Plumbing

Plumbing

Referring to the skilled trade of working with pipes and plumbing fixtures that provide water or drain waste.

Contributors in Plumbing

Plumbing

The vertical distance between a bed of philtre media or ion exchange material and the overflow or collector for backwash water; the height above the bed of granular media available for bed expansion ...

French drain

Construction; Plumbing

A covered ditch containing a layer of fitted or loose stone or other pervious material.

Friction loss

Construction; Plumbing

The loss of pressure caused by the turbulence created in water while travelling through the pipe.

Flux

Construction; Plumbing

Paste applied to copper pipes and fittings before soldering to help the fusion process and prevent oxidation.

Foam insulation

Construction; Plumbing

Insulation surrounding the surface of a water heater tank.

Full-finished

Construction; Plumbing

Refers to tubular products in which the weld has been processed to produce uniform strength and dimensions, and subsequently annealed to obtain proper corrosion resistance.