flux used for making joints shall be :'50 Streamline solder

and flux or equal.

f.

All Fittings in Conper Water Service lines shall

be red brass compression type fittings,

conforming to Ameri-

can Standards Association Standards - A l10,2-1936,
g.

All Brass fittings shall be 1254, 85% cast red

brass, conforming to Federal Specification \WW-P-l.06.

h.
All Plastic fittings shall be I.P.S, Mills Plastic
nade of Saran,

i.

Substitutions.

Aluminum fittings may be substi-

tuted for plastic pipe fittings, upon direction of the ungineer, when plastic fittings are not available.

19-15.

VALVES:

services,

Provide shut-off valves in all main water

kach water closet shall be provided with a straight

stop. Valves shall conform to Federal Specification "iW-V-5la
or WI-V-5l.

19-15,

MAKING UP PIPE:
a.

Cleaning;

and all scale,

All pipe shall be carefully cleaned

sand, dirt, etc., removed before installation.

6b.
Joints in Cast Iron soil pipe shall be standard
caulked joints, madeby first packing the joint tight with
oakum, filling to the top with molten lead and caulking tight.
c.

Threaded Joints;

All threads on screwed pipe

shall be cut with sharp clean dies full thiclmess of the die

and so that not more than two threads are left exposed on the

pipe when joint
of all threaded
taper reamer so
smooth. Joints

is made up in the fitting or vaive.
The ends
pipes shall be reamed out full size with long
as to be partially bell-mouthed and perfectly
in all screwed steel or brass piping shall be

made with red lead and boiled linseed o11 completely covering
the male thread,

d.
Joints in Aluminum piping shall be made with
"Alcoa" thread Iubricant used on the male thread.
8.
Solder Joints:
In making solder joints in copper
tubing the tubing and fitting shall be thoroughly cleaned with
sand paper, sand cloth, or steel wool, after which a thorough
coating of paste flux shall be applied.
Tubing shall be cut
square and all burrs removed,

Tube shall fit snugly and

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