Contract and Specifications 313 



Painted Plaster. Paint the plaster work of walls in kitchen, rear hall, porch, pantry, butler's 

 pantry, as follows: 



First. One coat of best lead and oil paint. 



Second. One coat of glue sizing. 



Third and Fourth. Two coats of best lead and oil paint, with a little varnish in last coat. 



PLUMBING 



Cutting. The plumber is not to do any cutting of timbers. The carpenter will do all cutting, 

 for pipes, etc., and no floor beams are to be cut at a greater distance than 2' o" from bearings. 



Piping. The diameters of all pipes, as herein specified, are inside diameters. Thv." 

 arrangement of the waste system is to be as direct as possible, avoiding all unnecessary offsets. 

 The house drain and all horizontal waste pipes must have a fall of at least \" to the foot. AU 

 vent pipes are to be graded to discharge the water from condensation. 



Cast-Iron Pipe. All cast-iron pipes and fittings must be sound, smooth and cylindrical, fre 

 from cracks and defects, of a uniform thickness, and of the grade known as "Extra Heavy." 



All vertical runs of cast-iron pipes are to be firmly secured in position with strong iron-pipe 

 hooks placed under each hub, and all horizontal runs by strong iron hangers not more than 5' o" 

 apart. 



All cast-iron pipes are to be thoroughly coated inside and outside with asphaltum. 



All joints of cast-iron pipes are to be made with picked oakum and pure, soft, moulten pig 

 lead, bedded with hammer and caulking iron, using for each joint 12 ounces of lead to each inch 

 of diameter of the pipe on which the joint is made. No putty or cement joints are to be made. 



Brass Pipes. All pipes where brass is hereinafter called for are to be of seamless drawn 

 brass tubing, with brass fittings and screw unions, put together in red lead and firmly secured in 

 position with brass hooks, bands and hangers, put up on suitable blocks where required. All 

 brass pipes where they are exposed to view are to hang on brass hangers. 



Testing. Before the fixtures are set the house trap is to be plugged, all openings in waste, 

 soil and drain pipes plugged, and the entire system of waste, soil, vent and drain pipes filled to the 

 top with water in the presence of the Architect or Inspector. 



At the completion the water is to be turned on in the presence of the Architect and left for 

 his inspection, after which the water shall be turned off and all traps emptied. 



If any defects are found in the work in testing they must be repaired and the tests repeated 

 until the work is found to be perfectly tight. 



House Sewers. The Owner will run the house sewer to connect with the house drain. The 

 connection will be made by the plumber. [This gives a chance for the installation of such sewer- 

 age system as may be desired. It does not mean that the Owner will do the work in person, but 

 that it will be done under a separate contract, with which the plumber has nothing to do.] 



House Drain. Run a 4" cast-iron house drain from the foot of the soil pipe to a point 5' o" 

 outside of the front of the building, and connect to the house sewer with a tightly cemented joint. 



Trap the house drain with a 4" extra heavy cast-iron running or half S trap, placed just inside 

 the cellar wall, with a hand hole for cleaning, covered with a brass screw cap. 



Standing Soils and Wastes. Provide and set lines of 4" cast-iron pipe and lines of 2" cast- 

 iron pipe where required, to serve the various fixtures shown on plans or hereinafter specified. 

 Connect each line at the foot of the house drain and continue each line independently 3' o" above 

 the roof, leaving the ends open. 



All waste connections into soils and standing wastes and the soil and waste connections into 

 the house drain are to be made with Y branches and \ or T\ bends. All vent connections are to 

 be made with T branches. 



Vent Pipes. Provide and run for the line of water closets a 2" cast-iron vent pipe con- 

 nected to each water-closet trap, and connected into the soil pipe above the highest fixture. 



Ventilate all other traps in the building by running 2" cast-iron pipes connected to the traps. 

 Run these vent pipes either into the soil or waste lines above the highest fixtures on such lines, 

 or extend them independently 3' o" above the roof. 



All joints between the roof and pipes that extend through the roof are to be made water tight 



