Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1912 . er, dirt, etc.,cannot lodge in the pipes. Leaders, floordrains, safes and refrigerators are ingeneral separately trapped, the leadertraps being of the running type and lo-cated at the foot of the leader. Alltraps are extra heavy and bath tub trapsare of brass. The vent connections to the variousfixtures are of the sizes called for in the Ql-3 r »Vent Header 2 Vent3 A ^4 Lead~~3 A Soil^ Fig. 4. Elevation of Closet in thej-Eolian Building, Showing Vent andDrain Connections. PLUMBER AND STEAMFITTER New York code and branch pipes arekept we
Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1912 . er, dirt, etc.,cannot lodge in the pipes. Leaders, floordrains, safes and refrigerators are ingeneral separately trapped, the leadertraps being of the running type and lo-cated at the foot of the leader. Alltraps are extra heavy and bath tub trapsare of brass. The vent connections to the variousfixtures are of the sizes called for in the Ql-3 r »Vent Header 2 Vent3 A ^4 Lead~~3 A Soil^ Fig. 4. Elevation of Closet in thej-Eolian Building, Showing Vent andDrain Connections. PLUMBER AND STEAMFITTER New York code and branch pipes arekept well above the tops of the earthenware traps in the water-closets and slop sinks are ventilated byconnections taken from the branch soilor waste pipe immediately below thefloor and all fixtures are back ventedinto the vertical vent risers. The floor drains in the sub-basementand sub-basement mezzanine ore of theheavy galvanized iron cesspool type,with hinged strainers and are connectedto dry wells. The floor drains in the 2,Vent Headerl{Vent. I? Waste Waste Fig. 5. Sectional View of Lavatory andPiping used in the iEolian Building. basement are of brass. The catch basinsused with the floor drains are of castiron and are about 9 square. The leaders are of extra heavy gal-vanized wrought iron pipe and are pro-vided at the roof outlets with screwedbrass soldering corrections for solderingon the roof connections. The water supply throughout is ofstandard weight galvanized wrought ironpipe, except the fire line and pump dis-charges, which are extra heavy. Whereconnections are extended from the build-ing to the city water main they are runwith 2 extra heavy galvanized wroughtiron pipe well painted with fittings on the water supply lines arestandard, malleable, beaded, galvanizedcast iron water fittings. On each supply main close to the out-side wall is located a 2 shut-off valveinside of which is located a water meterwith a fish trap protected by 2 gatevalves
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