Plumbing

Plumbing

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

Industry: Construction

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Casing

Construction; Plumbing

A tubular structure intended to be watertight installed in the excavated or drilled hole to maintain the well opening and to prevent ground water from entering the well.

Heavy metal made of casting on moulds to make fixtures such as sinks, tubs and lavatories, covered with a porcelain enamel coating. Casting is made of a series of alloys primarily of iron, carbon, ...

Cast iron no hub pipe

Construction; Plumbing

Also known as Soil Pipe, No Hub pipe is used in certain locales and for commercial buildings for soil stacks. It cannot be soldered, threaded, or welded, and can only by connected by steel banded ...

Closet auger

Construction; Plumbing

A flexible rod with a curved end used to access the toilet's built-in trap and remove clogs.

Closet bend

Construction; Plumbing

A curved fitting mounted immediately below the toilet that connects the closet flange to the toilet drain.

Closet flange

Construction; Plumbing

An anchoring ring that attaches to the closet bend and secured to the floor. The heads of closet bolts, used to secure the toilet in place, insert into slots in the closet flange.

Coagulant

Construction; Plumbing

A material, such as alum, which will form a gelatinous precipitate in water, and cause the agglomeration of finely divided particles into larger particles which can then be removed by settling and/or ...