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1
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unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening from any pipe or faucet supplying water to a tank, plumbing fixture, or other device and the flood level rim of the receptacle

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Air Gap

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the flow of water, or other liquid mixture or substances into the distributing pipes of a potable supply of water from any source, other than its intended source

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Back Flow

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the back flow of used contaminated water from a plumbing fixture or vessel into a water supply pipe due to a negative pressure in such a pipe

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Back Siphonage

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refers to any group of two or more similar adjacent fixtures which discharges into a common horizontal waste pipe or soil branch

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Battery of Fixtures

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5
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is synonymous with faucet, cock, tap, plug, etc. The word faucet is preferred

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Bib

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6
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a flange that closes the end of a pipe. There is no opening for the passage of water.

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Blind Flange

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A controlled outlet on a pipeline used to discharge water

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Blow Off

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Any part of the piping system other than a riser or stack

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Branch

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Length of a soil or waster stack corresponding in general to the storey height

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Branch Interval

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Is 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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Plugging an opening with oakum, lead or other materials, that are pounded into the place or opening.

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Calking

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12
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Branch vent that serves two or more traps, and extends from the front of the last fixture connection of a horizontal branch to the vent stack

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Circuit Vent

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13
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Vertical vent that is a continuation of the drain to which a vent connects

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Continuous vent

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14
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Fixture combining one sink and tray or a two or three compartment sink or tray in one vent

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Combination Fixtures

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15
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A specially designed system of waste piping embodying the horizontal wet venting of one or more sinks or floor drains by means of a common waste and vent pipe adequately sized to provide free movement of air above the flow line of the drain

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Combination Waste and Vent System

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16
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A drain from two or three fixture connected to a single trap. It is also called a dual vent

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Common Vent

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Any physical connection between two otherwise separate piping system, one contains potable water,and the other from unknown or questionable safety

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Cross Connection

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18
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Extended portion of a pipe that is closed at one end permitting the stagnation of water or air therein

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Dead End

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19
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Length along the center of the pipe or fitting

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Developed Length

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20
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The nominal interior diameter of the pipe, except for brass and copper pipe, wherein it refers to the outside diameter

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Diameter

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21
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Includes all piping that conveys sewage, rainwater and other liquid waste to a legal point of disposal

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Drainage System

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22
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Vent that does not carry water or water-borne wastes

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Dry Vent

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23
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Is the minimum cross sectional area at the point of water supply discharge, measured or expressed in terms of diameter of a circle

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Effective Opening

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24
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The portion of a plumbing system that has been installed and approved prior to the addition, alteration or correction

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Existing Work

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25
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Pipe connecting several fixtures

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Fixture Branch

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26
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Drain from the Trap of a fixture to the junction of that drain with any other drain pipe

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Fixture Drain

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27
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Water supply pipe connecting the fixture with the fixture branch

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Fixture Supply

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28
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Quantity in terms of which the load producing effects on the plumbing system of different kinds of plumbing fixtures are expressed in some arbitrarily chosen scale

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Fixture Units

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29
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Total discharge flow in gallons per unit of a simple fixture divided by 7.5 gallons that provides the flow rate of that particular fixture as a unit of flow

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Fixture Unit Flow Rate

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30
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Device located inside the tank for the purpose of maintaining water level for effective flushing of the water closet

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Flood Level

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31
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Metallic sleeve or otherwise joined into an opening in pipe into which a plug is screwed that can be removed for the purpose of cleaning or examining the interior of the pipe

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Ferrule

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32
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Device located at the bottom of the tank for flushing water closets and similar fixtures

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Flush Valve

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33
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Device which discharges a predetermined quality of water to the fixture for flushing purposes activated by direct water pressure

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Flushometer Valve

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34
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Slope or fall of pipe in reference to a fraction of an inch per foot length of pipe

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Grade

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35
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Branch vent that performs its fucntion for two or more traps

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Group Vent

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36
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Any pipe or fitting which makes an angle of more than 45deg with the vertical

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Horizontal Pipe

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37
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Lowest portion of the inside of any pipe or conduit that is not vertical

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Invert

38
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Any discharge from any fixture or appliance in connection with a plumbing system which does not receive fecal matter

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Liquid Waste

39
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Pipe on the fixture side of the trap through which vapor or foul air is removed from a room or fixture

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Local Vent Pipe

40
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same as Circuit Vent except that it loops back and connects with a vent stack instead of a stack vent

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Looped Vent

41
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In plumbing, a secondary pipe. In sewage, a common sewer to which no other common sewer is a tributary. It receives sewage only from the building sewer.

