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1
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The length of a pipe along its centerline and fittings

A

Developed Length

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2
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Wastes which require some special methods of handling

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Special Waste

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3
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The end of a pipe which fits into a bell, also word used “synonymously with faucet”

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Spigot

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4
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A pipe joint obtained by joining metal parts with a metallic fixtures of alloys which melt a temperature below 427 degrees centigrade and above 149 degrees centigrade

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Soldered joint

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5
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Any pipe that conveys the discharge water from water closet, urinal or fixtures that have a similar function

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Soil Pipe

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6
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A vertical soil pipe containing fecal matter and wastewater

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Soil Stack Pipe

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7
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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

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Slip Joint

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8
Q

An approve elastometric sealing gasket with an approved outer shield and a tightening mechanism

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Shielded Coupling

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9
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A suction created by the flow of liquids in pipes. A pressure less than atmospheric

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Siphonage

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10
Q

A hose fitting with clapper valves for combining the flow from two or more lines if those into a single stream. The inlet fitting of a fire standpipe

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Siamese Connection

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11
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Shaft

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12
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A comprehensive term, including air constructions for collection, transportation, pumping treatment and final disposition of sewage

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Sewerage / Sewerage Works

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13
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A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage and wastewater

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Sewer

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14
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Any wastewater containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution and may include liquids containing chemicals in solution

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Sewage

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15
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The pipe from the street main or other source of water supply to the building served

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Service Pipe

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16
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a water-tight receptable which receives the discharge of a sanitary plumbing system

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Septic Tank

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17
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A loosely lined excavation in the ground, which receives the discharge of the septic tank & designed to permit the effluent from the septic tank to seep through pit bottom and sides

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Seepage Pit

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18
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Any branch in the building drain or other than the primary branch

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Secondary branch

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19
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The vertical distance between the dip and crown weir of a trap. Also the water trap between the dip and the crown weir

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Seal

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20
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The wastewater containing human excrements and liquid household waste

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Sanitary sewage

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21
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A water supply pipe that extends vertically to one full story or more to convey water into a pipe branches or plumbing fixtures

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Riser

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22
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An unobstructed top open edge of a fixture

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Rim

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23
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A vertical line the primary function of which is to provide additional circulation of an between the drainage and vent systems or to act as an auxiliary vent on a specially designed systems such as a yoke vent connection between the soil and vent stacks

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Relief Vent

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24
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Includes all valves and controls used in plumbing systems which are accessible

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Regulating Equipment

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25
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An approved plumbing fixture device of such materials, shape and capacity to adequately receive the discharge from indirect waste pipes, constructed and located to be readily channel

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Receptor

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26
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An outhouse or structure used for the deposition of excrement

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Privy

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27
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A pit beneath a privy where excrement collects

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Privy Vault

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28
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A building sewer which receives the discharge from more than the building drain and conveys it to the public sewer, private sewage disposal system, or other points of disposal

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Private Sewer

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29
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A septic tank with the effluent discharging into a subsurface disposal field into one of more seepage pits or into a combination of subsurface disposal field and seepage pit or of such other facilities

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Private Sewer Disposal System

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30
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Is the single sloping drain from the base of a stack to its junction with the main building drain

A

Primary branch

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31
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The normal force exerted by a homogeneous liquid or gas, per unit area on the wall of the container

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Pressure

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32
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the pressure existing without any flow of motion

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Static Pressure

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33
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The pressure available at the fixture or water outlet

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Residual pressure

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34
Q

A minimum standard quantity of plumbing fixtures that discharge wastes into a plumbing installation

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Plumbing Unit

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35
Q

Approved type installed receptacles, devices or appliances supplied with water or receive liquid or liquid borne wastes and discharges into the drainage systems

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Plumbing fixtures

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36
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Manufactured device that serves as adjunct to the basic piping system and plumbing fixtures. Demands no discharge or water supply

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Plumbing Appurtenance

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37
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One of special class of device intended to perform a special plumbing function

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Plumbing Appliance

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38
Q

The art and technique of installing pipes and etc.

