Section 1b- Definitions Part 2 Flashcards
Grillage
Sand, pea gravel, and limestone rock sizes 57 and smaller used for bedding for piping systems
Hangers
Supports
Health care facility
hospital, nursing home, limited care facility, clinic, ambulatory care center, or office practice medical or dental office.
Horizontal branch drain
drain branch 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 (1) or more fixture drains and conducts it to the soil or waste stack or to the building drain.
Hose Bibb
Sill cock, wall hydrant, or similar faucet with downward angled threaded nozzle
Hot water
Water at a temperature of not less than 120 degrees F
House drain
Building drain
House sewer
Building sewer
Indirect waste pipe
Waste pipe not directly connected with the drainage system, but that discharges into the drainage system through an air break or an air gap into a trap, fixture, receptor or interceptor
Individual sewage disposal system
System for the disposal of domestic sewage by means of a septic tank, cesspool, or mechanical treatment, designed for use apart from a public sewer to serve a single establishment or building
Individual vent
Pipe installed to vent a fixture drain. It connects with the vent system above the fixture served or terminates outside the building into the open air.
Individual water supply
Supply, other than an approved public water supply, which serves one or more families
Industrial floor drain
Drain placed in the floor of a building other than in a toilet room or shower room to receive waster water
Industrial wastes
Liquid wastes resulting from the processes employed in industrial and commercial establishments
Insanitary
Contrary to sanitary principles and potentially injurious to health
Interceptor
Device designed and installed so as to separate and retain deleterious, hazardous, or undesirable matter from normal wastes while permitting normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the drainage system by gravity
Installed
Altered, changed, or a new installation
Invert
Lowest portion of the inside of any horizontal pipe
Kitchen sink unit
Sink, double or single compartment, food waste disposer, and dishwasher placed in a unit so arranged that the dishwasher abuts the sink
Lavatory
Hand basin, such as in a bathroom
Leaching well or pit
Pit or receptacle having porous walls that allow the contents to seep into the ground
Lead
Solders and flux containing more than .2 percent lead and the wetted surfaces of pipes, pipe fittings, plumbing fittings, and fixtures containing more than a weighted average of .25 percent lead as calculated according to the formula established in 42 USC 300g-(d)(2)
Leader
Exterior drainage pipe for conveying storm water from roof or gutter drains
Liquid waste
The discharge from any fixture, appliance, area or appurtenance, which does not contain fecal matter
Load factor
The percentage of the total connected fixture unit flow that is likely to occur at any point in the drainage system
Local vent stack
Vertical pipe to which connections are made from the fixture side of traps and through which vapor and foul air can be removed from the fixture or device used on bedpan washers
Local ventilating pipe
Pipe through which foul air is removed from a room or fixture
Loop vent
Circuit vent that loops back to connect with a stack vent instead of a vent stack
Main
Horizontal, vertical and continuous piping that receives the waste, soil, main, or individual vents from fixture outlets or traps, directly or through branch pipes
Main sewer
Public sewer
Main vent
The principal artery of the venting system to which vent branches can be connected
Medical gas system
Assembly of equipment and piping for the distribution of nonflammable medical gases such as oxygen, nitrous oxide, compressed air, carbon dioxide, and helium
Medical-surgical vacuum system
Assembly of central vacuum producing equipment and a network of piping for patient suction in medical, medical-surgical, and waste anesthetic gas disposal applications.
