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61. Before turning on the water supply, after the completed work executed under improved plans therefor has been accepted by the Board of Health, a certificate must be obtained from the Board of Health that there is no vio- lation of law unremoved on record against the work. A water permit from the Department of Public Works must also be obtained.
By order of the Board.
EMMONS CLARK, Secretary.
CHARLES G. WILSON, President.
[LAWS OF 1887, CHAP. 84, SEC. 6, AMENDING SEC. 653, N. Y. CONSOLIDATION ACT, AS AMENDED BY LAWS OF 1888, CHAP. 422.]
SECTION 653. Every tenement and lodging house or building shall be provided with as many good and sufficient water closets, improved privy sinks, or other similar receptacles as the Board of Health shall require, but in no case shall there be less than one for every fifteen occupants, and not less than one for every floor or story of such tenement or lodging house. The water-closets, sinks and receptacles shall have proper doors, soil pipes and traps, all of which shall be properly ventilated to prevent the escape of deleterious gas and odors, soil-pans, cisterns, pumps and other suitable works and fixtures, necessary to insure the efficient operation, cleansing and flushing thereof. Every tenement and lodging house situated upon a lot on a street or avenue in which there is a sewer, shall have a separate and proper connection with the sewer ; and the water-closets, sink and other receptacles, shall be properly connected with the sewer by proper pipes made thoroughly air-tight. Such sewer connections and all the drainage and plumbing work, water-closets, sinks and other receptacles, in and for every tenement and lodging house, shall be of the form, construction, ar- . rangement, location, materials, workmanship and description to be approved, or such as may be required by the Board of Health of the Health Depart- ment of the City of New York. Every owner, lessee and occupant shall take adequate measures to prevent improper substances from entering such water-closets, or sinks or their connections, and to secure the prompt re- moval of any improper substances that may enter them, so that no accumu- lation shall take place, and so as to prevent any exhalations therefrom,
ARCHITECTS', BUILDERS' AND CONTRACTORS' PURCHASING GUIDE.
THE PURIFICATION OF
YOUR DWELLING, YOUR HOTEL, YOUR SCHOOL, AND THE ABSOLUTE PROTECTION OF THE BUILDING OF VALUE TO YOU?
FIRST FLUSH IN THE WHIRLPOOL,
NEW. POINTS IN THE WHIRLPOOL, CLOSET (Patented): The Reservoir Rim,
The Second Flushing Chamber.
The Keen Edge Divider, opposite Nozzle.
GET THE BEST!
DOUBLE, FLUSHING ! ABSOLUTELY, CLEAN!
Every line of the WHIRLPOOL CLOSET is modeled with a view of sanitation, and it is the only closet manu- factured with an INDEPENDENT SECOND FLUSHING CHAMBER, through which streams Issuing from five different points of exit and meeting in the centre of the upper surface of the conduit; causing a WHIRLPOOL of immense force, by which the dome, back and sides and the inner wail of the conduit are THOROUGHLY CLEANSED and purified and the danger of the foul accumulation of excreta IS REMOVED, Jand CLEAN WATER IS LEFT IN THE TRAP after each use,
For Illustrated Catalogue, etc., address the
Beekman Salutary System Company, (Incorporated-Capital $600,000), SOLE PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER,
56 BEEKMAN STREET, 8
NEW YORK.
ARCHITECTS', BUILDERS', AND CONTRACTORS' PURCHASING GUIDE.
BEFORE YOU
Build a House,
Buy a House,
Buy a Hotel,
Build a Hotel,
College, School or Seminary,
SEE THAT IT IS
PROTECTED BY THE
BEEKMAN SALUTARY SYSTEMI.
SECOND FLUSH IN THE WHIRLPOOL.
The Keen Edge Divider, opposite Nozzle.
B.S.S.PAT.91.
THE BEEKMAN DUPLEX TANK. POSITIVELY NOISELESS ! !
DOUBLE FLUSHING !
The BEEKMAN DUPLEX TANK presents as MANY NEW and VALUABLE FEATURES as the WHIRL. POOL CLOSET, and together form the "BEEKMAN SALUTARY SYSTEM." It is the ONLY CISTERN THAT IS NOISELESS and that presents a second FLUSH; NOT THE OLD STYLE of dribbling " after-wash " in the bowl- through the same pipe-but an extra INDEPENDENT . FLUSH in the dome, back and sides and the inner vertical wall of the conduit-those parts of the closet NOT HERETOFORE REACHED, but left dangerous to health ..
