Sewage line cleanout by street - clay??

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DCpete816

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Neighbor is doing remodeling and city is forcing him to replace sewage cleanout by the street in the front yard. The cleanout is PVC currently and looks to be fine (plumbers have it dug up now). Code says it must be replaced with clay. This seems very strange to me in earthquake country (Campbell, CA). Apparently I am missing something. Why would you replace PVC with Clay in earthquake country?

I am curious, because I don't have a cleanout by the street. I know my sewage line is cast iron from 1947.

Thanks, Chris
 

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I would hope that somebody got the story wrong. :(
 

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Be sure you don't use clay with a high lead content. (sarcasm)
 
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The code probably says not cast iron or steel and was written before pastic ... leaving clay as the only option. Maybe he can get approval to use Bakelite.
 

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Perhaps i'm wrong in my brief (google) checking out but California Plumbing Code 701. etc makes no mention of replacing PVC with Clay? Campbell Code (FWIW) makes no mention of this either? Neither does San Jose?
 
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