A

Plumbing

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39
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includes all potable water building supply and the rest of the system

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Plumbing System

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40
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Title given to a person who is skilled in the field of sanitation

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Plumber

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41
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Refers to an individual who worked in the sanitary field of ancient Rome

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Plumbarius

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42
Q

Latin word that means lead

A

Plumbum

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43
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a metal used as plumbing material by the Romans for its properties of malleability and resistant to acid

A

Lead

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44
Q

Principle num. clean water

A

1

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45
Q

Principle number of plumbing unit

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6

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46
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Principle number of Efficiency

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3

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47
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Principle number of Volume and pressure

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2

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48
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principle number of explosion

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4

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49
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principle number of sewer

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5

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50
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principle number of test

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13

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51
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principle number of vent terminals

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12

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52
Q

principle number of plumbing fixtures

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7

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53
Q

principle number of cleanouts

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8

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54
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principle number of air circulation

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11

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55
Q

principle number of trap

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10

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56
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principle number of material and workmanship

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9

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57
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principle number of sewage harm

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14

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58
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principle number of maintainance

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19

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59
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prnciple numbe rof sewage backflow

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18

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60
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principle number of contamination

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15

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61
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principle number of wc light

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16

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62
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principle number of septic tank

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17

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63
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principle number of accessible

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20

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64
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principle number of structural stability

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21

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65
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principle number of sewage treatment

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22

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66
Q

A rigid pressure piping syste renowned for its high impact strength and durability

A

Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)

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67
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Applied to a fixture, connection, appliance or equipment shall mean having access thereto, which may require prior reomavl of an access panel door or similar obstruction

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Accessible

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68
Q

djbudhui

A

Openly accessible

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69
Q

A physical separation

A

Airbreak

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70
Q

The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere bet. the owest opening from any pipe

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Air Gap Distance

71
Q

An unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening from any pipe or faucet conveying potable water to the flood level rim of any tank

A

Air Gap Water Distribution

72
Q

Organized primarilyy established for purposes of testing to approve standards and approved by the administrative authority

A

Approved Testing agency

73
Q

The flow of water or other liquids into the distributing pipes of a potable supply of water from any source other than from its intended source

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Backflow

74
Q

Condition or any arrangement whereby reverse flow can occur

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Backflow connection

75
Q

Occurs due to an increased reverse pressure above the supply pressure

A

Backpressure backflow

76
Q

Device or means to prevent flow of liquid from returning to its source of supply

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Backflow preventer

77
Q

The flowing back of used, contaminated or polluted water from a plumbing fixture or vessel into a water supply pipe due to a negative pressure in such pipe

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Back Siphonage

78
Q

A device installed in the drainage system to prevent reverse flow

A

Backwater Valve

79
Q

The part of the vent line, which connects directly with an individual trap underneath or behind the fixture and extends to the branch or main vent pipe at any point higher than the fixture or fixture trap it serves. Also called “Individual Vent”

A

Backvent pipe

80
Q

A valve opened and closed by the fall and rise, of an attached ball floating o the surface of the liquid

A

Ball Cock

81
Q

A type of pipe connection in which a ball-shaped end is held in a cuplike shell and allows movements in every direction

A

Ball Joint

82
Q

Any of two or more similar adjacent fixture which discharge into a common horizontal soil or waste branch

A

Battery of Fixtures

83
Q

That portion of a pipe for a short distance is sufficiently enlarged to receive the end of another pipe of the same diameter for the purpose of making a caulkedor push on joint

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Bell or Hub

84
Q

A tool for straightening or bending lead pipe

A

Bending pin

85
Q

Also called a sitz bath

A

Bidet

86
Q

A pipe flange that is not drilled for bolt holes

A

Blank Flange

87
Q

A flange that closes the end of the pipe. There is no opening for the passage of liquid and gas

A

Blind Flange

88
Q

A controlled outlet of a pipeline to discharge liquid or detritus

A

Blow-off

89
Q

A valve outlet of a boiler that permits discharge of accumulated sediment

A

Boiler blow off

90
Q

Any part of piping system other than the main, riser or stack

A

Branch

91
Q

A length of soil or waste stack corresponding to a storey height, but in no case less than 2.43m within which the horizontal branches from one floor or storey of a building are connected to the stack

A

Branch Interval

92
Q

A horizontal vent connecting one or more individual vertical back vents with the vent stack or stack vent

A

Branch Vent

93
Q

Any joint obtained by joining of metal parts with alloys which melt at temperatures higher than 499 degrees centigrade but lower than the meting temperatures of the parts to be joined

A

Brazed Joint

94
Q

The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning 0.6m outside the building wall

A

Building Drain

95
Q

That part of the horizontal piping of a drainage system which starts from the end drain and conveys it to a public sewer individual sewage disposal system or other point of disposal

A

Building Sewer

96
Q

The portion of an underground system, which cannot drain by gravity into the building sewer

A

Building subdrain

97
Q

The pipe carrying potable water from the water meter or other source of water supply to a building or other point of use or distribution on the lot

A

Building supply

98
Q

Plugging an opening with oakum, lead or other material that are pounded into the annular space

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Caulking

99
Q

A receptacle in which liquids are retained for a sufficient period of time to allow settleable material to deposit

