Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1908 . workman, and the oppor-tunity comes frequently enough to usebrains and training, no matter what theshops regular method may be. Wedropped into the basement of the otherhouse expecting to meet the man on thejob, but there was no one in sight. Hereis a trick no plans would have to tellme not to do, said my fitter. He point-ed to an indirect stack that had been as-sembled on the floor and hoisted intoplace with the connection end next thewall, and so close that nothing could bedone in the future without removing thecasing and lowering the
Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1908 . workman, and the oppor-tunity comes frequently enough to usebrains and training, no matter what theshops regular method may be. Wedropped into the basement of the otherhouse expecting to meet the man on thejob, but there was no one in sight. Hereis a trick no plans would have to tellme not to do, said my fitter. He point-ed to an indirect stack that had been as-sembled on the floor and hoisted intoplace with the connection end next thewall, and so close that nothing could bedone in the future without removing thecasing and lowering the whole stack, We PLUMBER AND S T E A lAI F I T T E R December 15, 1908. looked about in silence for a few min-utes. I said, I am averse to droppingin here and criticising this work undersuch circumstances, but as you raise noother points, I will point out two worthremembering. Here is a stack havingthe disadvantage common to most in-directs in circulation. In addition, it hasno reduction of the main directly afteithe branch, for it is taki-n off, and the. Fig. 1—Piping and Connictions Inslailed next branch is for a large second floorradiator. The reduction in the main atthat point in mains of this size is lessthan the two branches taken together,and the balance of the main layout doesnot help matters. Improvements Suggested. To explain more in detail what wasfiiund Fig. 1 shows the indirect con-. nections as they are, F and R being flowand return mains. The longitudinalsketch (if fii)w gives the sizes, X bein^branch io indirect, looking Y being branch to second floor radia-tor, with main tee in 45 degrees 2 illustrates a better method, abeing the branch lo indirect with maintee in 45 degrees position and secondbranch b in horizontal position. In the reduction in main is at Y, thustaking off two branches before reducing,and the advantage is given to the second(li)iir brancli where retarding would bebetter, while the branch for tlie indirect,w
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