Use and Care Guide

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Cast Iron Installation
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INSTALLATION PROCEDURES FOR CAST IRON
Cutting Methods for Cast Iron Soil Pipe ............................................................ 30
Cutting Cast Iron Soil Pipe with a Snap Cutter ................................................. 30
Joining Methods for Cast Iron Soil Pipe .......................................................31-34
Compression Gaskets ....................................................................................... 31
Making a Compression-gasket Joint ............................................................32-33
Installing Fittings with Compression-gasket Joints .......................................33-34
Important Reminders and Helpful Hints about Compression-gasket Joints .......... 34
Hubless Joints ...............................................................................................35-40
Making Hubless Joints ................................................................................36-37
Underground Installation Procedures ...........................................................37-38
Under-slab Installation ................................................................................... 38
Above-ground Installation Procedures ..........................................................38-39
Installing Vertical Piping ............................................................................ 38-39
Installing Horizontal Piping - Suspended .......................................................... 39
Installing Horizontal Fittings ........................................................................... 39
TESTING AND INSPECTION
Water or Hydrostatic Testing ............................................................................ 40
Thrust Forces .................................................................................................. 41
The Smoke Test ............................................................................................... 42
The Peppermint Test ........................................................................................ 42
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
How to Determine Right- or Left-hand Inlets ................................................... 43
Painting Cast Iron Soil Pipe ............................................................................ 43
Siphonic Roof Drains ...................................................................................... 43
LIMITED WARRANTY ............................................................................................. 44