§ 15.08.140. Water piping tests.  


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  • All water piping shall be tested at one hundred pounds per square inch. Flaxseed or other compound shall not be used for testing pipe. Vent and drainage piping shall be tested by filling the vent pipe to the roof without a drop in the water level greater than four inches in an eight-hour period. Alternate testing shall be acceptable in multistory buildings by a head of not less than ten feet.

(Prior code § 10.10.070 (b)).