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Commission reinstates San Francisco plumbing code language requiring house traps

San Francisco Department of Building Inspection Commission · October 21, 2009
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Summary

The commission unanimously approved reinstating San Francisco Plumbing Code Section 1001.5 to require house traps (minimum 4‑inch) after Chief Plumbing Inspector Steve Panelli reported the language had been inadvertently omitted from the 2007 code; staff said house traps protect homes and sidewalks from sewer backups.

Chief Plumbing Inspector Steve Panelli told the commission that Section 1001.5 — the San Francisco amendment requiring house traps — had been inadvertently omitted from the 2007 plumbing code and recommended reinstating the language. Panelli said house traps have long been part of San Francisco practice and that traps and vents help prevent sewer backups into…

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