Mobile facility
Vehicle licensed and registered with the KY Dept of Transportation that contains plumbing fixtures and is intended for temporary use with regard to structure it serves
Modular
Structure or component that is wholly or substantially fabricated in an off-site manufacture in facility for installation at the building site
Multiple dwelling
Building containing more than two dwelling units
NFPA
National Fire Protection Association
Nominal pipe size
Standard expression in inches and fractions thereof to designate the approx inside diameter of a pipe, conduit, or tube
Nonpotable water
Water not safe for drinking, personal or culinary use
NSF
National Sanitation Foundation
Nuisance
Dangerous to human life or detrimental to health including: A) a building, structure or premise not sufficiently skewered, drained, cleaned or lighted, in reference to its intended or actual use and B) an agent that renders the air, human food or drink, or a water supply unwholesome
Nurse’s station
Area in the nursing unit separated from the corridor by counter or desk, designed to permit nurses to a)record and file each patient’s history and progress b)observe and control a corridor c)prepare medicines d)maintain contact with patients, the hospital and the outside by local and public means of communication
Offset
Combination of elbows or bends that bring one section of pipe out of line but into a line parallel with the other section
Oil interceptor
Interceptor
Parts or material
All types of fittings and piping used in the soil, waste and vent systems; house sewers, potable water supply; plumbing fixtures; appurtenances, and mechanical sewage systems in plumbing systems
PE
Polyethylene
Person
Individual, public or private corporation, political subdivision, govt agency, municipality, co-partnership, association, firm, trust, estate, or other entity whatsoever
PEX
Cross-linked polyethylene pipe
PEX-AL-PEX
Polyethylene/aluminum/cross-linked polyethylene composite pressure pipe
Pitch
Grade
Plumbing
Art of installing in buildings the pipes for distributing the water supply, the fixtures for using water, and drainage pipes for removing waste water and sewage, together with all fittings, appurtenances, and appliances of various kinds, all within or adjacent to the building. DOES NOT include install of onsite sewage disposal, except for (stuff) within the building. IT DOES include: water service pipe btw prop line and building, other than firefighting piping, private water supply systems, house sewers which convey waste water and sewage from building to property line or other points of disposal, but NOT sewers btw man holes and sewer extending 5 ft from a main or manhole on private property, storm sewers and rain water piping located within a building and ext 2 feet outside of building, and med gas piping
Plumbing appliance
Any one of a special class of plumbing fixture that is intended to perform a specific function. Its operation and control can be dependent upon 1 or more energized components, such as motors controls heating elements or pressure or temperature sensing elements . Can operate automatically through 1 or more actions: time cycle, temp rang, pressure range, measure volume or weight, or manual adjustment or control by user or operator
Plumbing appurtenance
Manufactured device or prefab assembly of component parts, and is a adjunct to the basic piping system and plumbing fixtures. It demands no additional water supply nor does it add any discharge load to a fixture or the drainage system. It is presumed that it performs some useful function in the operation, maintenance, servicing, economy , or safety of the plumbing system
Plumbing fixture
A receptacle or device that is either permanently or temporarily connected to the water distribution system of the premises, and demands a supply of water therefrom, or it discharges used water, liquid borne waste materials, or sewage either directly or indirectly to the drainage system of the premises, or that requires both. But does not mean piping that carries water or sewage.
