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Section 14-76 Joints and connections.
(a) All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Cast-iron pipe joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or jute and filled with molten lead, Federal Specification QQL-156, no less than one (1) inch deep. Lead shall be run in one (1) pouring and caulked tight. No paint, varnish or other coatings shall be permitted on the joint material until after the joint has been tested and approved. Factory installed plastic joint cast-iron pipe may be used as an alternate. (b) All joints in vitrified clay or concrete pipe or between such couplings shall have resilient properties in accordance with ASTM Specification C443-59T for concrete pipe and ASTM Specification C425-64 for vitrified clay pipe, or the latest revisions thereof. (c) Material joints shall not soften sufficiently to destroy the effectiveness of the joint when subjected to a temperature of one hundred sixty (160) degrees Fahrenheit, nor be soluble in any of the wastes carried by the drainage system. (d) Other jointing materials and methods may be used only by approval of the chief building official. (Code 1958, 19-40; Ord. of 5-22-95(1), IV)
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