Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1912 . sthe manner of running the pipes betweenthe boiler and stove is concerned, theyare all right. This job will work allright and furnish plenty of hot wateruntil the lower pipe gets stopped up withmud and sediment. Then there will bethe deuce to pay. Simply because theplumber was too careless, ignorant orselfish to put on a draw-off cock underthe range boiler, and use a tee in-stead of an ell, as shown in the il-lustration. It would have made a dif-ference of perhaps one dollar in the priceof the job and when it becomes necessaryto do the
Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1912 . sthe manner of running the pipes betweenthe boiler and stove is concerned, theyare all right. This job will work allright and furnish plenty of hot wateruntil the lower pipe gets stopped up withmud and sediment. Then there will bethe deuce to pay. Simply because theplumber was too careless, ignorant orselfish to put on a draw-off cock underthe range boiler, and use a tee in-stead of an ell, as shown in the il-lustration. It would have made a dif-ference of perhaps one dollar in the priceof the job and when it becomes necessaryto do the job it will cost anywhere from$ to $ to do the job over andmake good on what the plumber shouldhave done in the first place. I have19 preached on inefficiency and carelessnessin past articles and shall talk somemore in articles to come. Take the secondinstance as shown in figure 2. In thiscase the plumber has, fortunately, beenthoughtful enough to put on a draw-offor sediment cock. The boiler, as connect-ed to the water front, should, if not too. Figure 2. large for the front, furnish plenty ofhot water on all occasions when there isa fire in the stove. Boilers are installedlike this from Halifax to Havana; fromNew Orleans to Frisco. Some plumbersthink that the nearer the bottom of therange boiler they can get the cold waterfeed pipe inside the boiler, the better,and safer the job will be. Now this isa great mistake and that cold water feedpipe inside the boiler as shown is justabout one foot too long in actual practiceand should have been cut off to a lengththat would have made the end terminateabout where the elbow is shown in theillustration. This would allow the hotwater to feed equally well and, in casethe safety hole in the feed pipe atpoint A ever becomes stopped up,the water front can never be drainedthrough siphonage as the end of tbecold water feed pipe is at or above thetop line of the water front. In the otherinstance, the water front could havebeen complete
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