• Person who installs pipes – Plumber
• Showers, lavatories, bath tubs and sink
– Plumbing Fixtures
• Required by the National Plumbing Code
EXCEPT, There should be no ventilation pipe to avoid exposure of bad odor
• Faulty plumbing may cause, Serious
health hazard
• Pipe that conveys waste other than from
the water closet, Waste pipe
• Prevent siphonage or backflow of the
water – Vent pipe
• Ideal size of the pipe – Not less than
3” or 75 mm diameter
• Commonly used plastic pipe, Polyvinyl
chloride (PVC)
• Septic tank collect organic waste
discharge
• Septic tank is ideal in a family with 6
members – 1.3 cu.m.
• Septic tank is ideal in a family with 9
members – 1.95 cu.m.
• Decomposition in the upper portion of
the septic tank, Sedimentation
• Minimum distance of the tank to the
nearest source of water, 100 meters
• Threader making teeth on pipes
• Teflon tape used to seal
• G.I. pipe – hacksaw
• Pipe Wrench tighten or loosen
• Trap prevent the back passage of air
• Connect smaller pipe from a larger pipe,
Reducer
• Connect fixed pipe and fixtures, Union
fitting
• Plumbum – latin word for Lead
• Adjustable wrench – tighten or loosen
bolts and nuts
• Pipe wrench – tighten or loosen pipe
• Pump – move fluid
• Pipe made of concrete and usually use
for sewer – Soil pipes
• System of pipes and drains installed for
the purpose of distribution – Plumbing System
• Avoid the sewer gases to build up
pressure – Venting System
• Drainpipes connections are lead away from
all fixtures at a certain calculated slope of, ¼ per ft.
• Use for making flanged, cast iron
• Venting system facilitate the flow of
sewer gases and, solid and water disposal
• Copper – reliability and durability
• Used in conjunctions, Sealants
• plumbing local code – Building
inspector’s
• Type of joints is generally used on
large-diameter pipes – Flanged
• Compressions fittings – Jointing
polyethylene
• Most corrosion- resistant, Stainless
steel tube
• Shape and position of a trap retains
water that serves as an, Effective seal
• Increasing standardization of Plumbing
codes, equipment and materials
• improvements of the plastic materials in
plumbing, uniform regulations can be expected
• Sludge accumulated at the bottom
• Sewer underground tunnel
• Prevent backflow of water – Check valve
• Ball valve – can be closed or opened
• schedule 40 pipe, Thicker than schedule
20
• NOT required by the National Plumbing
Code, No vent pipe is needed.
• Cleanout, purposes of troubleshooting in
case of stoppage of flow
• Plastic pipes are commonly used – PVC
• Connected for each faucet, toilet, and
fixtures, Fixture shutoffs
• Plumber's snake, Metal with semi-rigid
auger
• Toilet has trouble – plunger
• gripping large pipes and irregular
objects, chain wrench
• Holding tool when cutting pipes, Yoke
vise
• Hold pipe by hand, Vise grip
• Good plumbing practices, EXCEPT –
excessive water consumption
• Back flow, being forced back
• examples of plumbing fixtures, EXCEPT,
drainage
• NOT true about plumbing standards,
Plumbing shall be designed and adjusted to use the maximum quantity of water
consistent with proper performance and cleaning.
• Toxic substance, Hazardous to human
health
• best describes a toilet bowl, The Box
Type compartment holding water for flushing the toilet
• Plumbing ventilation means, carry sewer
gas out and relieve pressure of the drainage system
• Down spout, Rainwater from the roof down
to the ground
• Inside building the diameter of pipes –
0.5 inch
• Portable water travel – Galvanized pipes
• System has leak – Gate valve
• Shut off the flow of water just 90
degrees turn, Globe valve
• Fitted with a male adopter, Cap
• Fitted with a female adopter, Plug
• PVC pipes can be installed in a 7.50
meter – 2.5 pcs
• Coupling, connect two length of pipes
• Leaking in the water supply of lavatory,
sink, and water close – Angle valve
• Source of potable water, minimum safe
distance from the septic tank – 15 meters
• Supply water for public use, minimum
meter radius from a well to the residences – 100 meters
• Standard length of a PVC pipe 10 ft.
• Standard length of a G.I. pipe – 6 ft.
• Standard length of a PVC pipe – 3.0 m
• Plumbing fixtures must have P-trap,
EXCEPT, water closet
• Size of house drain – surge flow rate
from shower
• House sewer, conveys discharge to public
sewer
• Water Reservoir – supply (dam)
• Water distribution – distributor
(Maynilad, Manila water, Water district)
• Main water pipe – system of pipes
• Water service pipe – water from service
to plumbing fixtures
• Below atmospheric pressure – Gate valve
• Protect tank from pressure - Vacuum
• Needle – nose pliers – cutting, holding
• Combination pliers – grip, cut, twist
• Side – cutting pliers – cutting edges
• Tongue – and – groove plier – loosen and
tighten faucets
• Sin clogs up – P-Trap
• Water closet – J bend
• First step in laundry tub, Level the
stand
• Bend copper without kinking, expose to
heat
• National Plumbing Code, EXCEPT – to enhance siphoning of water