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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gray water

Construction; Plumbing

Waste water from sinks, showers, and bathtubs, but not toilets.

Backflow prevention

Construction; Plumbing

Backflow prevention means the mechanical prevention of reverse flow, or back siphonage, of nonpotable water into the potable water source.

Viscosity

Construction; Plumbing

The resistance of fluids to flow, due to internal forces and friction between molecules, which increases as its temperature decreases.

Vitreous china

Construction; Plumbing

Ceramic materials fired at high temperature to form a non-porous body, having exposed surfaces coated with ceramic glaze fused to the body. This is used to form bathroom fixtures such as toilets, ...

Washdown water closet

Construction; