| Show HOT AND COLD WATER FOR THE BATH ROOM up to date facilities secured at reason able cost home improvements S please publish plans show ing how hot and cold water may be taken to a bath room over a kitchen in which a cistern pump Is situated in the accompanying illustration it Is shown how up to date facilities for a bath may be secured at a reasonable cost agnen first a good soft water supply from ft ell or cistern near the house and secondly deftness ot the householder s hands to screw the pipes together from the water supply to the tub the cost completed as shown would be about 75 this outlay tor a permanent 1 ioury seems easily within reach of many on farm or road side having decided uron the location 0 the tub in the interior of the house measure accurately the distance from the water supply where a ia inch water pipe can be laid under the section of and bathroom A hot water tank cold water tank kerosene heater D coal heater E drainage p pe from bath and sink F stop cock in pump spout ground through the side of the house or cellar up to the floor on which the tub is to be located and thence to an outlet into a suspended metal tank holding 30 gallons of water and an addia addit onal pipe reaching from the hot torn of the first tank to an auxiliary tank as shown having a capacity of about 20 gallons the necessary elbows stop cocks and waste cock for emptying the pipe of water during the winters cold must diso be allowed for send these measurements with a lough diagram of the different courses and turns of the pipe giving the lengths of each course in feet and inches to some large plumbers sup ply dealer for estimate of cost include ing a porcelain lined tub and copper bottom galvanized tank the estimate to inci ide threaded ends of pipe threaded elbows and cocks all ready to screw together the tanks for water should be for the larger inches the other anches cross braced on the inside both ways to prevent bulging a tell tale inch lead pipe soldered into a hole one inch from the top and long enough to pass through the side of the house to over flow when full and ears on the sides as shown for suspension to inca hooks that pass i p through ceiling and bolt through ross pieces of wood resting on the garret joists the tub shown is feet long of the usual standard make have a piece of lead pipe E 3 feet long soldered to the bent outlet of the tub to run the waste water out of doors suspend the tanks as shown with their tops on the same level so that both tanks may fill at the same time then close the cock in the ppe to the smaller tank keeping the cold water ao 10 it to temper the hot water when it is run into the tub the connection of the iron water pipe with the pump Is accomplished by the use of a piece of rubber hose to one end of which the usual force and lift pump coupling is attached the other end being wired on to the iron water pipe terminal the hose may be loosened from the pump and held aside on a hook to permit the usual uses of the the larger tank A of water is heated by a single blue flame wick less kerosene heater C it there be a small stove in the room used or dina rily for keeping the chill out of the room in the winter time a portion of the heat of the anre may be utilized to heat the water without using the kerosene heater this is done by having a piece of inch iron water pipe DJ 40 inches long bent over like a hairpin and having two rubber hose connections with tank by means of two unions located one near the bottom and the second a few inches above it this insures circulation and very hot water in the winter when the bent pipe has been lowered into the fire through hole or holes in the stove cover as shown the bent pipe may be suspended from a chain and weight as shown in the illustration with either of these two arrangements of water heating both simple and of little expense any temperature of water desirable for bathing purposes may be had |
