plumber, and any journey -man plumber who is
not employed as such, but may desire to be so employed in
this Town hereafter must before commencing work comply
with the foregoing regulations; and further, that a fee of
twenty-five cents be charged for registration of such name.
8. LICENSE FEES.
The fee for license to carry on the work of sewer
construction shall be One Dollar for residents, and Twenty -
Five Dollars for non-residents, and the fee of such license to
carry on business as a plumber shall be, One Dollar for
residents, and Twenty -Five Dollars for non-residents.
9. LICENSE;S, RENEWALS AND CANCELLATION.
Every license hereunder shall remain in. force for one
year, but may be cancelled by the Co'ca,ncil at any time with-
out notice. Unless cancelled or suspended, any license may
be renewed by the Clerk from year to year without a new
application upon payment of the above fee specified.
10. WORKMEN.
The whole of the work shall be done by skilled
mechanics, who shall be subject to removal by order of t-he
Engineer or Inspector, if not considered qualified or not
efficient, and the Engineer or Inspector is to be the sole
judge of the work and, his decision on all points shall be -
final.
11. WORKMANSHIP.
All work shall be executed in accordance with the
specifications for labor and materials under which the
public sewers were constructed, so far as they are consistent
with this by-law,
12. MATERIALS.
The house drains, A= the house to the street -line,
shall be of salt -glazed vitrified earthenware pipe of first
quality, unless laid less than two feet deep, or unless in
ground that is likely to settle, in which case it shall be of
heavy cast iron pipe, or encased in six inches of cement con-
crete in proportion of one cement two sand, and five finely
crushed stone or gravel.
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All cast iron pipes shall be sound, smooth on the in-
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14. CONNECTING TO COMMON SEWER.
side, cylindrical, free from cracks or 'sand holes, of uniform
The covers of the junctions left along the common
thickness, and shall weigh not less than the following per
sewer shall be carefully removed so as not to injure the
length of five feet for medium pipe, and shall have weight
socket nor allow any material to fall into the se-wer. Similar
stamped on the outside, and shall be placed so that the
precautions shall be taken in connecting to services laid by
weight is visible.
the municipality to the street line. In making a connec-
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2-inch diameter 20 pounds.
Lion with the main sewer where there are no or
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junctions, much care shall be taken to carefully cut into , the
4-inch `` 45 ` `
sewer and make a neat job without cracking the main sewer
5-inch ` ` 60 ` `
or. allowing dirt or debris to enter same.
6-inch ` ` 75
15. HOUSE DRAINS.
All cast iron pipes shall be coated inside and outside
The dimensions of each house sewer shall be prescrib-
with pure asphaltum varnish or immersed in linseed or other
fit-
ed by the Engineer or Inspector, but in the absence of
specific directions to the contrary, the house sewer shall be
vegetable oil to prevent rusting. All traps, bends, or
tings shall be of the same thickness as pipe and shall be
a minimum of four inches in diameter.
The inside of every drain after it is laid must be I®ft
free from flaws and defects.
smooth and perfectly clean throughotA its entire length.
All branch, lead waste and vent pipes and all lead
No main trap or running trap shall be placed, on, any
bends shall be of the following weight per yard:
maim house sewer, but each soil pipe shall pass through the
1/2 inch in diameter 3 lbs. lineal yard.
building, from the house drain to a point above the roof,
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such soil pipe to be not less than four inches in diameter.
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Curved pipe shall be used in every deflection from
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the straight line of more than six inches in two feet, but
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where possible the house sewer shall be in a straight line
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from the connection with the common sewer to the building
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The sewer pipe shall have when laid a uniform grade
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of not less than one-clu�arter of an inch to the foot, unless by
special permission of the Engineer or Inspector, in which
When a wrought iron waste pipe is used it s hall be
case provision shall be made for regular and efficient flush -
of standard galvanized iron pipe, and all joints in such pipe
ing.
shall be screwed joints, and the bi;rr formed in cutting
Where house sewer is laid below concrete floor of
shall be removed by reaming. All fittings to be of galvan-
cellar, vitrified pipe must be used unless cast iron pipe is
ized iron.
used. Weeping tile may be used for under -drainage but
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must be connected to a sump, which sump must be trapped.
13.'OINTS AND CONNECTIONS.
before connection is made to the house sewer. All jointing
Vitrified earthenware pipe joints shall be made with -
of pipe shall be as specified in Section (13) of this by-law.
Every floor. drain and every branch connection to the
t sockets and finished with cement mortar
cement grouted into s
main house sewer shall be connected through a running
in the proportion of one of cement, to one of clean sharp
sand. Iron pipes shall be jointed with yarn and molten
trap.
