New York City requires cast iron (no hub is OK) waste lines on all buildings
over two stories. Concern is rats, hazardous fumes in case of a fire and
plumbers' income.
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"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message
s.com...
spake thus:

Speedy Jim wrote:

RBM wrote:

That's hard to believe. You'd think with it being so labor intensive,
they
would have gone to ac, or nm in the forties

The labor is exactly why it remained for so long.
Cleveland was/is a labor town and they controlled
what city hall wrote (ordinances) for a long time.

some areas of us still MANDATE cast iron fpr plumbing just to keep
plumbers working....

Where? Cite, please.


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