Sewage and sewerage of farm homes [1928]Warren, George M. (George Milton)
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Sewage and sewerage of farm homes [1928]
Warren, George M. (George Milton)
Sewage disposal, Rural; Sewerage, Rural
_F_ shows the use of a pipe jointer for pouring a hot filler. The pipe
jointer may be an asbestos or rubber runner or collar or a piece of
garden hose clamped around the pipe leaving a small triangular opening
at the top. The jointer is pressed firmly against the hub, and any
small openings between the jointer and pipe are smeared with plastic
clay to prevent leakage of the filler. A clay dike or funnel about 3
inches high built around the triangular opening greatly aids rapid and
complete filling of the joint space. The filler may be a commercially
prepared bituminous compound or molten sulphur and fine sand. The former
makes a slightly elastic joint; the latter a hard unyielding joint. With
good workmanship both kinds of joint are practically water-tight and
root-proof, and cost about the same as cement mortar joints. The filler
is heated in an iron kettle over a wood, coke, or coal fire. It should
be well stirred, and when at a free running consistency should be poured
with a ladle large enough to fill the joint completely at one operation.
As soon as the compound cools the jointer is removed. Sulphur-sand
filler is made by mixing together dry and melting equal volumes of
ordinary powdered sulphur and very fine clean sand, preferably the finest
quicksand. A 5-inch sewer pipe joint requires from three-tenths to
nine-tenths of a pound (according to the kind of pipe) of sulphur, worth
3 to 5 cents per pound, and a like quantity of sand. From ½ to 1½ pounds
of bituminous filler are required for a 5-inch pipe joint.
_G_ shows section of finished joint.
_H_ shows the use of a pouring ladle in making lead joints in cast-iron
soil pipe. This pipe is in lengths to lay 5 feet, and the metal of the
barrel is ¼ inch thick. The joint is yarned with dry jute or oakum, as
described above, and is poured full with molten, soft, pig lead to be
afterwards driven tightly with hammer and calking tools. About ¾ pound
of lead for each inch in diameter of pipe is required. Prepared cements
of varying composition have proved effective and, as they require no
calking, are economical. Among the best is a finely ground, thoroughly
mixed compound of iron, sulphur, slag, and salt.
_I_ is a homemade pipe jointer or clay roll for use in pouring molten
lead. A strand of jute long enough to encircle the pipe and the ends to
fold back, leaving an opening at the top, is covered with clay moistened,
rolled and worked to form a plastic rope about 1 inch in diameter. The
jointer gives the very best results but must be frequently moistened and
worked to keep the clay soft and pliable. The jointer shown in _F_ is
frequently used for pouring lead joints.
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