Document emxBXn8nE0L1a83bboZ03Z2LM

Volume 6 JULY, 1936 I Number 4 -W . -- fr..* >' -* '-, b.J.'^-V ,- - ' \ , 'z -' - <.;' .. - -)* ^/^tvife iv^ ~<. **-vr ''* ,''v ,'v '* ' >. S ok* . 7 . *1 '> ;' ' 6-fc^r ^ ?Vi v* .\*.' *:' *' \ i rVv.; v* V - ' - ' a $ >\sr - Vi ^ ;'._:-r-r.* . ***. **.,,*-. `. T .* :; N r' p-.>* *\ .y* - fc./ V, - * y* : V* " fr:f r - i "W * - >-.Z V-i ff^ yA > , ";% i'iS* * : Limestone garden jurniture with cast lead ornamentation. LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION Graybar Building 420 Lexington Avenue New York LI A25376 1 !t ih Lead Pipes Add Hidden Quality to Handsome Remodeling Job WO beautiful bathrooms are provided by the re Tmodeling job performed in the residence of Dr. R. M. Nittoli. in Elizabeth. M. J., by Sauerbrunn Bros.. plumbing contractors, of the same city. But the plumbers provided more than just two beautiful bath rooms. as the lead underfloor work shown in the photographs testifies. With this kind of concealed plumbing, the owner is assured of permanently sanitary conditions. The pipe will never clog, permitting waste to be conducted away promptly and avoiding possibility of trap siphonage resulting from unequal pressures caused by Lead waste pipes func tion depend ably but un seen in this attractive remodeled bathroom. clogging. The lloors will not have to be torn up to tighten a joint loosened by vibration or settlement be JOHN J. MC CUTCHEON cause the joints are bonded wiped joints, and fear of pipe breaks is umcved because the flexible lead will not snap off hut will adjust itself without strain to movement. On this job 12 ft. of 4 in.. 20 ft. of l1 4 in., and 12 ft. of 2 in. lead waste pipe was used, in addition to two lead bends, a lead drum trap and two lead P traps. Twenty joints, were w iped in making this in stallation. a nice job for a real plumbing mechanic. Sauerbrunn Bros, state the case admirably by saying. "In our opinion we say that there is nothing to be compared with a lead job. which requires a plumber that knows his business.'' Mr. L. J. Devine is the plumbing inspector of Elizabeth. He passes only installations that will give home owners permanently sanitary plumbing. Plumbers who make such installations are skilled men who know their business. Owners can feel comfort in the knowledge that comes of having things into which craftsmanship is built. Manv cities permit by ordinance only this kind of concealed plumbing and more cities are coming to it dailv. In these cities, no home owner need be afraid of unskilled men doing his work because only real plumbers know how to make this kind of installation. Dancer of slipshod work and of cross-connections re sulting from handyman plumbing are removed. [2: PHOTOS BY JOHN J. MC CUTCHFON Three views or the roughing-in for two remodeled bathrooms, forming somewhat of a panoramic view from upper left to lower right. All the branch wastes, bends and concealed traps arc lead--a flexible, durable, crafts manlike job. LIA 25 377 California, Oregon, Washington Plumbers Endorse Lead l RING May. the State D Associations of Master Plumbers in California. Oregon and \T ashington added their Associations in 23 States Have Mote Passed Resolutions Fav oring More Lead in Plumbing New Jersey New York North Dakota Ohio Pennsvlvania Vermont Washington West Virginia names to those state associations Oklahoma Wisconsin which have adopted resolutions advocating greater use Oregon of lead in plumbing. With the addition of these three Reasons for these actions, as set forth in the reso states, the drive to improve plumbing conditions for lutions themselves, have been repeated in LEAD on a both public and plumber through the use of this time- number of occasions. These resolutions are the strong tested material may truly be said to be nation-wide. est sort of endorsement for lead plumbing and they In 23 states, which contain more than two-thirds of recognize the reliability and serviceability of this the entire country's population and which are spread material. Plumbers know better than any one else how from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, state master plumbing materials perform in service. Their busi plumbers' associations have adopted such resolutions. nesses and reputations depend upon those materials. These states are: Such wide-spread approval of lead bv the legitimate (.uliturnia Iowa Massachusetts plumbing industry can allow only one conclusion to Connecticut Kansas Michigan be drawn--that lead plumbing installations are to the Illinois Kentucky Minnesota best interests of the public and. as a consequence, to Indiana Maine Missouri the best interests of the plumbing industry. Plumber Uses Lead Working Skill as Sales Help ECOGNIZING the attention-getting value of the R products of craftsmanship. Mr. L. H. Bennett. Peekskill. N. Y.. master plumber, has put his crafts