Show STOP SMALL LEAKS IN PIPES AND TANKS t I tt t b lf Brass Washer z 7 r Rubber Ga Gasket k t Nut r I h a o. o a r K lF A How A-How How the Toggle Bolt Is Used B B- B Outside of the Toggle Bolt C Coq C-A A Toggle Bolt for Repairing a Boiler Boller Prepared by the United d States State Department of A Agriculture A small leak lenk in iii a a. water pipe can be stopped In emergency ns as follows according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the United States Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of ot Agriculture In Farmers' Farmers Bulletin Bulletin Bul Bul- letin 1460 SI Simple Plumbing Repairs In the Home Place a flat rubber or leather gasket over the leak and hammer hammer ham ham- mer a n stiff piece of ot metal such as ns a picture re hook to fit over the gasket secure both to the pipe with a vise or clamp obtainable at ha hardware dv r or five and ten-cent ten stores A small leak lenk under low pressure Is sometimes stopped by embedding the pipe In rIchly richly richly rich rIch- ly mixed portland cement mortar It ItIs Itis Is necessary to shut off oft the water from the pipe find and build a boxing around It to hold the soft mortar closely against the pipe Broken sewer pipe can cnn be repaired In like Ilke manner A wrapping of wire netting embedded in in th the mortar Increases its tensile strength A small hole In Iron cast-Iron pipe may be tapped with a screw plug Leaky Screw rew Joint Where a leaky screw joint cannot be tightened with a pipe wrench the l leek k Is sometimes stopped by a blunt chisel or calking tool and ham ham- mer Sometimes a crack or hole Is cleaned out and then plugged and calked with lead tinfoil or a commercial com corn merc mercial al iron cement to the consistency of putty Sometimes a pipe band with two bolts or a split spIlt sleeve Is employed employed em- em to hold a thin coating of Iron cement or a gasket over a leak If It the leak Is at a screw Joint the band bandIs bandla Is la usually coated inside with one- one eighth Inch of Iron cement and then sUpped slipped over the pipe Keeping the bolt bolt fn farthest fro from th the coupling p or fittIng fitting fit fitting fit fit- ting a n little tighter than the other both bolts are tightened During the tightening the b band nd should b be driven with a hammer snugly against the coupling or fitting In addition t to these methods and devices there there are se several kinds s of ot good Inexpensive ready-made ready pipe and arid Joint repairers obtainable of nan nan- and dealers s. Leaky Spot In Tank A corroded and leaky sp spot spat t In a steel tank or range boiler can be closed with an inexpensive repair bolt or plug obtainable from dealers The picture shows a n homemade repairer consisting of ot a three sixteenths by three-Inch three toggle bolt boU costing costing ten teu cents and nd a flat fiat t rubber gasket brass washer and nut The link of the bolt after being passed through the hole takes an upright position and screwIng screwing screwing screw screw- ing up the nut forces the gasket tightly tight tight- ly against the outside of the boiler A small ho hole e must must be reamed or c enlarged with a round file to a diameter about five eighths Inch The metal beneath the gasket should be firm and clean A little candle wick packing may be wrapped around the bolt to prevent leakage al along ng the bolt Sometimes a ahole ahole ahole hole Is closed by driving in a tapered steel pin to turn the metal i Inward forming a surface which can be tapped for an nn ordinary screw plug A hole Inthe in inthe inthe the wall wan of a tank or pipe having considerable considerable con con- thickness can be easily and quickly closed by screwing In a tapered tapered tapered ta ta- ta- ta steel t tap plug which cuts and threads its way through the wall waIl These plugs In different sizes are obtainable obtainable ob ob- of ot dealers and a n monkey wrench Is the only tool required to insert the them It is unnecessary to shut shutoff oft off or dr drain ln the water from the tank or pipe A small leak at a n seam or rivet can often be closed by merely rubbing a cold chisel along the beveled edge of the Joint Do not attempt to calka calk a seam unless the plates have considerable consid consid- erable thickness ad and d the the rivets rivets are closely spaced and are d close se to the calking edge and then use extreme caution Run a n regular calking tool or blunt chisel along the beveled edge tapping the tool very lightly with a light hammer force the edge of the upper plate against and into the lower plate |