Skip to main content
Loading…
This section is included in your selections.

A gasket of closely twisted hemp or oakum shall be placed around the pipe. The gasket shall be in one piece of suitable size and shall be lapped at the top. The gasket shall be rammed solidly and tightly into the annular space within the socket of the pipe with a suitable caulking tool. A suitable runner shall be placed around the pipe to close the socket opening. The bituminous material or lead shall be heated to approximately three hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit or until free-flowing and poured so as to completely fill the annular space. Before a joint is made, each collar shall be brushed with a solvent recommended by the manufacturer of the joint material. All bells of bell and spigot type pipe shall be laid at the higher end. All spigots shall be properly centered so as to insure a uniform thickness of the joint. All joints shall be made in a dry trench and shall be made gastight and watertight.

(Ord. 506 § 5(6), 1954)