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Town of Mount Pleasant, NY
Westchester County
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[Amended 11-11-1980]; 10-22-1996; 3-13-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001; 4-22-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014]
All piping, traps and fixtures of a plumbing system or installation of electrical fixtures hereafter installed shall be inspected by the inspector to ensure compliance with all the requirements of this code and the installation and construction of the system in accordance with approved plans and permit, for which inspection a fee shall be collected from the plumber according to the following schedule:
A. 
For residential construction, a fee as set forth in Chapter A224, Fees. Such fee shall include all other items in the schedule herein.
B. 
For commercial construction, there shall be a fee as set forth in Chapter A224, Fees, for inspection of up to three fixtures. For each fixture over three, there shall be an additional charge as set forth in Chapter A224, Fees.
A. 
It shall be the duty of the plumber or electrician to notify the inspector, in writing, not less than 48 hours before the work is to be inspected or tested.
B. 
It shall be the duty of the plumber or electrician to be reasonably certain that the work will stand the test prescribed before giving the above notification.
C. 
If the inspector finds the work will not stand the test, the plumber or electrician shall be required to renotify as above and to pay an additional sum as set forth in Chapter A224, Fees, for each additional inspection required.
The equipment, material, power and labor necessary for the inspection and test shall be furnished by the plumber or electrician.
A. 
All the piping of a plumbing system hereafter constructed shall be tested with water. After the plumbing fixtures have been set and their traps filled with water, the entire drainage system shall be submitted to a final peppermint or smoke test in the presence of the inspector. The inspector may require the removal of cleanouts to ascertain if the pressure has reached all parts of the system.
B. 
A piped-up air test shall be made of the repair, replacement or installation of any residential or commercial oil or gasoline storage tank.
(1) 
Residential 275, one-thousand-gallon oil tanks piped-up air test: as set forth in Chapter A224, Fees.
(2) 
Any gas or oil tank in excess of 1,000 gallons: as set forth in Chapter A224, Fees.
C. 
Prior to the installation of any natural or liquefied-petroleum-gas-fired appliance, a mercury or water column test shall be made on any supply pipe or roughing leading to the appliance.
D. 
All wet-pipe or fire line service sprinklers, standpipes or connections shall be subject to a two-hundred-pound static test, both within the building, at the curb valve or from the trunk line to the point of entry. (All structures containing a wet pipe sprinkler system shall be required to maintain on premises a minimum of five extra sprinkler heads that will fit the system.)
E. 
Electrical tests shall require energizing all electrical appliances and related equipment approved by the Building Inspector and/or the inspector.
A. 
The water test may be applied to the drainage system in its entirety or in sections. If applied to the entire system, all openings in the piping shall be tightly closed, except the highest opening above the roof, and the system filled with water to the point of overflow above the roof.
B. 
If the system is tested in sections, each opening shall be tightly plugged, except the highest opening of the section under test, and each section shall be filled with water, but no section shall be tested with less than 20 feet of water. In testing successive sections, at least the upper 10 feet of the next preceding section shall be retested so that no joint nor pipe in the building shall have been submitted to a test of less than 20 feet head of water.
C. 
Under any test, the water level shall remain constant for not less than 15 minutes without any further addition of water.
D. 
The piped-up air test shall consist of piping compressed air into the fuel storage tank. In the case of a steel storage tank, said tank must withstand a pressure of no less than seven pounds per square inch as measured by a pressure gauge. In the case of a fiberglass storage tank, said tank must withstand a pressure of not less than 10 pounds per square inch as measured by a pressure gauge.
E. 
Mercury and water column tests. Before any appliances are connected, piping or roughing shall stand a pressure of at least six inches of mercury or three pounds' gauge for at least 10 minutes without showing any drop in pressure. Pressure shall be measured with a mercury manometer or slope gauge or any equivalent device calibrated to read in increments of not greater than 0.1 pound. The source of pressure shall be isolated before the pressure tests are made. Liquefied-petroleum-gas systems shall stand a pressure of not less than a ten-inch water column for a period of not less than 10 minutes without showing any drop in pressure. Pressure shall be measured with a water manometer or an equivalent device calibrated to read in increments of not less than one-tenth-inch water column. The source of pressure shall be isolated before the tests are made.
F. 
Two-hundred-pound static test. To determine the value of public water as a supply to a wet-pipe or fire service line sprinkler, standpipe or connection, a gauge shall be attached at the curb valve or within the building or, in the case of the fire service line sprinkler, standpipe or connection, a gauge shall be attached at the trunk line. In both cases, the water pressure shall measure no less than 200 pounds per square inch at the point tested and shall maintain said pressure for a period of no less than two hours.
The tests shall be made separately as follows:
A. 
The house drain, including all piping to the height of 20 feet above the highest point of the house drain, except the exposed connections to fixtures.
B. 
The soil, waste, vent and drainage pipes which would be covered up before the building is enclosed or ready for completion.
C. 
The final smoke test of the whole system.
No plumbing or electrical system nor part thereof shall be covered until it has been approved as herein prescribed.
A. 
Upon the satisfactory completion and final test of the plumbing or electrical system, a certificate of final inspection shall be issued.
B. 
A triplicate record shall be kept by the inspector of all inspections made by him, the original to be filed at the Building Inspector's office, the duplicate copy to be for the use of the inspector, and the triplicate copy for the plumber or electrician. These records are to contain the type of house, the number and kind of plumbing or electrical fixtures, the date and time of inspection, the name of the owner, the name of the licensed plumber and the fee paid.
C. 
The certificate of final inspection shall be signed by the Inspector and filed in the office of the Building Inspector. No plumbing or electrical fixtures shall be used until said certificate of final inspection has been issued by the inspector. No certificate of compliance shall be issued by the Building Inspector, where plumbing or electrical work is involved, until the certificate of final inspection of the plumbing or electrical work by the inspector has been filed.