Reinspections urged on home plumbing safety
Congress ordered a reinspec tion of all federal buildings after an hour survey in the Capitol uncovered 18 cross connections between water supply and sewage. The Surgeon General cited typhoid and dysentery data tied to cross connections and urged proper design, construction, and protection of water systems to prevent back siphonage and contamination.
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John D. Dingell
Detroit
Questions and Answers on Home Projects and Repairs
Practical guidance on garden pools garage floors walks terraces and roofing. Depths range 12 to 20 inches for pools with fish and lilies, slopes prevent winter cracks, and drainage should go to the driveway. Concrete brick stone or gravel walk options vary by house style.
Practical home repair and insulation solutions and roof options
The column offers guidance on leaving old roof coverings for insulation, replacing a bathtub with a floor level model, improving soil and plant growth near a house, using insulating wall boards for ceilings, and choosing roof materials such as edge grained cedar red cedar, southern cypress, composition shingles, metal standing seam roofs, or felt asphalt shingles.
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