A

Catch Basin

100
Q

Non watertight lined excavation in the ground which relieves the discharge of a sanitary drainage system designed to retain the organic matter and solids discharging therefrom but permitting the liquid to seep through the bottom and sides

A

Cesspool

101
Q

A cylindrical conduit or conductor conforming to the particular dimensions

A

Pipe

102
Q

A group vent pipe which starts in front of the extreme fixture connection on a horizontal branch and connects to the vent stack

A

Circuit Vent

103
Q

A valve that automatically closes to prevent the flow of liquid or gas in a reverse direction

A

Check Valve

104
Q

A vertical shaft for installation of different pipe stacks

A

Chase

105
Q

A structure which an part of its structural framework will ignite and burn at a temperature of 756 degrees centigrade or less

A

Combustible Construction

106
Q

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

A

Combination Waste and Vent System

107
Q

An arrangement of venting so installed that one vent pipe will serve

A

Common Vent

108
Q

A room or space having a volume of less than 1.4 m3 with 250 kg calorie of the aggregate input rating of all fuel-burning appliances installed in that space

A

Confined Space

109
Q

That part of plumbing system designed and installed to serve more than one appliance fixture, building or system

A

Common

110
Q

Tube made of plastic material colored black. The cross sectional shape is circular and is denoted by its outside diameter

A

Polyethylene

111
Q

Tube made of plastic material colored black. The cross-sectional shape is normally oval and is denoted by its outside diameter. Normally used as water service connection from main to meter

A

Polybutylene

112
Q

A line of piping is a combination of elbows or bends which brings one section of the pipe out of the line but into a line parallel with the original section

A

Offset

113
Q

Hemp or old hemp rope soaked in oil or tar to make it waterproof

A

Oakum

114
Q

Any work regulated by the Pluming Law that is dangerous to human life or detrimental to health and property. Also causing inconvenience or annoyance

A

Nuisance

115
Q

That part of the horizontal piping of sanitary drainage system which measures 0.6 m downstream from the last mobile home site and conveys sewage to a public sewer, private sewer, individual sewage disposal system or other points of disposal

A

Mobile Home Park Sewer

116
Q

The principal artery of the venting system to which vent branches are connected

A

Main Vent

117
Q

Any system of continuous piping which is a principal artery of the system were branches are connected

A

Main

118
Q

A vertical vent connection on a horizontal soil waste pipe branch at a point downstream of the last fixture connection and turning to a horizontal line above the highest overflow level of the highest fixture connected thereat

A

Loop or Circuit Vent

119
Q

A pipe or shaft to convey foul air from a plumbing fixture or a room to the outer air

A

Local Vent

120
Q

The discharge from any fixture, appliance or appurtenance in connection with a plumbing system which does not receive fecal matter

A

Liquid Waste

121
Q

Measured along its centerline

A

Length of Pipe

122
Q

A pipe connected from building gutter to the downspout or conductor

A

Leader

123
Q

sduhasduiah

A

Leaching cesspool

124
Q

A water closet consisting of a continuous through containing water

A

Latrine

125
Q

In plumbing it’s the secondary pipeline. In sewerage it is a common sewer to which no other branch sewer is connected. It receives sewage from building sewer service connections only

A

Lateral

126
Q

Equipment or materials bearing a label of a listing agency where it includes the weight, specifications and logo of the manufacturer

A

Labelled

127
Q

The lowest portion of the interior part of any pipe or conduit that is not vertical

A

Invert

128
Q

Highest portion of the outer part of the pipe

A

Crown

129
Q

portion of the interior part of the pipe

A

Obvert

130
Q

A device designed and installed to separate and retain deleterious, hazardous or desirable matters from normal wastes and permits normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the disposal terminal by gravity

A

Interceptor (Clarifier)

131
Q

A condition contrary to sanitary principles or injurious to health

A

Insanitary

132
Q

Any and all liquid or water borne waste from industrial or commercial processes except domestic sewage

A

Industrial Waste

133
Q

A pipe installed to vent a fixture trap and which connects with the vent system above the fixture served to terminate in the open air

A

Individual Vent

134
Q

A pipe that does not connect directly with the drainage system but conveys liquid wastes by discharging into a plumbing fixture, interceptor or receptacle directly connected to the drainage system

A

Indirect Waste Pipe

135
Q

Cast iron soil pipes with plain ends connected together with bolted stainless steel bands and neoprene gaskets

A

Hubless pipes

136
Q

The pipeline from the building to the public or street storm drainage system

A

House Storm Sewer

137
Q

Part of a plumbing system extending from the house drain at a point 0.6m from the outside face of the foundation wall of a building to the junction with the street sewer or to any point of discharge, and conveying the drainage of one building site

A

House Sewer

138
Q

Part of the lowest horizontal piping of a plumbing system which receives the discharges from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside of a building and conveys it to the house sewer outside of the house

