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Notes  About  Plumbing 
Removing  Scale  From  Plumbing 
On  page  1006  you  say  that  lime  de¬ 
posit  may  be  chemically  treated.  As  we 
use  mostly  well  water  in  our  toilet  sys¬ 
tem,  we  find  the  small  orifices  in  the  toilet' 
bowl  closing  up  with  lime  deposit  so  that 
the  flush  tank  empties  slowly.  Our  well 
water  is  as  hard  as  lime  can  make  it. 
Can  we  use  any  solvent  in  flush  tank 
that  will  dissolve  the  lime?  Fortunately 
we  do  not  have  to  use  the  well  water  in 
our  hot  water  system.  We  have  a  5,000 
gallon  cistern.  We  use  the  well  water 
because  we  think  it  should  be  kept  fresh. 
Can  you  help?  T.  S. 
Morton,  N.  Yr. 
I  surmise  it  is  not  what  is  usually 
called  lime,  but  rather  an  iron  deposit. 
Lime  does  not  usually  deposit  in  cold 
flush  pipes.  The  local  druggist  could  de¬ 
cide  what  the  deposit  is.  That  is  the 
first  move  to  a  remedy.  If  I  were  cer¬ 
tain  it  is  lime,  I  would  neutralize  it  by 
!  boring  a  hole,  one-eighth  inch  through 
the  bottom  of  a  bottle,  filling  the  bottle 
with  1  per  cent  solution  of  muriatic  acid 
in  water,  corking  the  bottle,  leaving  the 
one-eighth  hole  open,  and  submerging  the 
bottle  in  the  toilet  tank.  The  acid  solu¬ 
tion  would  slowly  mix  with  the  tank 
water  and  neutralize  the  lime.  Your 
drug  man  might  suggest  some  cheap  lime 
solvent  which  could  be  fed  to  the  tank 
water  slowly.  If  the  old  deposit  is  hard 
and  thick  a  stronger  solution  may  he 
needed  to  clean  it  out  at  first.  J.  G. 
Hot-water  Tank 
I  wish  to  put  in  a  hot-water  tank,  and 
I  sent  to  various  concerns  for  estimates. 
Some  state  their  tank  is  for  65  lbs.  pres¬ 
sure,  others  state  110  lbs.  Would  you 
explain  the  term,  also  advise  if  the  fol¬ 
lowing  will  do  my  work?  Tank,  48  in.  in 
diameter,  by  6  ft.,  capacity  around  500 
gals.,  double  riveted,  %-in.  shell,  _ with 
5-16-in.  head,  good  for  at  least  65  lbs. 
pressure.  Is  this  tank  the  usual  thing 
for  heating  water?  I  am  getting  my 
water  from  a  tank  12x12x8  ft.,  situated 
about  600  ft.  from  the  house,  about  50  ft. 
higher  than  the  house.  J.  B. 
Napanoch,  N.  Y. 
The  terms  “65  lbs.  pressure  and  110 
lbs.  pressure,”  to  which  you  refer,  mean 
pressure  per  square  inch  on  the  inner 
surface  that  the  tanks  are  designed  to 
handle  safely.  Water,  because  of  its 
weight,  or  because  of  pressure  exerted 
upon  it  by  a  pump,  exerts  a  pressure  or 
outward  push  upon  the  inner  walls  of  a 
tank  in  which  it  is  contained,  and  this 
push  or  bursting  effort  is  spoken  of  as 
pressure.  In  the  case  of  water  systems 
this  means  pressure  per  square  inch  un¬ 
less  otherwise  specified,  or  the  push, 
measured  in  pounds,  exerted  upon  every 
square  inch  of  the  inner  surface  of  the 
bot-water  tank  or  other  container.  With 
a  gravity  source  of  supply,  such  as  you 
describe,  located  50  ft.  above  the  tank, 
the  water  would  exert  a  pressure  of  about 
22  lbs.  per  square  inch  in  the  tank,  mak¬ 
ing  a  tank  designed  for  65  lbs.  pressure 
amply  strong. 
If  you  are  purchasing  a  tank  for  house¬ 
hold  use  only,  it  would  seem  that  a  much 
smaller  one  would  be  sufficiently  large. 
The  ordinary  range  boiler  is  only  about 
1  ft.  in  diameter  and  5  ft.  in  height, 
holding  30  to  40  gallons,  about  a  barrel¬ 
ful.  R.  H.  s. 
“Knocking”  fn  Kitchen  Boiler 
What  causes  our  boiler,  back  of  the 
stove,  to  “knock”  or  “bubble”?  I  know  it 
is  steam,  but  it  will  not  do  it  at  60  or  70 
lbs.  pressure,  but  below  40  lbs.  it  will. 
We  have  a  pneumatic  system  and  the 
whole  system  works  nicely,  only  in  the 
Winter  when  we  have  to  keep  a  fire  all 
the  time  it  bothers.  Is  the  cause  of 
steam  the  little  pipe  that  has  a  vent  in 
the  boiler  being  plugged  up,  or  is  it  be¬ 
cause  some  angle  is  filled  with  rust?  The 
water-back  in  the  stove  is  completely 
made  of  brass  and  the  pipes  to  the  boiler 
are  all  brass.  A.  H.  M. 
Steuben,  Me. 
The  trouble  could  come  from  two 
causes;  a  deposit  of  magnesia  or  lime; 
also  a  grade  in  the  wrong  direction  on 
the  brass  pipes  in  the  stove,  or  between 
the  stove  and  water  tank.  The  circula¬ 
tion  is  obstructed  in  the  brass  pipes  to 
such  an  extent  that  the  pipes  hold  or  re¬ 
tard  circulation  until  the  water  is  heated 
to  steam.  If  the  water  is  hard,  the  open¬ 
ing  in  these  pipes  will  be  found  no  larger 
than  a  lead  pencil.  The  pipes  should  be 
cleaned  out.  If  a  wrong  grade  causes  the 
sound,  the  grade  should  be  corrected.  An 
inspection  would  at  once  tell  which  cause 
is  at  work  there.  It  is  not  likely  that  the 
hole  in  the  cold  water  tube  in  the  hoc 
tank  would  cause  the  sound,  even  if  ob¬ 
structed.  J.  G. 
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ish  ;  <1  dinna  care  for  tha’  material  at  al\ 
I  find  it  ha’  a  tendency  tae  wear  shiny 
after  aboot  12  or  13  years.” — New  Zea¬ 
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