# 255.753 Caulked bell and spigot joints.

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- **citation:** 16 NYCRR 255.753
- **title:** 255.753 Caulked bell and spigot joints.
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** New York State Public Service Commission
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** Transmission and Distribution of Gas. (a) Each cast iron caulked bell and spigot joint that is subject to pressures of 25 psig (172 kPa) or more must be sealed with a material or device which:

(1) does not reduce the flexibility of the joint;

(2) permanently bonds, either chemically, mechanically or both, with the bell and spigot metal surfaces or adjacent pipe metal surfaces; and

(3) seals a
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(a) Each cast iron caulked bell and spigot joint that is subject to pressures of 25 psig (172 kPa) or more must be sealed with a material or device which:

(1) does not reduce the flexibility of the joint;

(2) permanently bonds, either chemically, mechanically or both, with the bell and spigot metal surfaces or adjacent pipe metal surfaces; and

(3) seals and bonds in a manner that meets the strength, environmental, and chemical compatibility requirements of sections 255.53(a)-(b) and 255.143 of this Part.

(b) Each cast iron caulked bell and spigot joint that is exposed for any reason, must be sealed by a means other than caulking.
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