Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
28 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
The system of pipes, tanks, fittings, and other apparatus required for the water supply, heating, and sanitation in a building |
Plumbing |
|
A piece of equipment for furniture which is fixed in position in a building |
Fixtures |
|
System of pipes used to convey fluids (liquids and gases) from one location to another |
Piping |
|
What is the three principal parts |
Water supply system Water and waste removal system Plumbing fixtures |
|
Infrastructure for the collection, transmission, treatment, storage, and distribution of water for homes, commercial establishments, industry and irrigation, as well as for such public needs as firefighting and street flushing |
Water supply system |
|
Used to control the flow of fluid or gas |
Valve fitting |
|
Portion of the pipe or fitting continuing in a straight line in the direction of flow in which it is connected |
Run |
|
Water supply pipe extends vertically to one story or more to carry water to fixtures |
Riser |
|
Is an exchangeable device which can be connected to a plumbing system to deliver and drain water |
Plumbing fixture |
|
Most waste water undergoes secondary treatment as well as primary treatment. The most common method is to sprinkle or trickle the water over a bed of sand or gravel |
Water and waste removal system |
|
Vertical drain pipe that collects waste from one or more fixtures |
Soil stack |
|
Also known as drain-waste-vent (DWV) system vertical drainpipe that doesn't carry soil from a sanitary fixture |
Waste stack |
|
Soil stack that drain water closets |
Main stack |
|
Pipe that carries the discharge of water closets or other similar fixtures |
Soil pipe |
|
U-shaped pipe below plumbing fixtures that holds water to prevent odor and sewer gas from entering the fixture |
Trap |
|
A fitting with removable plug placed in plumbing drainage pipe lines to allow access for cleaning out the pipe |
Cleanout |
|
Pipe installed to ventilate the building drainage system and to prevent drawing liquid out of traps and stopping back pressure |
Vent Pipe |
|
Use for carrying groundwater, rainwater, surface water, or other non polluting water |
Storm sewer |
|
A small part on or attached to a piece of furniture or equipment |
Fitting |
|
A mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object function or process |
Symbol |
|
Function to change fluid direction by 90° and it's convenient to suit steel construction and structural |
90° pipe elbow |
|
Usually attached to cover plastic steel cast iron and lead and can also be connected to stainless and rubber fixtures |
45° pipe elbow |
|
T-shaped having two outlets and is used to connect pipelines with a pipe at a right angle with the line |
Tee |
|
Pipe fitting component which reduces the flow size from larger to smaller by reducing the size of the pipe |
Reducer |
|
Covers the end of pipe stopping the flow of fluids and protecting pipe threads |
Cap |
|
Pipe that carries your waste water from your home |
Lateral |
|
Used in the place where four pipes meet together |
Cross |
|
If you use when you are trying to join two pipes together that are fixed thus unable to be turned |
Union |