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Ch3 Plumbing Flashcards

1
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Pipes Rated by Tickness

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Type K - underground
Type L - Medium (supply lines)
Type M - Thinner (carry condensation)
Type DWV - Used for drains and vents low pressure

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2
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*Bring Water to the Ground Slowly

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Soil slowly filters
Fast = erosion
Roof and parking drainage - gutter or roof drain
green roof - slows
blue roof - create pond on roof returns water slowly

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3
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Plastic Pipe

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More common than copper
Less friction
Smaller buildings - not enough fittings yet

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4
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*Supply and Waste Water Never Meet

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Use air gap to separate
Health and Safety

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5
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Back Flow Preventer

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If water backs up - mechanism switches to block water and pull in air instead.
Danger is negative pressure could be caused by fire hose and suck back dirty water. - Use vacuum breaker to prevent

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6
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Valves

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Gate Valve
Glove Valve
Check Valve

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7
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Gate Valve

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Maintenance shut offs - lots of turning
Min friction b/c controls a lot down stream.

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8
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Globe Valve

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Faucets
Little turning
More friction - 1 thing down stream.

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9
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Check Valve

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Backflow Preventer
Water moves one direction
Prevent building to building contamination.

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10
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P

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(pressure in psi) = 0.433 x H (height)
0.433 - constant converts psi to height, inches to feet
Fixture - 4-20 psi min
50-75 psi in water main
Water seeks its own level

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11
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Vault Ball Valve

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Replace Gate Valve

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12
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Black Water

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Human waste or food waste

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13
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Lavatory

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Sink

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14
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How high can fixture be if needs min 12 psi if 25 psi entering building

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25-12=13
P=.433xH
13=.433xH
H=30’ (kinda typical)
If higher than 30’ pump water to tank on roof
Can pump to every tenth floor to prevent super high presure

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15
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Expansion Loop

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B/c hot water pipes expand and contract
Inch worm looking bump
h = .5 length
Welded joint handle expansion

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16
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*We size pipes by pressure and flow.

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Assuming not all fixtures will be on at same time
Use “Fixture Units” instead of total sum of gal/min and psi of all fixtures.

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17
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*Hot Water Heating

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140 kitchen and laundry
110 shower
105 hand washing

18
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Trap and Vent

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Keeps smells from entering room instead go out exhaust (“sewer gases”)
Vent also keeps trap from being siphoned empty

19
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Water Use (1970 numbers)

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Toilets 45%
Bathing 30%
Laundry 20%
Drinking / Cooking 3%ish
Irrigation
Swimming Pool
Car Wash
- Gray water can be reused
- Bathing can go to toilets
- Laundry can go to irrigation

20
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Drains and Traps

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Old traps no longer to code
- S trap no vent
- crown - vent (vent over trap prone to clogging)
- Ball trap - also clogging prone
- Drum Trap - also clogging issue
Allowed Traps
- Bottle Trap
- P Trap

21
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Grease Interceptor

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Grease floats to top cleaner water pulled from bottom
Repeat in second compartment
Then send to sewer

22
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*Vents

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Stack Vent - over soil or waste stack for gas
Waste Stack - gray water
Soil Stack - black water
Vent Stack - no stack below, for gas
Branch Vent - non vertical vent connecting to stack vent from other fixture
Clean out - access point at 90 degree angles
Sometimes two fixtures can share depending on code and interpretation.

23
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*Septic Systems

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25% of US don’t have access to sewer system
Scum floats to top, water at bottom like grease int.
Percolation Test - how long it takes water to be absorbed into soil
If don’t have enough land or percolation bad might not be able to build on site.
Could Build mound of good soil

24
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*Can Capture Rain Water

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Not common b/c water available from point sources
Use if low access to point source and no access to municipal
Need catchment system, cistern, and get water high up
First X gallons to run off catchment area most dirty - bird poop, have to filter, or divert X gallons

25
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*It Doesn’t Flow Up Hill

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1-4% slope - allows solids to float on top of liquids
4-45% solids don’t float and don’t flow down
Waste water flows down or pumped up to then flow down to treatment site.

26
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Flushometer Valve

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Public Bathroom
Has shut off and vacuum breaker.

27
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*Pumps

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Artesian Well - aquifer under pressure
Water comes up b/c pressure of earth on top
Shallow Well - uses pump, max 25’
Deep Well - +25’ need deep well jet pump
sends some water down under lower pressure
venturi effect sucks in water

28
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Pipes sticking up

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Well under, used to keep at atmospheric pressure

29
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Swamp and ejector pump

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Toilet in basement - need to pump sewage up

30
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*1 Pipe 2 Pipe, Red Pipe, Blue Pipe

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Fore Heating and Cooling
1 pipe system
2 pipe system
4 pipe system
Series Perimeter Loop

31
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1 Pipe System

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Have valve to by pass radiator
At end of pipe water gets cooler, not as effective

32
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2 Pipe System

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Has return pipe so furthest gets hot water
More piping
Date switch from hot to cold

33
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4 Pipe System

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Can switch from hot to cold whenever
Hot pipe, cold pipe, hot return, cold return = 4 pipes

34
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Series Perimeter Loop

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If shut off one shuts off all down pipe
Last gest left over water

35
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Hard Water

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Contains mineral deposits that can clog up piping
Minerals can act as insulator and hurt heat exchange
Geographic locations have more or less hard water

36
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Tankless Water Heater (In Line System)

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Unlimited supply
Not keeping hot water
Hot water tanks always using energy to keep hot
Scalable (# of burners per load)
Produced as needed by running water along burner before going to fixture.

37
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Pipe Types

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ABS - ACRILLYLONITRILE BUTADIENE STYRENE
PE - Polyethylene
PVC - Polyvinyl Chloride
PVDC - Polyvinyl Dichloride

38
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Friction in pipes

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Steel greatest
Copper
PVC
Bigger issue w/ smaller pipes or faster moving water

39
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Water Hammer

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When turn off water blocking it makes a loud noise
Air column in pipe acts like spring absorbes shock
Air Chamber - air column
Shock Arrestor - air column with bulb at end

40
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Insulate Pipes

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Keep heat/ coolth (get to location than needs cool or heat)
Deal with moister build up (due pt.)

41
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Thrust Blocking

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Concrete mass outside angle fitting (right angle in pipe)
Prevent movement in ground creating cavity that could allow fitting to pull apart.

42
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ADA

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Turning 30” r
Toilet Seat - 17-19” h
Sink - 29” h
TP - 19” h
Sink Ground - 30”x48”
Room - 7’6” x 7’6” min
Mirror - 40”
Door - 32”
Grab bar - 24” side, 36” back
Sink - 18” oc from wall

Ch2 - HVAC (3 decks)

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