Plumbing inspector
Duly authorized employee or agent of the Dept of Housing, Building, and Construction who is charged with the responsibility of inspecting plumbing installations and with the enforcement of the KY State plumbing code
Plumbing repair
As used in the code, replacing a part or putting together a part or parts torn or broken
Plumbing system
Appliances and water heaters, the water supply distribution pipes, the fixtures and fixture traps, the soil, waste, and vent pipes, the house drain and house sewer, the storm water drainage within a building with their devices, appurtenances, and connections all within or adjacent to the building
Pool
Swimming pool
Potable water
Water free from impurities present in amounts sufficient in amounts sufficient to cause disease or harmful physiological effects and conforming in its bacteriological and chemical quality to the requirement of the Division of Water in 401 KAR Ch8 and the KY Plumbing Code in 815 KAR Ch 20
Private or private use
In the classification of plumbing fixtures, fixtures in residences, apartments and private bathrooms of hotels, as well as similar installations in other buildings where the fixtures are intended for the use of a family or an individual
Private sewer
Sewer serving 2 or more buildings, privately owned and not directly controlled by public authority
Public or public use
In classification of plumbing fixtures, fixtures in general toilet rooms of schools, gyms, hotels, railroad stations, public buildings, bars, public comfort stations, and other installation whether pay or free where a number of fixtures are installed so that the fixtures use is similarly unrestricted
Public sewer
Common sewer directly controlled by public authority
Public water main
Water supply pipe for public use controlled by public authority
PVC
Polyvinyl chloride
Receptor
Fixture or device that receives discharge from indirect waste pipes a
Relief vent
Auxiliary vent that permits additional circulation of air in or between drainage and vent systems
Replace
To put something new or rebuilt in the place of that which was existing
Return offset
Double offset installed so as to return the pipe its original alignment
Revent pipe
Individual vent
Rim
Unobstructed open edge of a fixture
Riser
Water supply pipe that extends vertically 1 full story or more to convey water to branches or to a group of fixtures
Roof drain
Drain installed to receive water collecting on the surface of a roof and to discharge it into a leader or a conductor
Roughing-in
Installation of all parts of the plumbing system that can be completed prior to the installation of fixtures. This includes drainage, water supply, vent piping, and the necessary fixture supports
Safe waste
Indirect waste pipe
Sand interceptor
Interceptor
Sand trap
Interceptor
Sanitary sewer
Sewer that carries sewage and excludes storm, surface, and ground water
Scrub sink
Device usually located in the operating suite to enable operating personnel to scrub their hands prior to operating procedure. The hot and cold water supply is activated by a knee action mixing valve or by wrist or pedal control
SDR
Standard dimensional ratio
Seepage well or pit
Covered pit with open-ended lining into which septic tank effluent is received that will seep or leach into the surrounding porous soil
Separator
Interceptor
Septic tank
Watertight receptacle that receives discharge of a building sanitary drainage system or part and is designed and constructed so as to digest organic matter through a period of sententious and allow the liquids to discharge into the soil outside of the tank through a system of open joint or perforated piping or a seepage pit
Sewage
Any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution, including liquids containing chemicals in solution.
Sewage ejector
Device for lifting sewage by entraining it in a high velocity jet of steam air or water
Side vent
Vent connecting to the drain pipe through a fitting at an angle not greater than 45 degrees to the vertical
Size of pipe and tubing
Diameter
Slope
Grade
Soil pipe
Pipe that conveys the discharge of water closets or similar fixtures, with or without the discharges from other fixtures, to the house drain
Soil vent
Stack vent
Special wastes
Wastes that require special treatment before entry into the normal plumbing system
Special waste pipe
Pipes that convey special wastes
Stack
Any vertical line of soil, waste, or vent piping
Stack vent
Extension of a soil or waste stack above the highest horizontal drain connected to the stack
Stack group
group of fixtures located adjacent to the stack so that by means of proper fittings, vents can be reduced to a minimum.
Stack venting
Method of venting a fixture or fixtures through the soil or waste stack
Sterilizer, boiling type
Fixture (non-pressure type) used for boiling instruments, utensils, and other equipment (used for disinfection). Some devices are portable, while others are connected to the plumbing system
Sterilizer, instrument
Device for the sterilization of various instruments
Sterilizer pressure (autoclave)
Fixture (pressure vessel) designed to use steam under pressure for sterilizing
Sterilizer, pressure instrument washer-sterilizer
Fixture (pressure vessel) designed to both wash and sterilize instruments during the operating cycle of the fixture
Sterilizer, utensil
Devise for the sterilization of utensils as used in hospital services
Sterilizer vent
Separate pipe or stack, indirectly connected to the building drainage system at the lower terminal, which receives vapors from non-pressure sterilizer, and conducts the vapors directly to the outer air. Sometimes a sterilizer vent is referred to as vapor, steam, atmospheric, or exhaust vent.
Sterilizer, water
Device for sterilizing water and storing sterile water
