LESSON 1 Flashcards
is defined as the art and science of installing pipes
Plumbing
is a title given to a person who is skilled in the
field of ancient Rome.
Plumber
refers to an individual who worked in the
sanitary field of ancient Rome.
Plumbarius
on the other hand, meant lead.
Plumbum
includes all potable water supply and
distribution pipes, all plumbing fixtures and traps; all
sanitary and storm drainage system
Plumbing system
All the piping within a public or private premise
which conveys sewage, rainwater, or other
liquid wastes to a point of disposal.
Drainage System
Includes all wastewater generated by home
dwellings, public restrooms, hotels, restaurants, motels,
Domestic Sewage
Includes water from floods (stormwater), runoff
(rainwater running through cracks in the ground and into
gutters),
Non-Domestic sewage
Water from rain.
Storm water
from laundries, wash basins,
sinks, showers, & bath tubs.
Grey Water
waste plus human waste both
solid and liquid flushed out of toilet and urinals.
Black Water
is being discharged by water
closet, and;
Solid Waste
coming from the various
fixtures.
Liquid Waste
DWV
D-Drainage Solid Waste
W- Waste coming from various fixtures other than water closet
V- Ventilation of the piping system
any pipe which conveys the discharge of
water closets, urinals, or fixtures having similar
functions.
Soil Pipe
a general term used for any vertical line of soil,
waste, or vent piping.
Stack
a vertical soil pipe conveying fecal
matter and liquid waste.
Soil Stack Pipe
an extension of a soil or waste stack above
the highest horizontal drain connected to the stack.
Stack Vent
a pipe or opening used for ensuring the
circulation of air in a plumbing system and for reducing
to pressure exerted on trap seals.
Vent
an arrangement of venting so installed that
one vent pipe will serve two (2) traps.
Unit Vent
that portion of a vent pipe through which
liquid waste flow.
Wet Vent
any part of a piping system other than the
main riser or stack
Branch
the main of any system of continuous piping is
the principal artery of the system to which branches may
be connected. f
Main
a vent pipe connecting from a branch
of the drainage system to a vent stack.
Branch Vent
a pipe which conveys only liquid wastes
free fecal matter.
Waste Pipe
a sewer or other pipe or conduit used for
conveying ground water, surface water, waste water or
sewage.
Drain
a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage and
waste liquids.
Sewer
the liquid wastes conducted away from
buildings/structures, also of the storm water.
Sewage
a comprehensive term, including all
construction for collection, transportation, pumping,
treatment and final disposition of waste.
Sewerage
a metallic sleeve, calked or
otherwise, joined to an opening in a pipe, into which a
plug is screwed that can be removed for the purpose of
cleaning or examining the interior of the pipe.
Cleanout Ferrule
A fitting or device so constructed as to prevent
the passage of air, gas, and some vermin through a pipe
without materially affecting the flow of sewage or waste
water through it.
Trap
that part of the lowest horizontal
piping of a plumbing system which receives the
discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside of a building and conveys it to the house sewer.
House Drain
that part of a plumbing system extending from a point about four (4) or five (5) feet from the inner face of the foundation wall of a building to the junction with another sewer.
House Sewer
a trap connected to lowest horizontal
piping or House Drain.
House Trap
a vent the primary (Fresh Air Inlet)
function of which is to provide circulation of air between
drainage and vent system.
Relief Vent
a common sewer directly controlled
by public authority to which all abutters have equal
rights of connection.
Public Sewer
a suction caused by the flow of liquids in
pipes.
Siphonage
The end of a pipe which fits into a bell. Also,
a word synonymously with faucet.
Spigot
The vertical distance between the dip and
crown wire of a trap
Seal
The installation of all pipes in the
plumbing system that are in partitions and under floors.
Roughing-In
The setting of fixtures
Finishing
a pit or receptacle at a low point to which the
liquid wastes are drained.
Sump
a vertical opening through a building for
elevators, dumbwaiters, light, ventilation, etc.
Shaft
a sheet metal placed when concrete is
poured to accommodate future plumbing pipes
Sleeve
an opening or space to accommodate a
group of pipes.
Pipe Chase
are installed receptacles,
devices, or appliances which are supplied with water, or
which receives or discharge into drainage system which
maybe directly or indirectly connected.
Plumbing Fixtures
Is plugging an opening with oakum, lead
or other materials, that are pounded into the place or
opening.
Caulking
