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Plumbing House Water Supply

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Water main
Main pipe or conduit through which a public or community water system conveys water to all service connections
Corporation stop
Valve controlling the flow of water or gas from a main to a service pipe
Curb cock
Control valve for shutting off the water supply to a building incase of an emergency
Service pipe
Pipe connecting a building to a water or gas main usually installed by or under the jurisdiction of a public utility
Shut off valve
Any valve for shutting off the flow of water or gas from a supply pipe
Water meter
Device for measuring and recording the quantity of water that passes through a pipe
Water distributing pipe
Pipe which conveys potable water from the building supply pipe to the plumbing fixtures and other water outlets
Faucet
Device for controlling the flow of a liquid from a pipe by opening or closing an orifice
Main
The principal pipe artery to which branches are connected.
Corporation cock
A stop valve placed at the connection of the water service pipe to the water main
Goose neck
A return bend of small sized pipe one end of which is about one foot long (one end is 30cm long; other end is 7.5cm long)
Branch
Other than the main, riser or stack
Branch interval
Storey height, not less than 8 feet within which the horizontal branches from one floor or storey of a building are connected to the stack
Horizontal branch
Branch drain extending laterally from a soil or waste stack , with or without sections or branchess
Fixture branch
Supply pipe between the fixture and the water distributing pipe
Fixture supply
Water supply pipe connecting the fixture with the fixture branch
Riser
Water supply pipe that extends vertically one full storey or more
Bibb
Faucet, cock, tap, plug, etc
Faucet
Valve or a pipe which water can be drawn from or held within the pipe/located at the end of water pipe
Spigot
End of a pipe which fits into a bell
Flood level
Level in a fixture at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a fixture
Critical level
Marking on a backflow prevention device or vacuum breaker, determines the minimum elevation above the flood level rim of the fixture
Flood level rim
Top edge of a receptacle
Static pressure
Pressure existing without any flow motion
Residual pressure
Pressure available at the fixture or water outlet
Domestic cold water
Part of the piping of a plumbing installation which supplies the plumbing fixtures with adequate flow of water
Basement supply mains
Portion of the piping of the water system suspended from the basement ceiling and where branches are connected to serve the fixture risers
Fixture supply risers
Portion if the piping of the water system furnishing the fixtures installed on various floors with a flow of cold water
Service sink
Disposal of scrub water, deep enough to accommodate a scrub pail
Scullery sink
Pot sink for restaurants and large kitchens
Lavatory
Wash basin
Sitz bath
Used chiefly in the care of invalids and infirm
Plumbing fixtures
Receptacle which water or water wastes may be collected or retained for ultimate discharge into the plumbing system/approved type installed receptacles, devices or appliances
Fixture
A receptacle attached to a plumbing system
Plumbing appliance
Special class of device or equipment intended to perform a special plumbing function
Plumbing appurtenances
Manufactured device/prefabricated assembly; on the job assembly of component parts, and serves as adjunct to the basic piping system and plumbing fixtures
Battery of fixtures
Two or more similar adjacent fixtures with discharge into a common horizontal or soil branch
Bidet
Washing the middle part of the body especially the genitals
Latrine
Water closet with continuous trough containing water
Lavatory
Washing of the hands and the face
Ball cock
Faucet/ valve opened or closed by the fall or rise of a ball floating on the surface of water
Ball joint
Connection in which a ball shaped end is held in a cuplike shell that allows movement in every direction
Swimming pool
Water receptacle used for swimming/water basin
Flush tank
For flushing or removing excrements in the fixture
Flush valve
Flushing using water directly from water supply pipes/in connection with a special flush tank
Flushometer tank
Air accumulator vessel; to discharge a predetermined quantity of water for flushing purposes; actuated by direct water pressure
House Sewer
Part of the drainage system beginning just outside the foundation wall and terminating at the main sewer; terminal can also be a septic tank; starts at the end of the building drain
House Drain
Part of the plumbing system which receives the discharge of all soil and waste stacks within the building and conveys it to the house sewer; conveys to the building sewer beginning .6m outside building wall
House trap
Device placed in the house drain immediately inside the foundation wall of the building; serves as a barrier and prevents the gases which occur in the public sewers from circulating through the plumbing system
Drainage system
Drainage pipe of a plumbing system take the waste water from the plumbing fixtures and deliver it to the sewer or some other outlet
Plumbing system
Includes the water supply, liquids, substances and other ingredients distributing pipes
Sewerage works
Construction, collection, transportation, pumping treatment and final disposition of sewage
Subsoil drain
Underground drain pipe; receives only subsurface or seepage water and convey it to a sump for disposal by gravity flow
Building subdrain
Portion of an underground system, cannot drain by gravity into the building sewer
Grade
Slope or fall of pipes in reference to horizontal plane
Fixture drain
Drain from the trap of a fixture to the junction of the drain
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