Until plumbing connections are actually made, the
Inspector apply the smoke or
may lead,. The Engineer or p y pp y
inner end of the pipe shall be sealed with a disc of wood or
water test to joints.
tile and Portland Cement Mortar.
All connections between lead and iron pipes shall be
made with heavy brass ferrules set in the hub of the iron
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16. SOIL PIPE.
pipe and caulked with picked, oakum and lead, the lead pipe
All soil pipes within the walls of any building shall
to be attached to the ferrule with a good wiped solder
be of cast iron, except under cellar floors where vitrified
joint. .All connections between lead pipes shall be made wr
earthenware pipes may be used, laid with tight cement
with solder joints.
joints as specified in Section (13) of this by-law.
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All cast iron drains, when ten feet or longer, shall
19. RAIN WATER LEADERS.
have at least two cleaning -out screws, or approved hand-
All rain water leaders shall be trapped when connect -
hole fittings, one to be about twelve inches above and in
ed with the drainage system of any building and so arrang-
front of the bend at the basement floor, that is, one on each
ed at connection to eavestrough as far as possible from any
vertical soil pipe or waste pipe, and the other between the
window or opening.
said bend and the outer wall of the house. In all 'other
cases one cleafi-out screw or hand-hOle fitting placed at foot
of soil pipe as before described will be sufficient. Fittings
at base of vertical soil pipe shall be of cast iron.
All soil pipes passing through the roof shall be con-
tinued at least three feet above any opening in the roof,
20. INSPECTION.
which may be within fifteen feet of the same and three feet
Inspection shall be made within two working days
above any opening into any adjoining building or extension
after receipt of notice. Notice given after twelve o'clock
when such building or extension is within fifteen feet of
noon shall date from the day following. Where the soil is of
such pipe.
such nature that it cannot be left open for two days, inspec-
All soil Pipes where they pass through the roof shall
tion shall be made forthwith. The Engineer or Sanitary
be properly flashed with five -pound sheet lead and made
Inspector may require either a water test or a smoke test
water tight.
or both,, whenever practicable and necessary in the opinion
of the Engineer or Sanitary Inspector, which test shall be
17. WASTE PIPES.
made by the party whose work is being inspected. All
The waste pipe for one bath and one basin shall be
tests shall be made in the presence of the Engineer or Sani
11/4" in diameter where they join. If more than one bath
tary Inspector, and the result of every inspection shall be
and one basin are drained, the pine shall be increased to
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recorded in the office of the Engineer or Sanitary Inspector.
two (2) inches in diameter and not more than that six (61
For smoke testing any approved machine may be used. The
fixtures shall be drained by said two inch pipe.
Sanitary Inspector shall have the right at any and all times
to enter any building for inspection.
18. FIXTURES.
The plumbing fixtures of every. house or other build-
Notwithstanding the fact that any work has been
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ing shall be provided with sufficient traps to prevent gas
inspected and passed as satisfactory by the Engineer or
from the sewer, drain or waste pipe from escaping into any
Inspector,, no person shall have any claim against the
flooding
apartment, and each fixture shall have its own trap. All
Corporation by reason of damage from any occa-
traps are to be accessible and as near the fixture as pos-
sinned. by any overcharging of the public sanitary sewer or
sible. The traps shall be of the same diameter and material
onnection.
the house sewer connection.
as the ni-ne to which they are attached.
If, in the opinion of the Engineer or Sanitary In -
No fixtures shall drain through more than one trap.
spector, any existing drainage, plumbing or sanitary fix -
No pan closets shall be f
fitted up or used in any build -
tures or appliances be found to be unsatisfactory, or to con-
ing on the sewer lines, and no closet or other convenience
stitute a menace to health, such drainage, plumbing or sani-
which allows the escape of air or gas from any part of it, or
Lary fixtures or appliances shall be promptly removed and
which allows any accumulation of filth, in or about it, shall
replaced with proper facilities as in accordance with this
be fitted up or used.
by-law, and the cost of such removal and replacement shall
No water closet shall be located, in any sleeping
be borne by the owner of the property.
N apartment nor in any room or apartment which has no
direct communication with the external air by a window or
light shaft with at least four square feet of area or a local
ventilation nine of , galvanized iron at least four inches in
diameter run into a flue or through the roof, and all pipe
21. FEES.
branches exceeding fifteen feet in length to receive water
All fees received by the Clerk hereunder shall go
closets shall be carried up through the roof, and shall be at
into the treasury of tie Corporation.
least four inches in diameter.
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