For Illustrated Catalogue, Price, etc., address the
Beekman Salutary System Company, (Incorporated-Capital $600.000), SOLE PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER,
56 Beekman Street,
New York.
NEW POINTS IN THE WHIRLPOOL CLOSET (Patented) :" The Reservoir Rim.
The Second Flushing Chamber.
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offensive, dangerous and prejudicial to life or health, and so as to prevent the same from being or becoming obstructed. Every person who shall place filth, urine or focal matter in any place in a tenement-house other than that provided for the same, and every person who shall keep filth, urine or focal matter in his apartment, or upon his premises, such length of time as to create a nuisance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. No privy-vault or cesspool shall be allowed in or under or connected with any such house except when it is unavoidable, and a permit therefor shall have been granted by the Board of Health, and in such case it shall be con- structed in such situation and in such manner as the Board of Health may direct. It shall in all cases be water-tight and arched or securely covered over, and no offensive smell or gases shall be allowed to escape therefrom, or from any closet, sink or privy. In all cases where a sewer exists in the street or avenue upon which the house or building stands, the yard or area shall be connected with the sewer, that all water from the roof or otherwise, and all liquid filth shall pass freely into the sewer. Where there is no sewer in the street or avenue, or adjacent thereto, to which connection can be made, the yard and area shall be so graded that all water from the roof or otherwise, and all filth shall flow freely therefrom into the street gutter by a passage beneath the sidewalk, which passage shall be covered by a permanent cover, but so arranged as to permit access to remove obstruc- tions or impurities. It shall be the duty of the Board of Health to enforce the provisions of this section in regard to privy-vaults as soon as practica- ble, but said Board shall permit no privy-vault to remain connected with a tenement-house later than January 1, 1887,* except in the cases especially named in this section.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE OF THE BUILDINGS HEREIN DESCRIBED.
Location Number of Buildings. Description of
Buildings Dimensions of each Building. Dimensions
of lots. Owner Address Architect
Address Plumber Address
How many Buildings will the new ones replace ?
What kind of Buildings were they ?
How many Families did each of the old Buildings accommodate
Were Buildings on front or rear of lot ?
Pursuant to the requirements of law, the accompanying plan for the plumbing and drainage of each of the above-mentioned buildings, and the
* So in the original.
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following description thereof, is hereby submitted for the approval of the Board of Health, the undersigned hereby agreeing to cause the work to be done and the material to be furnished in accordance therewith, with such modifications as may be required by the Board of Health. No modification of the plans, or of the work described herein, will be made, unless the same is previously allowed by said Board, on the written application of owner or architect ; and all work pertaining to the proper plumbing and drainage of the buildings and premises which is not covered by the plans, but is found necessary during the progress of the work in order to carry into effect the true intent thereof, will be executed in accordance with the directions of the said Board of Health.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS.
It is expressly understood that these specifications and the drawings submitted herewith to the Board of Health for approval constitute together, as approved by said Board, the plans for the plumbing and drainage of the buildings herein described ; and in respect to all work not covered thereby, the plumber is to be governed by the Rules and Regulations as to plum bing and drainage established by the Board of Health.
The plumber will furnish all materials and perform all labor requisite and necessary for putting up and completing all the plumbing work in a good and thoroughly workmanlike manner, according to the plans therefor as approved by the Board of Health.
All materials will be of good quality and free from defects.
The diameters of pipes hierein specified are inside diameters. The will properly close all openings in floors and ceilings about lines of drain and vent pipe, so as to prevent the passage of foul odors from one floor to another along said lines of pipe.
The plumber will send notice to the Board of Health when the work will begin, and also at various times during the progress of said work before any part of it is permanently covered.
The plumber will properly protect all pipes and fixtures as soon as set and close all pipe openings so as to prevent obstruction and damage.
The will do all the excavating and refilling required for the proper carrying out of these specifications, except as such work is herein otherwise specifically provided for.
The plumber will obtain and pay for all necessary permits, and comply with all corporation laws relating to the subject matter of these specifica- tions.