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Lateral

42
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Principal artery of a system to which branches may be connected

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Main

43
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Sewer Line or system directly controlled by public authorities

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Main Sewer

44
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Principal artery of the venting system to which vent branches may be connected

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Main Vent

45
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Installed receptacles, devices or appliances which are supplied with water, or which receives or discharges liquid or liquid-borne waste, w/ or w/o discharge into drainage system which may be directly or indirectly connected

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Plumbing Fixtures

46
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  • water-treating or water-using equipment
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Plumbing System

47
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provides circulation of air between drainage and vent systems

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Relief Vent

48
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Part of the vent pipeline which connects directly with an individual waste or group of wastes, underneath or back of the fixture, and extend either to the main or branch vent pipe

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Re-Vent Pipe

49
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Water supply pipe which extend vertically one full storey or more to convey water to branches or fixtures

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Riser

50
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  • necessary fixture supports
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Rough-in

51
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An open return bend usually with inside threads, but applied also to 180deg bend in pipe

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Return Bend

52
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Common sewer directly controlled by public authorities where all abutters have equal right of connection

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Public Sewer

53
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sewage connecting human excrement and liquid household waste. It is also called domestic sewage

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Sanitary Sewage

54
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A sewer intended to receive sanitary sewage with or without industrial wastes and without the admixture if surface water, storm water or drainage

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Sanitary Sewer

55
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Any branch in a building drain other than the primary branch

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Secondary Branch

56
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a comprehensive term including all construction or collection, transportation, pumping, treatment and final disposition of sewage

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Sewerage or Sewage Work

57
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is a Y connection used on fire lines so that two lines of hose may be connected to a hydrant or to the same nozzle

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Siamese Connection

58
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Vertical Pipe usually used for the storage of water, frequently under pressure

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Standpipe

59
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a vent connecting to the drain pipe through a fitting at an angle not greater than 45deg or to the vertical

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Side Vent

60
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Any pipe that conveys the discharge of water closets or fixtures having similar functions, with or without the discharge from other fixtures

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Soil Pipe

61
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Vertical Main of a system of soil, waste or vent pipe

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Stack

62
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the location of fixtures in relation to the stack so that by means of proper fittings, vents may be reduced to a minimum

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Stack Group

63
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extension of a soil or waste stack above the highest horizontal drain connected to the stack. It is sometimes called waste vent or soil vent

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Stack Vent

64
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method of venting a fixture or fixtures through the soil or waste stack

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Stack Venting

65
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underground drain pipes that receive subsurface or seepage water only and convey it to a place of disposal

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Subsoil Drain

66
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Pit or Receptacle at a low point to which the liquid waste are drained

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Sump

67
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fitting or device so designed as to provide, when properly vented, a liquid seal that will prevent the back passage of air without materially affecting the flow of sewage through it

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Trap

68
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Maximum vertical depth of liquid that trap will retain, measured between the crown weir and top of the dip of the trap

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Trap Seal

69
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Vertical Pipe installed primarily for the purpose of providing circulation of air to different parts of the drainage system

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Vent Stack

70
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Pipe/s installed to provide a flow or circulation of air within the plumbing system to protect trap seals siphoning and back pressure

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Vent System

71
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Pipe installed in a vertical position or at an angle of not more than 45deg with the vertical

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Vertical Pipe

72
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pipe that conveys liquid waste from fixture that is free of fecal matter

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Waste Pipe

73
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Waste that is discharged through water closet

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Solid Waste

74
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Waste that is discharged by fixtures other than water closet

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Liquid Waste

75
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Pipe that discharges from water closet

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Soil Pipe

76
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Pipe that discharges from fixtures other than water closet

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Waste Pipe

77
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Pipe that conveys water from the water service pipe to the plumbing fixtures and other water outlets

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Water Distributing Pipe

78
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Pipe from the water main or other source of water supply to the building served

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Water Service Pipe

79
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  • all necessary connecting pipes, fitting and valves
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Water Supply System

80
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Vent that receives the discharge from wastes other than water closet

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Wet Vent

81
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Two Main Objectives of Plumbing

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1) To supply water to different parts of the building

82
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Conditions for an Effective Water Supply in Buildings

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1) To provide sufficient amount of water to supply each fixture

83
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The Drainage System should Accomplish the following:

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1) Fast removal of the waste with a minimum probability of leakage and stoppage of drains

84
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Types of Cast-Iron pipe

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1) Standard Pipe (spigot - hub)

85
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hole in the ground curbed w/ stones or other materials to allow raw contaminated sewage to leach into the soil

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Cesspool

86
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Concrete Sealed Vault with a wooden shelter constructed for the collection of raw sewage

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Privy

87
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Device or receptacle used to expedite the decomposition of the elements contained in a raw sewage waste

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Septic Tank

88
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Public Sewage system operated and maintained by the government consisting of a sewage treatment plant that conveys the raw sewage from buildings and houses to a disposal system

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Public Sewer Line

89
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Semi-liquid substance that accumulates at the bottom of the septic tank

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Sludge

90
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Semi-liquid substance that floats in the septic tank

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Scum

91
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P-trap with 5cm water seal

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Common Seal P-Trap

92
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P-trap with 10cm water seal

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Deep Seal P-Trap

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