Content Page: 9 Drainage and Sewerage

  • Water-Closet Bowls

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    (1) Waste-closet bowls and associated traps, if made of ceramic material, shall comply with S.A.B.S 497, Glazed ceramic sanitaryware. (2) Any pad inserted between the base of the bowl and the floor shall be of non-absorbent material. (3) Non-absorbent seat rims or hinge seats shall be fitted to such bowls except in case of squat…

  • General

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    (1) All sanitary fittings shall be substantially made, shall be constructed of corrosion-resistant material, shall be impermeable to water, and shall be finished with a smooth, free from all flaws or blemishes. (2) All sanitary fittings may, prior to their being put into use, be tested by, and shall be subject to, the approval of…

  • Sanitary Fittings Required

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    (1) Subject to any other law requiring a greater number of sanitary fittings, every residential, institutional, business or public building, categorized in Table I, shall be provided with atleast the number of sanitary fittings shown in Table I, and, in addition, the requirements of the following subsections shall be compiled with. (2) Rooms provided in…

  • Maintenance Of Private Sewers

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    (1) The owner of any premises shall efficiently maintain repair, cleanse and keep clean, the entire plumbing system and all private sewers on such premises up to but not including the sewer connexion, and shall clear all obstructions in sewer connexions. (2) In all cases where any person makes, alters or otherwise deals with any…

  • Disconnexion Of Soil-Water Fittings

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    (1) Where a soil-water fitting is removed, all pipes thereby thrown into disuse shall be removed, or all openings shall be effectively and durably sealed. The owner of the premises upon which such work is carried out, shall, after its completion, notify the local authority thereof writing. (2) Where so required by the local authority,…

  • Execution Of Sewerage And Plumbing Work

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    Where the local authority has made by-laws providing for the examination and licensing or plumbers and drainlayers, no person other a plumber or drainlayer, licensed under such by-laws, shall undertake and plumbing or sewerage work as the case may be other than replacement, rewashering and repacking of taps and ball-valves, cleaning the waste-pipe of a…

  • Application For Connexion

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    Application for approval of plans to undertake any sewerage work in terms of section 5 of Chapter 2, shall where applicable, constitute application for a connexion to a public sewer or a public drain: Provided that where such application relates to trade or industrial premises, special application for permission to discharge any trade effluent into…

  • Premises To Be Sewered

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    (1) Whenever, in the opinion of the local authority, an adequate water-supply is available, every residential, institutional, business and public building shall be provided with a plumbing system and sanitary fittings discharging into- a) a public sewer (if available); or b) if a public sewer is not available, into a septic tank or a conserving-tank…

  • Interpretation Of Terms

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    “anti-siphon pipe” means any pipe provided in conjunction with a trap in the sanitary fitting to prevent unsealing of the trap by siphonage or black-pressure; “business building” means any building occupied for the transaction of business or for the rendering of professional services, and includes any building occupied for the display or sale of goods,…

  • Position And Accessibility Of Soil-Pipes

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    (1) If soil-pipes and soil-ventilation pipes are placed inside a building within ducts, such ducts shall be provided with approved access. (2) No soil-pipe or soil-ventilation shall be placed inside a kitchen, pantry, shop or business premises where food is, or is proposed to be, stored, prepared or sold unless, at the sole discretion of…