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1. Plumbing Terms Flashcards

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JATC

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Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee. Established National Standards of Apprenticeship, age, educational requirements, ratio of apprentices to journeymen, hours of work, and wages. Establish curriculum and instruction for trainees. Equal membership labor and management

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ANSI

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American National Standard Institute. National organization that develops industrial and public national standards

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ASTM International

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Technical society and primary developer of voluntary standards, tech info, and services that promotes public health and safety and contributes to reliability of products, materials, and services

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USA Codes

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Uniform Plumbing Code, International Plumbing Code, A40 Standard Code/National Standard Plumbing Code, and local State Plumbing Codes

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Architectural Prints

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general building info, floor plans, elevations, section drawings, and detail drawings. Denoted by A prefix

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Structural Prints

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info about sizes, styles, and placement for foundations, beams, columns, joists, and other framing and load-bearing members. Denoted by S prefix

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Mechanical Prints

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info about plumbing, heating, and air conditioning systems of a building, including ductwork, piping, and equipment placement and sizes. Info about piping for fire protection systems may also be part of MP, or in a separate division. Denoted by M prefix

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Electrical Prints

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indicate capacity and placement of power plant systems, lighting, cable trays, conduit and panel schedules, wiring, switches, and any other electrical installation. Denoted by E prefix

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Civil Prints

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info about overall placement of the building on the site, grading, elevations, and topographical info. Denoted by C prefix

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Floor Prints

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view of a building showing arrangement of walls and partitions and provides info about windows, doors, cabinets, fixtures, and other features.

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Elevation Drawing

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orthographic view of a vertical surface without allowance for perspective. Show true shape of vertical surfaces, such as walls, along with material and dimension info. (Interior and Exterior)

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Section Drawing

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scaled view created by passing an imaginary cutting plane through a portion of a building. Show info about foundation footings and walls, wall and floor framing, height of windows above floors, and eaves of roofs. Shown whenever an important component of

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Detail Drawing

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small part of a floor plan, elevation, or section drawing at an enlarged scale. Provide info about specialized construction items.

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Common Abbreviations

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BT ? bathtub, CO cleanout, FD floor drain, KS kitchen sink, LAV lavatory, WC water closet, UR urinal

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Plot Plan

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civil drawing that shows shape and size of a building lot. Solid lines show exterior contour of the lot; dashed lines show the contour of the lot after excavation and grading. Other info includes a symbol designating true north, the point of beginning fro

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Schematic Piping Drawing

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piping system without regard to scale and the exact location of the fixtures shown

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Isometric Piping Drawing

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3D drawing of a plumbing system in which all horizontal pipes are drawn as 30 degree lines and all vertical pipes are drawn as vertical lines

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Plumbing System

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system of pipes, fittings, and devices within a building that includes water supply distribution pipes; fixtures and fixture traps, soil, waste, and vent pipes, building drain and building sewer, devices, appurtenances (accessories), and connections inside and outside the building

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Potable Water

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water free from impurities that could cause disease or harmful psychological effects

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Potable Water Supply System

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includes water service pipe, distribution pipes, connecting pipes, fittings, control valves, and appurtenances inside or outside of the building within property lines

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Water Main

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Supplies water to building

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Corporation Cock or Stop

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valve placed on Main to which service is connected

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Water Service Pipe

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extends from Corporation Cock, Water Main, or other source to the water distribution system

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Curb Cock or Stop

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underground valve installed on a water service to turn on/off flow of potable water

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Stop Box

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required to access curb cock, and is an adjustable cast iron box that is flush with the finish grade, capped with a removable iron cover, usually secured with a five-headed bolt. A shutoff rod is inserted into the stop box to turn on/off supply

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Water Meter

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measures volume of water used in cubic feet or gallons, and is installed on the water service where pipes enter building. Valves are installed on either side to isolate the meter for service

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Water Distribution Pipes

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carry water throughout the building to fixtures

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Main

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the principal artery to which branches are connected

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Branch

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any part of the plumbing system other than a riser, main, or stack. Branches are located in potable water supply, sanitary drainage and vent piping, and storm-water drainage systems

