Sanitary house drainage : its principles and practice a handbook for the use of architects, engineers, and builders / by T.E. Coleman.

  • Coleman, T. E. (Thomas Everitt)
Date:
1896
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Credit: Sanitary house drainage : its principles and practice a handbook for the use of architects, engineers, and builders / by T.E. Coleman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER XVII. housemaids' slop sinks. Combined closet and slop sink—Housemaids' washing-up sink- Combined slop closet and wash-up sink—Size of soil pipes for slop closets—Slop sinks to be in well lighted and venti- lated lobbies CHAPTER XVni. LAVATORIES. Requirements of a good lavatory basin—Fixed basins with plain rim— Flushing-rim basins - Tip-up basins—Lavatory tops—Defects of lavatory basins with concealed overflow- Objections to basins fitted with concealed standing overflow and waste—Simple form of standing waste and overflow- Arrangement of lavatory fittings when a standing waste and overflow is not permitted—Water supply to lavatory basins —Lavatory wastes—Anti-siphonage pipe to be provided .. 135 CHAPTER XIX. URINALS. Composition of urine—Urinals generally unfavourably situated —Necessity for ample water supply—Objections to the use of closets as urinals—Essentials of a satisfactory urinal- Advantages of basin urinals for private residences—Good general arrangement of basin urinal—Objections to treadle- action flushing appliances —Urinal compartments to be constructed of non-porous materials—Enamelled iron urinal basins — Self-flushing urinal basins — Details respecting urinal divisions—Stall urinals—Stall urinals with semi- circular backs—Trough urinals—Automatic flushing tanks for urinals