The care and maintenance of fittings and equipment in the modern house / report of a Sub-Committee of the Central Housing Advisory Committee.

Date:
1950
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Credit: The care and maintenance of fittings and equipment in the modern house / report of a Sub-Committee of the Central Housing Advisory Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS Paragraphs Pages INTRODUCTION TERMS OF REFERENCE, SCOPE OF THE ENQUIRY, PREVIOUS REPORTS AND EVIDENCE. oe are és ]-7 5-6 PART I: SPECIFIC FITTINGS AND TTEMS OF EQUIPMENT STEEL AND ALUMINIUM EQUIPMENT Installation and causes of maintenance problems .. 8-9 . 7 Corrosion of metals... 7 ie a .. 10-14 7-8 Condensation, general note .. ds .. 15-22 9-10 Steel cupboards, dressers and eee oe .. 23-24 10-11 Pressed steel baths Ay: 4 cf es wea gored I-12 Stainless steel sinks... Bx = ay Se) Ore! ke Galvanised steel sinks . . ae ae . ‘¢ 30 12 Steel windows .. , = ed .. 31-40 12-14 Aluminium, general properties an .. 41-43. 14 Aluminium cupboards, dressers and ibs: é 44 14 Aluminium sinks and draining boards M, i 45 14-15 Aluminium windows .. a a ee a Ol, dO SOLID FUEL APPLIANCES General note on post-war developments... .. 49-54 16-17 Requirements, choice and installation r Sem aee: ray Operation and sources of assistance for tenants .. 58-61 18 Main causes of unsatisfactory performance .. ag 62 18-19 - Hints to tenants on use of oe a a 63 9 La Ser ; Es .. 64-65 19-20 Condensation in ae and Sag aa a .. 66-68 20-21 Convected warm air systems .. 4: i ba 69 21 ELECTRICAL AND GAS INSTALLATIONS Scope of treatment... 70-71 21-22 Electrical installations, peteral nubaee fate fies to tenants ae Pe aS is ~ .. 72-77 22-24 Electric cookers a Re Ee oie ees P: 78 24 Electric clothes boilers. . om: et a3 6s. ue 24 Electric refrigerators .. a ra 80 24 Electrical installations in feuapocney houses . ; 81 20 Gas installations, general advice and hints 5, cenenats 82-86 25-26 Gas cookers... a, a rae * a 87 26 Gas clothes boilers... re: i ee oe 88 26 Gas refrigerators ‘os a ia pe oO | = 2O Gas water heaters i t os ¥ Pe G2 a Gas fires We ai Le ot a os 93 27