manship to work doiria a selling job for him. In his shop window- he has placed a number of articles he made himself which certainly attract attention. The elephant is made from a lead bend and the small, complete bathroom next to it is made from sheet lead. The truck at the right is a combination of sheet lead and lead ingots. In the center of the window is a moving exhibit of a man made of fittings, leading a fittings "Spark Plug " to water at a lead trouah filled from a lead pump. A small motor be low actuates a rod through the center of the pump, which in turn raises and lowers the pump handle and man's arm. The movement of the arm pivots the upper part of the man's body which causes him re peatedly to jerk "Spark Plug" towards the trough. To tie all this up with the craftsmanship of plumbins. Mr. Bennett shows a solder pot and ladle, some lead bends and a 1 in. wiped joint, and also displays the Lead Industries Association poster linking lead plumhins and the skilled craftsman. Thus, not onlv in the installation of plumbing but in the selling as well, craftsmanship can play a big WM. H. PENROSE This plumber's window display, largely composed of lead work, attracts attention and at the same time is tied up with practical plumbing through the solder pot and ladle, lead bends and wiped joint, and the poster. part. The plumber who is skilled has a distinct ad vantage over the one who isn't, for he has something to sell besides materials and labor. He can sell his craftsmanship, which gives him a competitive advantage over handymen and other incompetent sorailed plumbers. [3] LIA 2 5 3 78 i i I EAD is traditionally employed for garden ornamen|__ tation. but in landscaping a beautiful estate in the middle west. Mrs. Annette Hovt Flanders. New \ ork landscape architect, has employed the metal in original and unusual ways. These new applications of lead are particularly happy developments and may also be employed in building architecture to good advantage. In the above mentioned gardens, limestone gardet furniture has been decorated by the insertion of orna mental cast lead panels and embellishments that lend extraordinary charm. The lead castings are applied to the stone by means of dowels. The beautiful color of lead is harmonious and improves with age. while lead will never cause staining or discoloration of the stone. Ornamental castings in lead have a softness of line not reproducible in other metals. An added ad vantage is that, due to the flexibility of lead, it can An exquisite cast lead fountain figure in the same garden. be cast in flat strips and fitted to curved surfaces, like the back of the garden seat, simply by bending. This work was exe cuted by Erkin Studios of New "tork from Mrs. Flan ders' designs. This method of ornamentation readily suggests it self for architectural purposes. For instance, panels over stone entrances or in stone corridors might use this form of decoration and it could be used with Lea d Alloy D ie-Cast Ornamentjjwe HERE is a big market for die-cast metal novelties T for use as paper weights, table decorations, favors and other ornaments. Many of these are made from A let menu orn 1 Sili lead or its alloys. The same thing is true of medal Lstt, loy. lions, buttons and other types of in signia used in huge quantities each year for conventions, societies and propaganda purposes. Illustrated here are some die-cast lead alloy ornaments made bv The A-F-E-L Metal Products of Orlando. Florida. They are cast of an alloy said to be non-tarnishing and non corroding and are sent out just as they are released from the mold with out any polishing or lacquering. They have a soft silvery lustre, resulting in a trade name of Silve-Lstr for the metal. i- I A 2 5 3 7 o atio (sfcinguishes a Beautiful Estate >raie, \Panels Add An Unusual Touch Another perfor ated cast lead panel over a lead c islcr n. This panel represents a rose bush. metitee$st lead that u great facility to re place stone carvings or castings. Two unusual cast lead panels were also employed by Mrs. Flanders on the same estate. Since the owner is an ardent duck hunter, one cast lead panel depicts ducks, with waves of water below and curls of cloud above. The owner's wife being a confirmed cultivator of roses, the other panel depicts a rose bush. The un usual feature of these panels is that, instead of being ?nt$jve Many Advantages and Uses Lead alloys are well suited to die-casting where no great strength is required of the metal. Low melting point, attractive color and ability to fill the mold well, thus reproducing detail faithfully, are among the things that make lead allots so satis factory for die-castings. Of course, tvpe metal rs an outstanding example of a lead die-casting alloy and shows what sharp detail, even in very small castings, mav be obtained with alloys of this tvpe. The manufacturers of Silve-Lstr