After the completion of the work under these plans and specifications, and before its final acceptance, the plumber must obtain the certificate of
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the Board of Health that there is no violation of law on record against said work, and also a water permit from the Department of Public Works. He will then turn on the water and leave everything in perfect working order.
1 .- MATERIALS, ETC.
Earthenware Pipe.
All earthenware pipe, herein specified, must be hard, smooth, salt glazed and cylindrical, and not less than 2 of an inch in thickness. Each length will be perfectly straight and free from any fire cracks, flaws, blisters or other defects.
All special fittings to be of the same quality as the pipe.
Cast-iron Pipe.
All cast-iron pipe and fittings must be sound, cylindrical and smooth, free from cracks, sand holes and other defects, of a uniform thickness, and of the grade known in commerce as extra heavy. All iron pipe will be firmly secured in position by proper pipe supports placed not more than five feet apart. No tar-coated pipe will be used, but after the pipes have been tested and accepted by the Inspector they will be coated with
The following average weights per lineal foot will be accepted :
2 inches. . 5} pounds per lineal foot. 3 66
.. 13 حبـ 5 .. 17 .20 93
66
66
.. 45 .. 54 66
7 inches. . 27 pounds per lineal foot. 10 66 66 66 66 66 12 .. 333
All joints in cast-iron pipe will be made with picked oakum and molten lead, and the plumber will make the joints impermeable to gases, by bedding the lead with hammer and calking-iron. For each joint in cast-iron pipe twelve ounces of lead must be used to each inch of diameter of the pipe in which the joint is made. No putty or cement joints will be permitted. The lead used for calking will be pure, soft pig lead ; no old joints or other de- fective material will be used.
Wrought Iron Pipe.
Led Pip .
All branch lead soil, waste and vent pipes, including bends, must be of the best quality and of not less than the following weights per lineal foot :
Diameters : 1} inches 2 3 4 66
Weight per foot . 3 lbs. 8 ozs. 6 8
6
66 66 8
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All connections of lead with iron pipes will be made by heavy brass ferrules of the same size as the lead pipe, set in the hub of the branch of the iron pipe and calked in with lead ; the lead pipe to be attached to the ferrule by a proper solder wiped joint when practicable. No putty or cement joints will be permitted.
All connections of branch lead soil, waste and vent pipes will be made by wiped joints.
All lead pipes will be firmly secured in place with hard metal tacks and screws, placed not more than three feet apart ; and all horizontal lead pipes will be well supported for their whole length by shelves or carrying strips, to be provided and put up by
II .- TESTS.
The plumber will test all of the soil, waste, drain and vent pipes herein described, including branches, in the presence of a plumbing Inspector, and after due notice to the Board of Health, by a pressure test ; the pressure to be applied as directed by the Inspector, and after all openings in the pipes have been securely closed by the master plumber or other person in charge of the work. None of said pipes shall be covered until after they have stood the test to the satisfaction of the Inspector.
III .- CESSPOOLS AND SEWERS.
No cesspools will be allowed where there is a well on the same or adjacent premises, without a special permit from the Board of Health.
The will construct in at feet from the building, a cesspool X and deep, with inch walls,
and bottom made absolutely water-tight by means of
The cesspool will be covered with and ventilated by
As soon as it is possible to connect above-mentioned house with a public sewer, the owner will have the cesspool emptied, cleaned, disinfected and filled with fresh earth, and have such connection made in the manner pre- scribed by the regulations of the Board of Health.
Private Sewers.
Where there is no public sewer in the street, and it is necessary to con- struct a private sewer to connect with a public sewer in an adjacent street or avenue, it must be laid outside the curb under the roadway of the street on which the houses front, and not through the yards or under the houses. Such sewer will be constructed in the following manner :
House Sewers-Excavations.
from the
The will make the necessary excavation for the house sewer wall to the sewer in , making a
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smooth bottom for each pipe, free from all projections of rock, and with the soil well ramned to prevent settling of the pipe.
House Sewer-Earthenware.
[NOTE .- The laying of carthenware drain pipe for house sewers, in made or filled-in-ground, is prohibited by the Rules established by the Board of Health. But where the soil consists of a natural bed of loam, sand or rock, it is permitted to be laid from outside the cellar, vault or area wall to the street sewer, if laid in strict compliance with the following directions.]
