Chapter 2 - Planning Plumbing Projects Flashcards
How early in advance should you choose your material, equipment, and personal requirements at the company level?
30 days in advance.
How early in advance should you choose material, equipment, and personal requirements at the job supervisor level?
Two weeks in advance.
How early in advance should you choose material, equipment, and personal requirements at the crew leader level?
No less than one week in advance.
What is a key aspect to lead times and material availability?
Location of the project.
How many days do you have to make a change to the schedule when the crew has arrived on the job?
You generally have 45 days.
What are good supervisors responsible for?
Ensuring equipment, material, tools, and other facilities are on the job needed.
What books she is you use for planning, estimating, and sizing plumbing systems?
The national standard plumbing code, military specifications, job specifications.
What type of protection does threaded pipe that is underground require?
Coal tar protection.
How far apart should water service lines and waste lines be from each other?
Not less than 6 feet apart horizontally.
What should water service lines and waste lines be placed on inside of the trench?
Either undisturbed or compacted earth.
How should sanitary drainage and storm building drains be placed inside of the ground?
They should be placed in one trench side-by-side.
What type of piping material should you use when a building sewer or building drain is installed and filter or unstable ground?
Cast iron soil piping.
When may you use nonmetallic drains?
When laid on an approved continuous supporting system.
Why should you pay special attention to joints in the piping system?
So that routes do not grow into the piping.
What depth should you bury the piping?
Below the frost line.
What should you in case the piping in when laying under roadways?
You should in case the piping with concrete or sleeve it with metallic material.
If you have to install the building sewer line in the water service line in the same trench where should you place the water service line inside of that trench?
You need to make sure that the bottom of that water pipe is at least 12 inches above the top of the sewer line off to the side laying on a shelf.
After meeting the requirements for installing the water service line with the building sewer line what test should you do to test the building sewer line?
You should test the building sewer line with a 10 foot out of water or an equivalent test.
What decides the flow velocity of the liquid within the pipe?
The slope, pitch, grade, or drop per foot.
How low should you slope piping 3 inches or less in diameter?
No less than a quarter inch per foot.
How should you slope piping that is 4 inches or larger?
No less than an 8th inch per foot.
How does piping benefit from proper sloping?
It allows the velocity of not less than 2 ft./s and keeps the pipe free from fouling.
What is the minimum slope inch per foot for piping that is 2 1/2” or less?
1/4
What is the minimum slope inch per foot for piping that is 3 to 6 inches?
An 8th inch