Domestic plumbing and water service / by William White.

  • White, William
Date:
1880
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Domestic plumbing and water service / by William White. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    with very few joints, which again are capable of being rendered for the time perfectly secure. Its great disadvantage is the certainty of its eventual corrosion and decay, which are especially rapid through the accumulation of sewer gas at its junc- tion with the D trap, when unventilated. Iron again is liable, in the same manner, to corrosion and decay; but it is not liable to be eaten through by rats, or pierced by a nail or accidental blow. It is moreover the most available for continuation upwards as a ventilating pipe. It is the least ob- jectionable in appearance, and it is the most easily fitted to old buildings. It is being largely intro- duced for soil pipes, and probably for these reasons, in Leeds; where sanitary measures claim and receive an unusual amount of attention. Glazed stone- ware is unquestionably the cleanest and most dura- ble for the purpose ; and the making good to the outlet of an earthenware basin is more easily effected with this than with any other material. But where carried down externally to the wall, as in all cases a soil pipe ought to be, it is unsightly, unless it can be let into a cemented chase, cased in brickwork, or otherwise concealed. In no case should it be built up in a solid wall, or carried up as the wall is built, for the settlement of the work will inevitably fracture the joints. It ought more- over to be always accessible for examination, by the removal of its casing or otherwise, for sound and true work is no less necessary than proper arrange- ment. The neglect or ignorance of workmen who