Modern plumbing illustrated : a comprehensive and thoroughly practical work on the modern and most approved methods of plumbing construction ... . ition to the circuit vent, there is also what is known asthe loop vent. The loop vent is a modified form of the circuit vent,used when a line or group of fixtures on a single floor is to be circuit-vented, and there are no fixtures on the floors above. In this case the soil or waste branch is extended beyond theline of fixtures, and run up as in the case of the circuit vent, andthen looped over the line of fixtures into the soil or waste vent ofthe


Modern plumbing illustrated : a comprehensive and thoroughly practical work on the modern and most approved methods of plumbing construction ... . ition to the circuit vent, there is also what is known asthe loop vent. The loop vent is a modified form of the circuit vent,used when a line or group of fixtures on a single floor is to be circuit-vented, and there are no fixtures on the floors above. In this case the soil or waste branch is extended beyond theline of fixtures, and run up as in the case of the circuit vent, andthen looped over the line of fixtures into the soil or waste vent ofthe stack into which the branch soil or waste pipe connects. The loop vent may be used for a single line of fixtures, on afloor above which are other fixtures emptying into the same soil orwaste stack, by connecting the loop into the main vent stack abovethe highest fixture of the group. The loop vent for a 4-in. soil branch may be 3 in. in diameter. For 5 and 6-in. soil branches, the loop vent should be 5 in. indiameter, and for larger sizes 6 in. Plate XXX PLUMBING FOR COTTAGE HOUSEGENERAL REMARKS Rlunnbing f^n Chhagz H^use R/ 2 ^ J2d>02T^ VeilA


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