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THE view is gaining ground in this country that it is often desirable to provide cast-iron drainage in lieu of the usual provision of stoneware pipes. The vibration from heavy motor traffic, underground railways, c., is a circumstance which specially calls for this provision; and it is also possible to lay iron pipes and to join them in circumstances which involve delay and difficulty in the case of cement joints—such as during times of frost and in water-logged ground. The expense involved in repairs of stoneware drains must often exceed the initial increased cost (10 to 30 per cent.) involved in iron drainage, for the cast-iron drain, as the writer points out, is far more durable than.the stoneware. This greater durability is mainly due to the longer lengths in which the iron pipes are manufactured, involving a very great reduction in the number of joints; a stoneware drain, for instance, thirty yards in length, will necessitate 45 joints, whereas in a similar length of iron drain there need only be ten. Moreover, the joints being made of molten lead are stronger and more trustworthy than the cement joints of the stoneware drain, and the iron drain is straighter and smoother in the interior. A further advantage possessed by cast-iron over stoneware drainage is the. fact that the necessary bends, connections, and provision for inspection can be readily made to suit the special needs of any particular premises.
Cast-Iron House Drainage, with Especial Reference to Town Houses.
By G. J. G. Jensen. Pp. xii + 206. (London: The Sanitary Publishing Co., Ltd., 1908.) Price 4s. 6d. net.
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Cast-Iron House Drainage, with Especial Reference to Town Houses . Nature 78, 389 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/078389b0
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