The will make a separate connection for each building with
the sewer by an earthenware pipe inches in diameter, hard and salt glazed, and of an inch thick, run at a uniform grade of not less than { inch per foot, extending the same to a point not less than two feet outside of the outer face of the front cellar, vault or area wall, as the case may be. Every section will be bedded in cement at the hub. The ends of the pipe will be wetted before applying the cement, and the space between each hub and the small end of the next section will be completely and uniformly filled with the best quality of hydraulic cement, care being taken to prevent any cement being forced into the drain to become an ob- struction. No tempered-up cement will be used. A straight edge will be used, and the different pipe sections laid in perfect line on the bottom and sides.
House Sewer-of Iron.
Or the plumber will make a separate connection for each building with sewer in by inch extra heavy cast iron pipe, run at a uniform grade of not less than { inch per foot, to a point just inside of the cellar or vault wall, as the case may be.
The house sewer in each case will be connected to the street sewer at a point directly in front of the house for which it is laid.
Old sewers or house drains can be used for new buildings only when found by a plumbing Inspector to conform in all respects to the regulations governing new sewers and drains. They will in each case be uncovered for examination by the
Notice will be sent to the Health Department when any sewer or drain pipe herein specified is ready for inspection; and it can be covered only after it has been examined and pronounced satisfactory by an Inspector from the Board of Health. In filling the trench no stones will be placed in con- tact with the pipe, and the earth will be thoroughly packed in without moving the pipe in the slightest degree, or starting any of the joints.
IV .- HOUSE DRAIN.
The plumber will make a proper connection with the house sewer by extra heavy cast-iron pipe, and set a inch extra heavy cast-iron
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running, or half $ trap just inside of the front wall, with a hand-hole for cleaning, covered with a screw cap, properly fitted.
A fresh-air inlet of extra heavy cast-iron pipe, not less than four inches in diameter, will be provided and properly connected with the house drain on the inlet side of the house trap, and extended up flush with the sidewalk near the street curb, and properly covered by a galvanized-iron grating leaded into the flagstone ; or extending to not less than fifteen feet from any door or window, and opening at least 12 inches above finished grade, with cap, bend or grating.
The will build a box or manhole with cover about the drain trap, so as to make it readily accessible.
The plumber will continue the house drain of extra heavy cast-iron pipe
inches in diameter, along the cellar wall or ceiling from trap to the point shown on the plan, giving it a uniform grade to the trap of not less than 2 inch per foot. The house drain must not be laid beneath the cellar floor, unless the location of fixtures in the cellar or basement, or the drain- age of yards, cellars or areas requires it to be so laid. Make necessary changes in direction by curvad pipes, and all connections by Y branch pipes and one-eiglith or one-sixteenth bends. From the points shown on the plan, branch pipes of extra heavy cast-iron, to be connected with the drain pipe to receive the soil and waste pipes, the rain-water leader and the connections from the area, cellar, and yard drains.
All of said branch pipes to be of the diameter hereinafter described and as shown on accompanying plan of cellar drainage.
Where hand-holes for cleaning are provided on the house drain or its branches or their traps, or on the house-drain trap, proper ferrules with screw covers will be used and made gas tight.
V .- SURFACE DRAINAGE, ETC.
All yards, cellars, areas and light courts will be properly graded by the owner and drained as hereinafter specified. The traps for all such drains will be placed inside the cellar wall and made accessible.
Cellars will not be connected with the house drain unless absolutely necessary, dry cesspools being used where practicable. If connected to the house drain, running traps with cut off valves and proper water supply will be provided for each connection, as follows :
The will build in each yard, cellar, area and light court where shown on plans a brick cesspool or catch basin x x made water- tight if sewer connected ; and the plumber will set over each a strainer and make connection therewith as specified.
Provide and set where shown on plans inch extra heavy cast-iron yard drain, connecting with house drain and trapped by inch running trap.
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Provide and set where shown on plans inch area and light court drains connecting with the house drain and trapped by inch running trap.
If found necessary to prevent dampness, the owner will make the cellar and foundation walls impervious thereto by means of asphaltum or coal tar pitch and cement.
Subsoil drains will be provided where necessary. Their construction, trapping and special provision for maintaining their trap seal will be as follows :
VI .- UPRIGHT SOIL, WASTE, VENT AND DRAIN PIPES. Soil Pipes.