A

House Drain

139
Q

Any pipe or fitting installed in a horizontal position or which forms an angle of not more than 45 degrees from horizontal plain

A

Horizontal Pipe

140
Q

A drain pipe extending laterally from a soil or waste stack or building drain with or without vertical sections or branches, which receives the discharge from one or more fixture drains and conducts it to the soil or waste stack or to the building drain

A

Horizontal Branch

141
Q

A device designed to retain grease from 1 to a maximum of 4 fixtures

A

Grease Trap

142
Q

An interceptor of at least 3 cubic meter capacity to serve one or more fixtures which is remotely located

A

Grease interceptor

143
Q

A return bend of a small sized pipe, one end of which is about 30 cm long and the other end is about 7.5 cm long

A

Gooseneck

144
Q

A valve in which the flow of a fluid is cut off by means of a circular disc that fits over and against the horizontal valve seat

A

Globe Valve

145
Q

A valve in which the flow of water is cut off by means of a circular disc fitted against a machine-smoothed faces, at right angles to the direction of flow

A

Gate Valve

146
Q

A device which discharges a predetermined quantity of water into fixtures for flushing purposes and is actuated by direct water pressure

A

Flushometer Valve

147
Q

Integrated within an air accumulator vessel which is designed to discharge a predetermined quantity of water into fixtures for flushing purposes

A

Flushometer Tank

148
Q

A device located at the bottom of the tank for the purpose of flushing water closet or similar fixtures

A

Flush Valve

149
Q

A tank located above or integral with water closet, urinal or similar fixtures for flushing or removing excrements in the fixture

A

Flush Tank

150
Q

A fixture is flooded when the liquid therein rises to the flood level rim

A

Flooded

151
Q

The top edge of the receptacle from where water overflows

A

Flood Level Rim

152
Q

The level in a fixture at which water begins to overflow over the top of rim of the fixture

A

Flood Level

153
Q

An arbitrary quantity in terms of which the load producing effects of water requirements on the plumbing system of different kinds of plumbing fixtures are expressed in some arbitrary chosen scale

A

Fixture Unit

154
Q

A water supply pipe connecting the fixture with the fixture branch

A

Fixture Supply

155
Q

The drainpipe from the trap of a fixture to the junction of tat drain with any other drainpipe

A

Fixture Drain

156
Q

The water supply pipe between the fixture supply pipe and the water distributing pipe

A

Fixture branch

157
Q

A receptacle other than a trap attached into a plumbing system in which water or wastes may be collected or retained for ultimate discharge into the plumbing system

A

Fixture

158
Q

A metallic sleeve, caulked or joined to an opening in a pipe, into which a plug is screwed that can be removed for cleaning or examining the interior of a pipe

A

Ferrule

159
Q

It is the minimum cross-sectional area at the point of water supply discharged measured

A

Effective Opening

160
Q

A term used to describe soil or waste system where all piping’s are of threaded pipe tubing or other such rigid construction using recessed drainage fittings to correspond to the types of piping

A

Durham System

161
Q

Includes all the piping within public or private premises which convey sewage or other liquid wastes to a legal point of disposal but does not include the mains of a public sewer system

A

Drainage System

162
Q

A pipe which carries ground surface waters, stormwater or wastewater into a building drainage system

A

Drain

163
Q

A pipe for conveying rainwater from a roof or gutter to the ground or to a drain

A

Downspout

164
Q

2 offsets in succession or in series such that the centerlines of the outside ends are in the same straight line

A

Double Offset

165
Q

A pipe fitting with adjacent reverse bends and shaped like the letter S

A

Double Bend Fitting

166
Q

The liquid and water borne wastes derived from the ordinary living processes, free from industrial wastes

A

Domestic Sewage

167
Q

The extended portion of a pipe that is closed at one end to which no connections are made on the extended portion, thus permitting the stagnation of liquid or air therein

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Dead-end

168
Q

Any connection between a potable water supply system and any plumbing fixture through which enables non-potable, used, uncleaned, unpolluted, contaminated water to enter into any part of such potable water system under any condition

A

Cross-Connection

169
Q

Marking on a backflow prevention device or vacuum breaker is a point conforming to approved standards and established by the testing laboratory

A

Critical Level

170
Q

A stop valve placed at the connection of the water service pipe to the water main

A

Corporation Cock

171
Q

A vertical pipe to convey rainwater

A

Conductor or Downspout

172
Q

A drain connecting compartments of a set of fixtures to trap or connecting other permitted fixtures to a common trap

A

Continuous Waste

173
Q

It is the vertical vent that is a continuation of the drain to which the vent connects

A

Continuous Vent

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