The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-02-06
This LITTLE ARTICLE NiY
BE VI SOME iiELp TO I0G

The freezing of exposed, residence
water pipes may best Ce av0i-eu y
early cutting Off the water at your
yaru stop and waste cock; and then
permanently opening all pipe line
faucets. If a gurgling Or sucking
sound is heard just as the faucets
are opened, you may know that air
is necessarily being drawn into the
pipes to replace the waste water which
is draining through a little hole in
the side of your stop and waste, this
hole having been automatically un-
covered just as you turned your stop
and waste cock, which cock is three
way cock.
It is generally necessary to drain
an inside tank only when the thermo-
meter threatens to fall {, nsideraoly
below freezing point; but to insure
he thorough drainage of your hot
water j,ipe which leads from top vi
.auh a5oul bucket OF water should
le drawn from the spout which GER
any should be at the bottom OF your
tank.
Stoves Or ranges connected to un-
drained tanks may be used for Or
tiinary cooking, provided the two Cir
culating pipes from tank to fire-box
are not frozen and the hot water pipe
from top Of tank has been drained
and it's faucet left open. OF course
heaters are sometimes used without
tris latter precaution. but a hammer
ing noise within the tank indicates
that the rising steam from the Slug
gish" circulation within the hot-water
front or back is being too suddenly
condensed by cold water to 1880 OF
it's volume; and that consequently
water is jerked into the vacuum thus
made and hence the hammering noise.
When you feel that the temperature
is low enough to make it advisable to
drain your tank and thus also drain
the hot water front, you should salts
fy yourself that air has access to the
top of your tank while the water is
being drawn off from the faucet be-
meath tank, else the tank will not
properly drain.
If the lower connection of the two
circulation pines to your hot water
front Tor back. as the case may be)
is in the lowest edge of said heating
envelope. then same will thoroughly
drain along with tank; and your
~anee may then be used for cooking
nyrncscs, nrc-idnS. houe"o~ tha+ ~
v+most precautions are taken to see
that the water is not turned on while
t1'a rar"e is hot. Otherwise the WORST
eypIosion viii he tho rn~.1t
A stop and waste cock properly
placed n Zach "S W
rines to hot water front (or back
will sureiv ~rotnct vc', F~"'o a'1 da',-
ger of an explosion: and will also save
vour hot water front from being
cracked by the 10 expansion due to
ice.
If it should happen that you do not
set to turn your water off until pipes
are already frozen, then do not build
g fire in your stove until tank is dis
connected from your heater, or until
pires are thawed.
Since water at 392F IS smaller"
than at any other time, it is conse-
ouently then heavier; so We see why.
water freezes from the top daWnWarG,
after the whole becomes of the heavl-
er density the top layer then grows
colder and freezes. Hence the top
Of a partly drained hot water front
will be solidly sealed over with ice
and as the remaining water freezes IL
often will expand sufficiently to crack
your back before breaking the top
layer of ice on top Of said unframed
water.
Consequently we reason that before
purchasing a hot water front, we
should see that it IS the kind that mas
its entrance ripe 81 tie vnrv '""n''r
point in said envelope, so drainage
may be perfect.
We beg to call your attention to
the fact that a curb cock is not
drainage cock and that consequently
i viii. i tH~ned, even All h"fsthg
then too> it is against the ordinance
Of the town for you to turn the street
Geek. So please call uD the Water
Works Department before such 3
tb;ng is attempted. If We can be OF
arv assistance to you, "'hatever, we
viii certainly take pleasure in doing
our best.
Respectfully,
II. w S.
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