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Fixture Branch

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water supply pipe that connects a distribution pipe and fixture supply pipe

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Riser

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water supply pipe that extends vertically one full story or more to feed a fixture or branches to a group of fixtures

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Fixture Supply Pipe

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is a water supply pipe connecting a fixture to a fixture branch pipe

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Sanitary Drainage and Vent Piping System

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The system of sanitary drainage pipes and fittings that conveys wastewater and waterborne waste from plumbing fixtures and appliances to a sanitary sewer

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Vent Piping System

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pipes and fittings that provide circulation of air within the sanitary drainage system to protect trap seals from siphonage or back pressure

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Sewage

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liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution, may include liquids containing chemicals

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Waste Pipes

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pipe that conveys only liquid waste free of fecal matter (sink, bathtub, urinal)

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Soil Pipes

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pipe that conveys WC discharge or other similar fixtures containing fecal matter with or without discharge of other fixtures, to a building drain or sewer

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Stacks

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vertical line of soil, waste, or vent pipe extending one or more stories

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Cleanouts

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fitting with removable cap or plug installed in sanitary drainage pipe to allow removal of stoppages

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Vent Pipes

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pipe that vents drainage system of a building and prevents trap siphonage and back pressure

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Fixture Trap

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fitting or device that, when properly vented, provides a liquid seal to prevent emission of sewer gases without affecting flow of wastewater or waterborne waste through trap

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Fixture Drain

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drainage pipe that extends from the trap of a fixture to the junction of the next drainage pipe. When multiple fixtures are on the same floor, waste flows into a horizontal branch

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Horizontal Branch

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soil or waste pipe that receives only the discharge from fixtures on the same floor as the branch and extends horizontally from a stack

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Soil Stack

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from WC or Urinal, is a vertical drainage pipe that extends one or more stories. May also receive discharge from other fixtures

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Waste Stack

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from sink or similar fixture, goes into this stack which is a vertical drainage pipe that extends one or more floors and receives wastewater and waterborne waste from fixtures other than human waste

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Stack Cleanouts

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located at the base of waste and soil stacks, fitting to clean clogs

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Building Drain Branch

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is part of the lowest piping of a drainage system that receives only discharges from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of a building and conveys it to the building sewer

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Front Main Cleanout

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located at the building drain, capped or plugged fitting located near the front wall of a building where the building drain exits the building beginning at least 1? outside the foundation footings. Provides access to building drain and building sewer if s

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Building Sewer

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part of a drainage system that extends from end of building drain to discharge in public sewer, private sewer, individual sewage-disposal system, or other

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Sanitary Sewer

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only carries sewage, not rainwater, surface water, groundwater or similar non-pollutional wastes

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Individual Vent

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a pipe that vents an individual fixture trap and may terminate into a branch vent, stack vent, vent stack, or in open air

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Branch Vent

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a vent pipe connecting two or more individual vents to either a stack vent or vent stack

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Stack Vent

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is the extension of a soil or waste stack above the highest horizontal drain connected to the stack

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Vent Stack

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vertical pipe that provides circulation of air to and from a drainage system. Exits through a vent pipe enclosed within a roof jacket, a jacket or flange which seals to prevent rainwater entering around the vent pipe

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Storm-water Drainage System

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Piping system used to convey rainwater or other precipitation to a storm sewer or other disposal

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Roof Drain

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drain that receives the rainwater collecting on a roof surface and discharges into a rainwater leader

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Rainwater Leader

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a pipe that conveys rainwater from a roof to a storm drain or other point of disposal. A cleanout is typically installed at the base of a rainwater leader

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Building Storm Drain

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is a building drain that conveys rainwater but does not carry sewer

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Building Storm Sewer

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is a building sewer that conveys rainwater not waste

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Storm Sewer

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sewer for conveying groundwater, rainwater, surface water, or similar non-pollutional wastes

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Combination Sewer

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sewer that carries both water waste and water borne waste and storm water. Chicago uses these.

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