also advocate its use as a coating for less expensive, less durable metals, particularly where these metals are ex posed to weathering. An example would he it- application as a coating ,,ii iK 'on-on' !" nrpsent a bright sur face that will not stain paint or stone. conventional solid panels, they are perforated. In one. the lines of waves and clouds are solid with spaces between, and. in the other, spaces occur between the stems and foliage of the rose bush. These panels are mounted on a brick garden wall, the wall showing through the perforations. This method might also he employed architecturally, much the same as that pre viously described. These panels hang above two cast lead cisterns which add a traditional touch to this lovely garden decoration that has been treated so originally with an age-old metal. The panels and cisterns were executed by Hope's ^ indous. Inc. from Mrs. Flanders' plans and sketches. Lead fountain and garden figures, some of which are pictured here, also abound on this lovely estate. The photographs of the lead w ork in these gardens are reproduced bv courtesy of Mrs. f landers, and the detail of the bench bv courtesy of Erkin Studios. i.ust tfda stjuirtci' p< ren i>n n>c tauten milis lovelx estate. LIAZ5B8C IEAD expansion bends figured prominently in the |__ piping for an artificial ice skating rink installed by the Mechanical Construction Corporation of Hibbing. Minn., in a new Memorial Building recently erected there. The cost of the building approximated S500.000 and the skating rink installation totaled more than 863.000. In conjunction with this artificial ice skating rink, over 10 miles of pipe was embedded in a 20.000 sq. ft. monolithic concrete and terrazzo floor. Adjoining this floor was a concrete tunnel about 200 ft. long and 4 ft. wide in which were placed the various brine supply and return mains. lead expansion bends are provided where pipe lines pass through bulk heads and must not onlv provide for expansion of the pipes but must take care of movement of the ship structure itself. The great re sistance of lead to corrosion by salt solutions and its high degree of flexibility make it ideal for these purposes. Ribbing. Minn., in which the building described here was erected, is a village of some 16.000 people in the heart of the Mesabe Range. Minnesota's great iron mining district, and was once reputed to be the richest "village in the world". Problem of Flashing Stone Chimney Solved by Lead IGH on a hill in Dutchess County. New York, is H the attractive tea house of Mr. and Mrs. Melbert B. Cary. Jr., designed by the New York Architect. Roswell F. Barratt. One of the prominent features is the chimney, built of beautiful greenish-grav slate found on the property, but weather-proofing presented a difficult flashing problem because of the roughness and crumbly nature of the stone. In lead, the archi tect found the answer to the pioblem. Pipe tunnel in the new Hibbing Memorial Building, shott ing the lead expansion bends in the brine pipes. In the accompanying illustration, the lead expan sion bends are visible. Sixty-six of these, requiring about 8.000 lbs. of lead were used. Each bend is about 3 ft. long and made of lead 1,4 in. thick. The bends provide expansion for all the pipe illustrated. This expansion is not in one direction only, for there is both longitudinal expansion of the mains in the tunnel and lateral expansion from the pipes extend ing from the floor. This particular installation is one of three like it that have been installed throughout the country. The principle involved is much the same as that requiring the use oi so much lead on ship hoard. In that case. LIA253 81 RICHARD AVRRILL SMITH The btone chimney of this tea house by Roswell F. Barratt. architect, has lead flashing. 4*.., ' Because of its softness and flexibility, the lead flash ing was easily made to fit the irregular stone surfaces. To provide a complete cut-off for moisture at the flashing, the metal was carried through the stone chimnev to the flue lining. It was turned up at that point to the first joint in the lining, and was carried through this joint and turned down inside. Soft lead weighing 4 lb. per sq. ft. was used. Lead flashing, of course, has other advantages. Its attractive color is always harmonious and it never causes staining of adjacent materials. In addition, it is more durable than anv other common metal when exposed to the atmosphere. Ease of working keeps the labor cost of installing lead flashing at a minimum and may effect decided savings A detail of lead flashing for the stone chimney shown on (he preceding page. In this case, the architect specified 'hat the flashing extend through the flue, lining. providing a complete cut off for moisture at the flashing. Cast Lead Evaporator for Titanium Sulphate Solution O WITHSTAND the corro T sive action encountered in concentrating a titanium sul facturers. the Titusville Iron H orks Division, at Titusville. Fa., of the Struthers-Wells phate solution containing 15 to Company, of Warren. Pa., and 20 per cent free sulphuric acid, were the subject of a prize the American Zirconium Cor winning article bv F. J. Mc- poration. of Baltimore. Md.. Grail. foundry superintendent, employs lead. A Struthers- in the September. 