A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 87
chargesinto the vent pipe C; thenceinto the drain, to which thevent stack is connected atits base. The cause of thechokage at D is presuma-bly oakum, driven into thepipe by a careless work-man, which accumulatesfalling solid bodies untilthe pipe is entirely closed.Tea leaves and coffee ref-use make… … Fig. 48. 130. Drains shoitld have a uniform pitcli or fall through-out their length. The line of pipe must not have any partof it rim on a level, nor should it be allowed to have any partof it sag below the general inclination, so that a pocket canbe formed in which water will lie. The proper…
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