Wooden Water Pipes.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 59, 20 October 1883, Page 3

Wooden Water Pipes.

For conveying water short distances (less than fifteen roods), and where the ' amount desired is greater than can be supplied by a half-inch pipe, wooden tubing is found cheaper than iron, lead > or other metallic pipes. Wooden tubing of from one and a quarter to two- inch bore, may be obtained of all hardware dealers. In purchasing, observe that the ends are iron-banded, to prevent splitting •when placed together, and to prevent the tubes bursting wheu under a heavy head of water. Before the pipe is laid, it is best to give it one or two ! coats of oil ; even crude petroleum will do ; this adds greatly the durability. In pipes through which there is a constant flow of water, there is but little danger of decay ; in fact, we have known of old fashioned pump logs being removed after nearly fifty years of constant use, and found sound upon the inside. Wooden, as well as other pipes for conveying water, -should be laid below the frost line. If the water be intended for drinking purposes, place the pipe at least three feet under ground, and if in sandy, por >»•* Kods, to a still greater depth. After tha pipe is in position, and before the water iv admitted, pour hot coal-tar over it, especially at e.ch joint, which is readily done by using a watering pot or an old tea or coffee pot. Always test wooden aad other pipes after they are laid, by admitting water before covering them with soil, in order that a leak, if found, may be easily stopped.