§ A182-6. Service connection and taps.

A. 

A three-fourths inch or one-inch tap shall be left or made for each house requiring a new service. Taps may be made by means of a tapped coupling left at proper location or by cutting with an approved tapping machine or by use of service saddles approved by Engineer. Taps shall be of the type thread to accept a standard corporation stop as supplied by Mueller or equal. All taps one inch or larger in six-inch cast-iron pipe, or larger than one-inch in eight-inch cast-iron pipe, will require tapping saddle.

B. 

Taps and corporation stops should be located at least one foot from pipe ends. Corporation stops shall be Mueller H 15008 or equal.

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.

C. 

Soft copper tubing, type K in three-fourths-inch or one-inch diameter shall be laid from the tap to the location of a new curb box for each house. Couplings or fittings between corporation stop and curb cock shall be brass or bronze conductive compression connection type. Provide a bend or gooseneck in the tubing, as shown in the service connection detail, for flexibility. Curb stop and curb box is to be left at the end of each service for the property owner to connect to.

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.

D. 

Curb stops shall be Mueller H 15209 or approved equal. The curb box shall be Mueller H 10304 or approved equal. A curb box sleeve, Mueller H 10342 or approved equal shall be used where curb box is in sidewalk or paved area.

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.