Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-02-19
Care Of Plumbing Fixtures.

Care of Plumbing Fixtures.
Perhaps our greatest trouble and
fault is with leaking taps and hy-
drants. These things should never
be. A tap that just leaks drip, drip,
drip all the tine will pour water into
your cess pool at the rate of about
fifteen gallons per day and will
shorten the usefulness Of the cess
pool, and cost the city about $1.75 to
$500 per year, or if we have meter
will add that much to our yearly tax.
A hole the size of an ordinary pin
will pour 265 gal of water into the
cess pool daily and cost the average
city $24.10 annually tap left wide
open will fill the best of cess pools in
very short time and cost the aver
age city s6,432.03 per year. : So IL
may be seen that with the number Of
leaking taps that could be found in
this town what it annually means TO
the city. In fact think am safe in
saying that leaking taps in connection
with leaking pipes were responsible
for the necessity of the extension
made last summer at a cost of about
$2500 and will be the cause of other
extensions.
Any house wife can repair the
house taps If the husband doesn't do
it or If he is away from home. 1t is
only necessary to stop the water al
the entrance in the basement and then
with monkey wrench unscrew the
! nut just under the handle of the tap
or bid-cock and replace 1t with fibre
or paper washer that can be obtained
at the plumbers or the store at a
cost of two or three for a nickel and
within ten minutes your tap is as good
as the plumber could make it. He
would charge fifty cents or dollar
for the job.
| The bib cock that opens as the
handle is turned toward the back and
then closes as it is brought bach
again and the ordinary bath tub tai
works differently and in order to b,
repaired are screwed out and the rub
Der cone adjusted or replaced. Thes,
can also be readily fixed after one ha
carefully examined them, so that leak
ing taps are really inexcussabIe.
/ Some people are troubled wit
leaking MIGRANTS and with the waite
coming up around the outside of til
4 hydrant. Hydrant valves are mad
: double acting. That is there are tw
i valves one of which opens the waite
1 pipe and the other drains the hydran
;, Every time the hydrant is used Il
n casing or lead pipe is filled with wat,
: and as soon as the hydrant is shut Q
4 the drain valve opens to let the wat
/ out of the upright and so proven
Il freezing If the hydrant is in hea,
d clay and is used often more water
d collected in the stand pipe than can
d drained off. If hydrant is bel,
placed 1t should be set IN sandy
l. gravely soil if possible. If it must
Is set in heavy clay it will pay to Z
70 out a large hole and fill it with a 10
a of sand cinders or some possibilities
80 The main valve Of a hydrant
be generally made to operate on
,g principle Of wedge and should
he turned down and then given a sli,
er extra twist, not enough to spring
DIV set the valve but TO insure a Il,
e. closing, otherwise the hydrant n
n keep on dripping and is especi.
p liable to freezing. II the va
on doesn't prevent leaking when this
pc done II is evident that Il is worn
NJ Of true and must be replaced.
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