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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 14797. Main trap for house drain

Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

The house drain must be provided with a horizontal trap, placed immediately inside the cellar wall. The trap must be provided with a hand-hole for convenience in cleaning, the cover of which must be properly fitted and made gas and air-tight, with heavy brass screw-cap ferrule, caulked in. This class of traps shall be subject to the approval of the Board or Bureau of Health.  1

1 Powers of Bureau of Health transferred, see 53 P.S. § 12293.
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