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Plumbing
Referring to the skilled trade of working with pipes and plumbing fixtures that provide water or drain waste.
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Yoke vent
Construction; Plumbing
A pipe connecting upward from a soil or waste stack to a vent stack for the purpose of preventing pressure changes in the stacks.
Yoke
Construction; Plumbing
Usually a brass casting that holds both the hot and cold valves and the mixing chamber for the water. May also refer to an assembly of copper or other metal which serves the same function.
Yellow tipping
Construction; Plumbing
A flame condition caused by too severe a reduction in primary air. The yellow colour is caused by glowing carbon particles in the flame. It can be corrected by the injection of more primary air.
Wye
Construction; Plumbing
A Y-shaped fitting with three openings used to create branch lines. Allows one pipe to be joined to another at a 45 degree angle.
Whirlpool tub
Construction; Plumbing
A bathtub with circulation jets in various spots throughout the tub that provide therapeutic massaging action.
Wet vent
Construction; Plumbing
Drain or waste pipe that also acts for one or more fixtures on the same line.
Wellpoint
Construction; Plumbing
A pipe fitted with a driving point and a fine mesh screen used to remove underground water. A complete set of equipment for drying up ground including wellpoints, connecting pipes and pumps.
