. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . , page 527. A leak in the waste-pipes under the sink or and disinfect thoroughly. A dirty bath-tub and neglected waste-pipes. A stoppage in the pipes. Escape of gas through the traps. (See pages 49, 50.)This is a serious difficulty. It usually results from im-perfect work in putting in the fixtures. If there is no vent,or if the vent is too far removed from the trap, the out-rushing water, acting as a siphon, draw
. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . , page 527. A leak in the waste-pipes under the sink or and disinfect thoroughly. A dirty bath-tub and neglected waste-pipes. A stoppage in the pipes. Escape of gas through the traps. (See pages 49, 50.)This is a serious difficulty. It usually results from im-perfect work in putting in the fixtures. If there is no vent,or if the vent is too far removed from the trap, the out-rushing water, acting as a siphon, draws the water out ofthe trap, and leaves it open so the sewer-gas can only sure remedy is to supply a proper vent. Wherethe ventpipe is small, it frequently fills with rust-scales,and thus becomes practically useless. PROMPT ATTENTION At the risk of seeming monotony, we repeat the oft-repeated injunction that immediate and thorough atten-tion to defects in the plumbing is of great 4efects often seem trifles at first, hardly worth timeand attention; but like all evils, they soon grow, and doserious damage to the house and its aunderin
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