1935. issue Wells horizontal tube evapora of Th f . Fo u n d r y . tor. measuring 4 ft. 6 in. in di This cast lead evaporator ameter and 7 ft. high is used. used in the processing of a rela With the exception of the base, tively new commercial material, which is cast iron, this entire titanium sulphate, is an apt il evaporator is made of lead al lustration of the versatility and loy castings, the allov consist adaptability of lead where cor ing of 92 per cent lead and rosives must be handled. Lead 8 per cent antimony. Anti is resistant to a wide variety of mony was added to give the common and unusual chemicals, evaporator greater hardness and. if properly handled, may and strength, an advantage dur be readily fabricated into al ing manufacture, transportation most anv desired shape. Lead and installation. About 35.000 equipment is easily repaired lb. of the metal was required without undue loss of time and to make the castings. The steam pressure encoun tered is 10 lb. gauge and the vacuum 26 in. of mercurv. The A large cast antimonial lead evaporator for concentrating titanium sulphate solu tion. The entire evaporator, except the base, is lead alloy. common shapes are available for replacements in all locali ties. Also a high salvage value mav he claimed for lead. More walls of the evaporator shell are Of inches thick. often than not. when all factors are considered. lead In the manufacture of such large and heavv lead works out to be the most economical material for castings, there were naturally requirements which chemical equipment. Where explosives or inflamma necessitated a departure from common iron foundry bles are used, the non-sparking of lead when struck is practice. These were ablv worked out bv the manu an advantage. [7] LIA253? White Lead a Feature of Attractive Home Development LL THE homes in the attractive Ridgewald High- When a house is freshly painted, it is difficult for At land development at Waldwick. N. J.. will be the average person to tell the difference between good protected and beautified by pure white lead paint. and poor paint. To his grief, however, if he has pur Several of the homes have already been completed chased the house, the difference shows up a year or so and others are now under construction. They sell for later. For this reason, the temptation to builders to S5.690 and up on 50 by 100 ft. landscaped plots, use cheap paint is strong. However, the savingin- and altogether about 300 acres are owned by the volved in using cheap paint instead of white lead is developers. small, if any. because labor forms the larger part of These homes have many attractive features such as the cost of painting and because more gallons of oil burners, insulated walls, modern kitchens and a cheap paint are usually required to cover a given area. location overlooking the beautiful Saddle River Val Therefore, the wise builder sticks to white lead and iev. Not the least of the attractive features from the does not risk incurring ill will. prospective purchasers' standpoint should be the white The use of white lead on the Ridgewald Highland lead paint employed on the houses. This assures the Homes is an indication of the high qualitv materials purchaser that he will not be _______________________ used throughout Mr. Eric subjected to the unnecessary Carlson is in charge of the expense of repainting shortly architectural department and after acquiring a new home. construction, and the painting When the time does arrive for is being performed by A. C. repainting, he will not have Ernst of River Edge. N. J. and to burn and scrape off old Paul Ivaska of Teaneck. N. J. failing paint, an expensive White lead paint on houses proposition, for white lead built for sale mav be used as wears down smoothly and evenly, leaving an excellent, strongly adherent surface for repainting. an aid in selling the houses just as rustless plumbing, rustless sheet metal and other features are. PHOTOS BY W'URTS BROS. Three views of attractive homes in the Ridgewald Highland De velopment at IT aldwick, A. J., all painted with pure white lead, which will assure home buyers there of freedom from early and expensiie repainting. UPON REQUEST, THE LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION WILL BE GLAD TO MAIL "LEAD" REGULARLY. FREE OF CHARGE, TO THOSE INTERESTED. AND WILL COOPERATE. WITHOUT OBLIGATION, IN THE SOLUTION OF YOUR LEAD PROBLEMS PRINTTD PV PUBLISHERS PRISTINE, f. Ni tV YORK, L'.S.A