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(k) All joints and connections shall be made gas tight and water tight. Cast iron pipe joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and filled with molten lead, Federal specificaticn QQ-L-156, not less than one(l) inch deep. Lead shall be run in one pouring and caThed tight. No paint, varnish, or other coatings shall be permitted on the jointing material until after the joint has been tested and approved. All joints in vitrified clay pipe or between such pipe and metals shall be made with approved hot-poured jointing material or cement mortar as specified below. Material for hot-poured joints shall not soften sufficiently to destroy the effectivesess of the joint when subjected to a temperature of one hundeed sixty (160) degrees Fahrenheit, nor be solnble in any of the wastes carried by the drainage system. The joint shall first be caulked tight with jute, hemp, or similar approved material. Celll6llt joints shall be made by packing a closely twisted jute or oakum gasket, of suitable size, to fill partly the annular space between the pipes. The remaining space shall be filled and firmJ.y compacted with mortar sand. The material shall be mixed dry; snfficient water shall be added to make the miøture workable. Mortar which has begun to set shall not be nsed or retempered. Lime pntty of hydrated lime may be substituted to the extent of not more than 25 per cent of the volume of the Portland cement that may be added. Other jointing materials and methodø may be used only by approval of the said Inspector. (1) The connecticn of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the "Y" branch, if such branch is avail- able at a suitable locaticn. If the pnblic sewer is twelve (12) L