Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1909 . Arrangement for Double Stalls. all earthenware urinals cast or moldedwith the trap in the fixture and thewater line well up in the bowl or stall,so that there shall be no part of theurinal or waste outlet above the waterseal which cannot be readily scouredand cleaned. We all know how foulsmelling is the average urinal with itsstrainer and waste outlet above thewater seal, polluting the air with itsnoisome odors. Earthenware urinalstalls, if provided with a proper flushand set-up, as is the custom in Chicagowith the sides cut back as sho
Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1909 . Arrangement for Double Stalls. all earthenware urinals cast or moldedwith the trap in the fixture and thewater line well up in the bowl or stall,so that there shall be no part of theurinal or waste outlet above the waterseal which cannot be readily scouredand cleaned. We all know how foulsmelling is the average urinal with itsstrainer and waste outlet above thewater seal, polluting the air with itsnoisome odors. Earthenware urinalstalls, if provided with a proper flushand set-up, as is the custom in Chicagowith the sides cut back as shown inthe plan, give very good satisfactionand have proved to be the best typefor all-round use in Arrangement for Single Stalls. There is another type of urinal, how-ever, which has given very good satis-faction, the type used largely in easterncities. This type of urinal, if properlyinstalled with vent flues and water Ma,y 1, 1909. PLUMBER AND STEAMFITTEk i flush, will prove very satisfactory, pro-vided non-absorbent materials arc used,and set up where vibration or settletnent will not damage its joints. The flushing of water closets andurinals in schools is a question worthsome study. Children cannot be de-pended upon to flush a fixture afterusing it, so that designers of suchplumbing usually provide for automaticflushing systems. The seat operating closet has givenvery good satisfaction when equippedwith good valves, tank and seat. Theopen tank is better under all conditionsthan the pressure tank, inasmuch as itsaction is independent of the city waterpressure. The earthenware urinal stalls so gen-erally used are equipped with automa-tic flushing tanks set to flush at fre-quent
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