CHAP 2 Q-T Flashcards
all plumbing fixtures and materiats used in
any discharge or plumbing system or pa11s thereof shall be free from defects.
QUALITY OF MATERIALS
an approved plumbing fixture or device of such materials,
shape and capacity to Adequately receive the discharge from indirect waste
pipes, constructed and located to be readily cleaned.
RECEPTOR
include alJ valves and controls used in
plumbing systems which are accessible.
REGULATING EQUIPMENT
a vertical vent line, the primary function of which is to
provide additional circulation of air between the drainage and vent systems
or to act as an auxiliary vent on a specially designed system such as a ‘‘yoke
vent” connection between the soil and vent stacks.
RELIEF VENT
the reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing building
for its maintenance. The word “repair” or “repairs” shall not apply to any
change of constmction or occupancy.
REPAIR
an open return bend usually made up two 90° bends
with inside and outside threads, flanged or welded fittings~ and applied also
to a one hundred eighty degrees bend in copper tubings.
RETURN BEND -
see backvent pipe .
REVENT PIPE
an unobstructed top open edge of a fixture.
RIM
a water supply pipe, which extends vertically to one full story or
more to convey water into pipe branches or plumbing fixtures.
RISER
- the installation of all pipings and fitting parts of the
plumbing system, which can be completed prior to the installation of
fixtures and accessories. These include sanitary and storm drainage, t<!p, hot
and chilled water supplies, gas pipings, vent pipings and the necessary
fixture supports.
ROUGHING-lN
see Interceptor.
SAND INTERCEPTOR
the wastewater containing human excrements
and liquid household waste. Also called domestic sewage
SANITARY SEWAGE
a sewer intended to receive sanitary sewage with or
without pre-treated industrial wastes and without the admixture of rain or
ground water.
SANITARY SE\VER -
the vertical distance between the dip and the crown weir of a trap .
Also, the water in the trap between the dip and the crown weir .
SEAL
- any branch in a building dra\n other than the
primary branch.
SECONDARY BRANCH
a loosely lined excavation in the ground. which receives
the discharge of a septic tank and designed to pemut the effluent from the
septic tank to seep through pit bottom and sides .
SEEPAGE PIT
- a water-tight receptacle which receives the discharge of a
sanitaty plumbing system or part thereof, designed and constructed to retain
solids, digest organic matter through a period of detention and to allow the
liquids to discharge into the soil outside of the tank through a system of
open-jointed sub-surface pipings or a seepage pit meeting the requirements
of this Code .
SEPTIC TANK
the pipe from the street water main or other source of
waler supply to the building served .
SERVICE PIPE
any wastewater containing animal or vegetable matter in
suspension or solution and may include liquids containing chemicals in
solution .
SEW AGE
a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage and wastewater .
SEWER
a comprehensive term,
including all constructions for collection, transportation. pumping. treatment
and. final disposition of sewage
SEWERAGE OR SEWERAGE WORKS
a vertical opening through a building for elevators, dumbwaiters,
lights. ventilation or similar purposes.
SHAFT
a huse fitting with clapper valves for
combining the flow from two or more Jines of hose into a single stream.
The inlet fitting of a fire standpipe located above ground level.
SIAMESE CONNECTION
a suction created by the flow of liquids m pipes. A
pressure less than atmospheric.
SIPHONAGE
the word “shall” denotes mandatory acceptation.
SHALL
an approved clastomeric sealing gasket with an approved outer shield and a tightening mechanism.
SHIELDED COUPLING
a building designed as a home by the
owner of such building, and shalJ be the only dwelling located on a parcel of
ground with the usual accessory building.
SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING
see Diameter.
SIZE AND TYPE OF TUBING -
- an adjustable tubing connection, consisting of a
compression nut, a friction ring, and a compression washer. designed to fit a
threaded adapter fitting or a standard taper pipe thread.
SLIP JOINT
see Grade .
SLOPE
- a vertical soil pipe conveying fecal matter and wastewater.
SOIL STACK PIPE
any pipe, which conveys the discharge of water closet, urina!
or fixtures having similar functions, with or without the discharges from
other fixtures to the building drain or building sewer.
SOIL PIPE
a pipe joint obtained by joining metal parts with
metallic mixtures or alloys which melt at a temperature below 427 degrees
centigrade and above 149 degrees centigrade .
SOLDERED JOINT
the end of a pipe which fits into a bell. Also a word used
synonymously with faucet.
SPIGOT
- wastes which require some special methods of
handling such as th<’ usc of in(Hrc.ct waste piping and receptors; corrosionresistant piping~ sand, oil or grcasl~ intc1ceptors ~ condensers or other
pretreatment facilities.
SPECIAL WASTES
the vertical main of a system of soil, waste or vent ptpmgs
extending through one or more stories and extended thru the roof
STACK
- a vertical pipe, or a reservoir, into which water is pumped
to give it at a head, classified as:
STANDPIPE
water pressure is maintained at all times
Wet Standpipe
- operates automatically by
opening a hose valve
Automatic Standpipe System
remote control
device al each hose station; and
Manually Operated Standpipe System -
- having no permanent water inside the pipe.
Dry Standpipe
R- that portion of the rainfall or other precipitation which
runs ofT over the earth surface after a storm .
STORM WATER
that portion of a building included between the upper surface of
any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above .
STOREY
- an underground drainpipe that receives only subsurface or seepage water and convey it to a sump for disposal by gravity
flow or by lift pump.
SUBSOIL DRAIN
the. extension of a soil or waste stack above the highest
horizontal drain connected to the stack. The uppermost end above the roof
is called stack vent through roof (SVTR) .
STACK VENT -
an approved tank or pit which receives sewage or wastewater and
is located below the normal grade of the gravity system and must be emptied
by mechanical means .
SUMP
supports, hangers, anchors, brackets, cradles are devices for
holding and securing pipes and fixtures to walls, ceiling, floors or structural
members.
SUPPORTS
that portion of rainfall or other precipitation which runs off over the surface of the ground .
SURFACE WATER
a water basin used for swimming designed to
accommodate many bathers at a time and properly connected to a disposal
system, fills and draws water supply or provided with approved water
purification and recirculation system.
SWIMMING POOL
he pipe or tubing that connects the outlet of a plumbing
fixture to the trap.
TAILPIECE
- a tee with the branch tapped to receive a threaded pipe or
fittings.
TAPPED TEE
- a fitting or device designed and constructed to provide, when
properly vented, a liquid seal wh\ch prevents the backflow of foul air or
methane gas without materially affecting the flow of sewage or wastewater
through it.
TRAP
that portion of a fixture drain between a trap and the vent.
TRAP ARM
the maximum vertical depth of liquid that a trap will retai~
measured between the crown weir and the top of the dip of the trap.
TRAP SEAL -
a cylindrical conduit or conductor C4.:mfonning to the particular
dimensions known as “tube sizes” and denoted by its outside diameter or
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TUBE