For each water-closet or line of water closets and adjacent fixtures, as shown on plans, provide and set inch extra heavy cast-iron soil-pipe, connecting with the house drain by a Y branch and one-eighth or one-six- teenth bend and extending in full calibre two feet or more above the highest part of the roof or coping. If near a light shaft or other ventilating open- ing extend the soil pipe feet above it. The soil-pipe to have
inch Y branches for water closets, and Y branches for other fixtures, where shown on plans.
Connect with above described Y branches inch iron pipe for iron water-closet traps, short lengths of four inch lead pipe for earthenware water-closet traps, and short lengths of inch lead pipe for other fixtures.
Waste Pipes.
Provide and set, with proper connections for each basin, bath, sink, urinal, wash tub, or tier of same, where shown on plans, inch extra heavy cast-iron waste-pipe, connecting with the house-drain, and terminat- ing above the roof in the same manner as soil-pipe ; said waste-pipe to be not less than four inches in diameter from below the roof upward. The waste pipe to have inch Y branches on each floor; and each of the set fixtures, where shown on plans, to be connected therewith by short lengths of inch lead pipe.
All branch soil and waste pipes must have fall of not less than } inch per foot to the pipes into which they discharge.
Vent Pipes for Water-closet Traps.
Set for all water-closets and as shown on plans, inch extra heavy cast-iron vent pipe, connecting by short lengths of lead pipe not less than inches in diameter, with the crown of each water-closet trap, and inches in diameter for traps. Extend the main vent-pipe above the roof in the same manner as the soil pipe, and enlarge it to four inches in diameter from below the roof upward, or connect with the soil pipe above the highest fixture, as shown on approved plans.
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Said vent-pipe to have inch T branches on each floor.
Vent Pipes for Other Traps.
Set for traps of all other fixtures, as shown on plans, inch extra heavy cast-iron vent-pipe, connected by short lengths of lead pipe inches in diameter, with the crown of each trap. Extend the main vent-pipe above the roof separately, in the same manner as the soil-pipes, and enlarged to four inches in diameter from below the roof upward, or connect with the waste pipe above the highest fixture, as shown on approved plans.
Said vent-pipe to have inch T branches on each floor. €
There will be soil, waste and vent pipes: extended above the roof of each building.
The arrangement of all pipes throughout the building will be as direct as possible, and all unnecessary offsets must be avoided.
All vent-pipes will be graded so as to discharge water collected by con- densation, and connected at the bottom with the drain, soil or waste pipe, as shown on plans, and in such a manner as to avoid obstructions from accumulated rust. The bowing of vent-pipes must be avoided.
Whenever practicable, all pipes and traps will be left so that they may at all times be readily examined and repaired. Where they are necessarily placed in partitions or recesses in walls, they will be covered with face; boards which will be fastened with screws, so as to be readily removed.
No caps, cowls or bends will be affixed to the tops of pipes opening: above the roof, but in tenement-houses the opening of each will be pro- tected by a strong wire basket securely fastened thereto.
All pipes above an extension roof will be extended above the roof of the main building when otherwise they would open within thirty feet of the windows of the main building or of an adjoining building.
The joints between all pipes and the roof will be made water tight by heavy sheet lead flashings or
Roof Drainage.
The will provide leader outside the house, of galvanized sheet iron inches in diameter ; and the plumber will connect same
with the house drain by a inch extra heavy cast-iron pipe, extend- ing feet above 'level and a inch extra heavy cast iron running trap so placed beneath the ground or inside the cellar wall as to prevent freezing.
The will provide leader inside the house, of extra heavy cast-iron, inches in diameter, to be trapped at the base, if it opens near a ventilating shaft or window, and the plumber will make the joint between said leader and the roof by means of a brass ferrule and lead or copper tube properly connected.
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When there is no sewer connection the will connect the leader above specified by inch with the street gutter
or
Safes and Safe Waste Pipes.
Underline all with sheet lead safes, of pounds per foot, with edges turned up at least inclies, in a secure manner, to pre- vent overflow, each safe to be properly graded to the safe waste-pipe. Con- nect all safes with a inch pipe, discharging either into an open sink, or upon the cellar floor, as the Architect may direct. The branch pipe from each safe to the main safe waste will be inch
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