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now applied to the opening and inserted until the stops, which must be in line with the axis of
the sewer, bear against the outside of the sewer pipe. The hell end of the cut-in connection is
now raised or lowered slightly so that the desired slope of the house service will be accurately
obtained and the fitting is held in this position temporarily by placing a brick or other support
under the bell- A strand of jute is next slipped into the opening between the sewer pipe and the
outside of the spigot end of the fitting, being drawn underneath the stops, and caulked securely in
place. After this is done a lean cement mortar or concrete encasement is placed around the
outside of the cut-in fitting and sewer pipe. The cut-in connection will be held securely in place
if the concrete envelope extends to the base of the bell of the fitting and has a thickness of 3 or 4
inches all around the sewer pipe. It will be sufficient, generally, to extend the concrete along
the sewer barrel about 8 inches in each direction from the center of the cut-in fitting.
The entire process above described takes a surprisingly short time. The opening in an 8-
inch or 10-inch sewer, for instance, can be cut in from 5 to 10 minutes and the whole job, includ-
ing the application of the concrete with a trowel will usually not consume more than half an hour
on sewer pipes of the above sizes. A slightly longer time is naturally required when cutting into
pipes of larger diameter and in placing the greater amount of concrete necessary to envelope them.
If reasonable care is used in cutting into the sewer pipe no breakage will occur. In placing all the
M-D cut-in connections so far used by the Washington Suburban Sanitary District, only two pie-
ces of sewer pipe have been injured, both as a result of carelessness, and with only slight cracking
resulting. It was possible to make good the damage in these two cases by using a slightly in-
creased amount of concrete for enveloping the pipe.
When a sewer is being laid in a street, unless the property owner is ready immediately to
connect his house therewith, it is generally exceedingly difficult to decide upon the most satisfac-
tory location for the house connection. If a Y-b ranch or T-branch is placed in the sewer line to
receive the house connection at a later date, the location chosen by the field engineer will probably
not suit the property owner when he gets around to connecting with the sewer. Either the
branch then has to be abandoned or the property owner becomes dissatisfied. If the branch is
abandoned there is a resultant loss to the municipality.
Where open lots or large individual parcels of property exist along a sewer line, it is prac-
tically impossible to anticipate at what points sewer connections will be required in the future.
Large amounts of money are often expended in placing Y-branches or T-branches at close intervals
in a sewer line, in order to be prepared for possible as well as probable future requirements. It
is a matter of experience that large numbers of such branches are never used, and many of
those that are used are found not to be in the most desirable locations.
Unless the street in which a sewer is being laid is to be paved at an early date, when it
perhaps will be advisable to extend connections to the curb for all existing houses, much money
will be saved and satisfaction gained by omitting branches on a sewer line for houses not desiring
immediate connection and for all undeveloped property. In such cases the M-D cut-in connection
will provide satisfactory and economical means for connecting with the sewer whenever and wher-
ever house connections are required. In making use of them no investment has to be made be-
fore it is required and no investment need be abandoned.
If Y-branches or T-branches are cut into a sewer already constructed it is practically im-
possible to make a neat and workman-like job. Joints will lip even if the utmost care is used. It
is difficult, furthermore, to take care of the flow of sewage while placing the branch. So great
is the difficulty, and so disagreeable is the job, of cutting in Y-branches or T-branches that many
connections are made in old sewers by breaking a hole in them and inserting the spigot end of an
ordinary sewer pipe. This is a practice that should never be tolerated, on account of the obstruc-
tion it causes in the barrel of the sewer.
The appearance of M-D cut-in connections on the
market eliminates the necessity of spending money in
anticipating future house connection requirements. These
fittings make available economical and thoroughly work-
man-like means for inserting a sewer connection at any
point along a pipe sewer without encountering the diffi-
culty and disagreeableness of cutting in ordinary Y-
branches or T-branches, or encouraging the use of substi-
tute haphazard methods.
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M-D Cut-In Connection For Sewers, pamphlet, 19uu; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth866022/m1/2/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.