Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1908 . e fellow than the large one is tothe small. I hope when Brother Cooper takes hisreferendum vote he will have the largestrally that the trade has yet seen. WM. YOUNG. London, Nov. 27, 1908. BACK VENTING AGAIN. Editor Plumber and Steamfitter: Iam pleased, to notice that my recentquestion started an interesting discus-sion in regard to back venting. I seethat the majority of plumbers favor backventing, but it seems strange that Win-nipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Strath-cona do not compel Iho plunibpi-s toback vent, if, as a number of your co
Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1908 . e fellow than the large one is tothe small. I hope when Brother Cooper takes hisreferendum vote he will have the largestrally that the trade has yet seen. WM. YOUNG. London, Nov. 27, 1908. BACK VENTING AGAIN. Editor Plumber and Steamfitter: Iam pleased, to notice that my recentquestion started an interesting discus-sion in regard to back venting. I seethat the majority of plumbers favor backventing, but it seems strange that Win-nipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Strath-cona do not compel Iho plunibpi-s toback vent, if, as a number of your cor-respondents claiiri, you cannot get per- fect sanitation unless a system is backvented. My experience, I admit, is limited,but I fail yet to find where an ordinaryfour-fixture job needed back venting toprevent the traps from syphoning. J. H. PRITCHARD. Summerside, , Nov. 28. TURNING A DAMAGED PACKINGNUT. When a packing nut on a globe valvebecomes damaged so that the threadswill not follow their course, place apiece of wood between the hand wheel. Repairing Valve. and the nut, as shown in the sketch,and turn both at once. This will great-ly assist in turning the nut down to itsproper place.—Henry H. Brand. EJECTOR MADE OUT OF PIPEFITTINGS. A simple ejector may be made out ofordinary pipe fittings, which will com-pare very favorably with some of theejectors on the market, wxites B. It may be used in draining aflooded cellar, in which case it may be at-tached to the ordinary water faucet formotive agent. It can also be used foremptying cisterns or in excavations fornew work where water is struck. (Ofcourse, in this case, steam, will be usedas motive agent). Some time ago I was engaged in build-ing a reservoir, and at a depth of a spring of water was struck. Hav-ing no means at hand to get the wa-lerout of the excavation, decided to makean ejector out of some old pipe fittingsI had in the tool chest. I succeeded inmaking four that kept the water leveldown
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