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Chapter 2 Definitions Flashcards

1
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Same as a studor vent, Allows air to enter the drainage system only when a negative pressure exists.

A

Air Admittance Valve

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An indirect waste line that discharges below the flood level rim of the drain.

A

Air Break

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3
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The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the outlet of the waste pipe and the flood level rim of the drain.

A

Air Gap ( drainage)

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The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between a pipe or faucet supplying water and the flood level rim of the tank or receptacle

A

Air Gap (water supply)

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5
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Acceptable to the code official or other authority having jurisdiction

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Approved

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6
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A group of fixtures consisting of a water closet,lavatory,bathtub or shower, including or excluding a bidet, an emergency floor drain or both. Such fixtures are located together on the same floor.

A

Bathroom Group

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Any part of the piping system except a riser, main or stack.

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Branch

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8
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A vertical measurement of distance, 8 feet or more between the connections of horizontal branches to a drainage stack.

A

Branch Interval

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9
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A vent connecting one or more individual vents with a vent stack or stack vent

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Branch Vent

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10
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The lowest part of the drainage system in a building that extends 30” beyond the exterior of the building.

A

Building Drain

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11
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That part of the drainage system that extends from the building drain to the public sewer or private disposal system.

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Building Sewer

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12
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A vent that connects to a horizontal drainage branch and vents two traps to a maximum of eight traps connected into a battery.

A

Circuit Vent

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13
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A specially designed system of waste piping embodying the horizontal wet venting of one or more sinks, lavatories,drinking fountains or floor drains by means of a common waste and vent pipe adequately sized to provide the free movement of air above the waste flow line of the drain

A

Combination Waste & Vent System

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14
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A vent connecting at the junction of two fixture drains or to a fixture branch and serving as a vent for both fixtures.

A

Common Vent

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15
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A pipe inside a building that conveys storm water from the roof to a storm or combined building drain

A

Conductor

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16
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A branch leading from a soil, waste or vent pipe and terminating at a develop length of 2 feet by means of a cap or plug.

A

Dead End

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17
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The length of a pipeline measured along the centerline of the pipe and fittings.

A

Developed Length

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18
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A measure of the probable discharge into the drainage system by various types of plumbing fixtures.

A

DFU or Drainage Fixture Unit

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19
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A floor drain that does not receive the discharge of any drain or indirect waste pipe, and protects against damage from accidental spills,fixture overflows and leakage.

A

Emergency Floor Drain

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20
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A drain serving two or more fixtures that discharge to another drain or to a stack.

A

Fixture Branch

21
Q

The drain from the trap of a fixture to a junction with any other drain pipe.

A

Fixture Drain

22
Q

Water discharged from lavatories ,bathtubs, showers,clothes washers and laundry trays.

A

Gray Water

23
Q

Plumbing appurtenances that are installed in a sanitary drainage system to intercept free floating fats, oils and grease from waste water discharge.

A

Grease Interceptor

24
Q

A drainage branch pipe extending laterally from a soil or waste stack or building drain that receives the discharge from two or more fixture drains or branches.

A

Horizontal Branch Drain

25
Q

Any pipe or fitting that makes an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.

A

Horizontal Pipe

26
Q

A waste pipe that doesn’t connect directly with the drainage system but discharges through an air gap or air break.

A

Indirect Waste Pipe

27
Q

A pipe installed to vent a fixture trap and that connects with the vent system above the fixture served.

A

Individual Vent

28
Q

An exterior drainage pipe for conveying rain water from the roof to an approved means of disposal.

A

Leader

29
Q

Water-connected or drainage-connected devices intended to perform a special function such as a water heater.

A

Plumbing Appliance

30
Q

A manufactured device, prefabricated assembly or an on-the-job built component that is an adjunct to the basic piping system and plumbing fixtures such as strainers or filters.

A

Plumbing Appurtenance

31
Q

A receptacle or device that is connected to a water supply or discharges to a drainage system or both.

A

Plumbing Fixture

32
Q

That which enables a fixture, appliance or equipment to be directly reached without requiring the removal or movement of any panel , door or similar obstruction and without the use of a ladder.

A

Ready Access

33
Q

A vent whose primary funcation is to provide circulation of air between drainage and vent systems,

A

Relief vent

34
Q

Any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution , including liquids containing chemicals in solution.

A

Sewage

35
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The fall of a line of pipe in reference to a horizontal plane.

A

Slope

36
Q

A pipe that conveys sewage containing fecel matter to the building drain or building sewer

A

Soil pipe

37
Q

A general term for any veritcal line of soil, waste, vent or conducter piping that extends through at least one story with or without offsets.

A

Stack

38
Q

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

A

Stack vent

39
Q

The method of wet venting where a uniformly oversized vertical drain serves as the vent for one or more independently connected waste fixtures.

A

Stack venting

40
Q

A tank or pit that receives sewage or liquid waste, located below the normal grade of the gravity system and that must be emptied by mechanical meams.

A

Sump

41
Q

Water having a temperature range between 85º F (29º C) and 110º F (43º C)

A

Tempered water

42
Q

A fitting or device that provides a liquid seal to prevent the emission of sewer gases without materially affecting the flow of sewage or waste water through the trap.

A

Trap

43
Q

The vertical distance between the weir and the top of the dip of the trap.

A

Trap seal

44
Q

A vertical vent pipe installed primarily for the purpose of circulation of air to and from any part of the drainage system.

A

Vent stack

45
Q

Any pipe or fitting that makes an angle of 45 degrees or more with the horizontal.

A

Vertical pipe

46
Q

The discharge from any fixture, appliance,area appurtenance that doesn’t contain fecal matter.

A

Waste

47
Q

A pipe that doesn’t convey fecal matter .

A

Waste pipe

48
Q

A pipe connecting upward from a soil or waste stack to a vent stack for the purpose of preventing pressure changes in the stacks.

A

Yoke vent

2012 IPC (6 decks)

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