Tag: Plumbing
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Church Street House Updates
Here are some more updates on my progress with the Church Street House in Wilmington, NC.
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Church Street House Rehab
I’ve got an update on the slow process of rehabilitating our Church Street House in Wilmington, NC.
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A Physician’s Guide to Sanitation – Part 7
An ordinary home water filter is a delusion and a snare, unless it can be frequently reversed and thoroughly cleansed. It is like having a cuspidor that is never cleaned; it only collects filth and propagates disease germs.
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A Physician’s Guide to Sanitation – Part 6
Where water-closets can not be provided, the earth-closet is an admirable substitute for the old fashioned privy. All that is necessary is the have a cemented vault, and to provide a box full of loamy soil or sifted ashes, with a little chlorid of lime to be used systematically.
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A Physician’s Guide to Sanitation – Part 5
Articles likely to taint other foods should be placed in the refrigerator; and the latter should be scalded frequently and the shelves taken out and aired. It is also well to remember that a “cheap” plumber is usually a bungler.
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A Physician’s Guide to Sanitation – Part 4
The best plumbing fixtures are cheapest in the long run. The siphon-jet water-closet is absolutely self-cleansing, but it consumes a great deal of water. The low cistern is almost noiseless, which is advantageous in many situations. The wash-out closet requires attention to keep it sweet and clean. The long-hopper soon gets fool and is out…
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A Physician’s Guide to Sanitation – Part 3
Formerly all drains and soil-pipes, and most plumbing-fixtures, were boxed in so as to be inaccessible, thus affording spaces to harbor vermin and foster decay and damp. Now exposed plumbing is the rule, while wooden wash-tubs, tin-lined baths, and iron slop-sinks have been superseded by porcelain or enameled-iron fixtures which are clean and sweet. A…
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Mulberry House Main Bathroom Reveal
The main bathroom of the Mulberry House was supposed to be a quick and easy makeover but ended up involving some plumbing and drywalling. But here’s how it turned out, along with sources.
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Slow and Steady Progress
The last couple of weeks have been filled with lots of cleaning and preparing and random small tasks that they don’t show on HGTV.