Elements of Plumbing
ELEMENTS
PLUMBIN G
SAMUEL EDWARD DIBBLE
HEAD OF SANITARY EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATION DEPT. CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
First Edition
McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, Inc.
239 WEST 39TH STREET. NEW YORK
LONDON: HILL PUBLISHING CO., Ltd.
6 & 8 BOUVERIE ST., E. C.
1918
Copyright, 1918, by the McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
THE MAPLE PRESS YORK PA
Samuel Edward Dibble
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CONTENTS
ELEMENTS OF PLUMBING
Plumbing Fixtures and Trade
The Use and Care of the Soldering Iron. Fluxes. Making Different Soldering Joints
FLUX
PLUMBERS' SOILS AND PASTE
MAKING DIFFERENT SOLDER JOINTS
SEAMS
Making and Care of Wiping Cloths
Preparing and Wiping Joints
HALF-INCH ROUND WIPED JOINT
ROUND JOINT—45° TO RIGHT
ROUND JOINT 45°—LEFT
ROUND JOINT—VERTICAL
FOUR-INCH BRASS FERRULE
STOP COCK
BRANCH JOINT
BRANCH JOINT PLACED FLAT
BRANCH VERTICAL
BRANCH HORIZONTAL
ONE AND ONE-HALF-INCH BRANCH JOINT
BRANCH JOINT WIPED FLAT
BRANCH HELD VERTICAL
RUN HELD VERTICALLY
BIB
DRUM TRAP
PREPARING INLET PIPE
THE PRACTICAL USE OF THE PRECEDING EXERCISES
LAYING OF PIPE
LAYING PIPE IN TUNNELS
Table of Standard Terra-cotta Pipe
WATER CONNECTION AND SERVICE
LAYING PIPE
Sewer Installation
Water Service
Installing of French or Sub-soil Drains
Size of Soil Pipes
SOIL-PIPE FITTINGS
WROUGHT-IRON AND STEEL PIPE
Size of Waste Pipes
VENTS
FRESH-AIR CONNECTIONS
DRUM TRAP
NON-SYPHONING TRAP
Pipe Threading
Cold-water Supply. Test
PIPING
FITTINGS
HANGERS AND SUPPORTS
MEASUREMENTS
Measurements
FIXTURE CONNECTIONS
SHOWER-BATH CONNECTIONS