Recent Practice in the Sanitary Drainage of Buildings

Excerpt from Recent Practice in the Sanitary Drainage of Buildings: With Memoranda on the Cost of Plumbing Work A great philosopher once said that "the fault of most books is their being too long." The author's aim has been to avoid this fault, by stating in plain language, as briefly as possible, what constitute the leading requirements of sanitary drainage as applied to buildings. The first and third parts (the Second, third and sixth in the new edition) of this little book deal with the general principles of house drain-age, while the second part (the fourth in the new edition) discusses in detail the requirements as to material, workmanship and arrangement of sanitary plumbing. These, it is believed, will be found particularly useful by architects and engineers in preparing complete plumbing specifications for all classes of buildings. The fourth part, (the fifth part in the new edition) giving memoranda on the cost of plumbing work, will, it is hoped, be found by many to be a welcome addition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.