Modern plumbing illustrated; a comprehensive and thoroughly practical work on the modern and most approved methods of plumbing construction .. . Joir^e. r^ r^ ~H C^nn^chi^ns for Laundry Tubs r-^l^..^__7Id, o2 irz ]pr:;^^ ^ re2z/. THE KITCHEN SINK The kitchen sink is made of plain, galvanized or enameled castiron, slate, soapstone, and porcelain. The waste for the kitchen sinkis generally 13^ inch, though the tendency is toward the use of 2-inchpipe. As this fixture is usually subject to greater use than any otherplumbing fixture of the house, and as much greasy matter enters i
Modern plumbing illustrated; a comprehensive and thoroughly practical work on the modern and most approved methods of plumbing construction .. . Joir^e. r^ r^ ~H C^nn^chi^ns for Laundry Tubs r-^l^..^__7Id, o2 irz ]pr:;^^ ^ re2z/. THE KITCHEN SINK The kitchen sink is made of plain, galvanized or enameled castiron, slate, soapstone, and porcelain. The waste for the kitchen sinkis generally 13^ inch, though the tendency is toward the use of 2-inchpipe. As this fixture is usually subject to greater use than any otherplumbing fixture of the house, and as much greasy matter enters it,even with the utmost care, 2-inch pipe is often preferable to i^ inch. The vent for the trap of the kitchen sink should be of i^-inchpipe. In connection with this fixture, especially in large residences,restaurants, boarding houses, or wherever a large amount of dish-washing and cooking is done, a grease trap will often serve the fix-ture much more satisfactorily than the ordinary trap. An illustra-tion and description of such a trap will be found under Plate are generally set about 32 inches from the floor, this measure-ment being to the top of the sink. This height may be varied aninch either way, to suit the desires of the ow
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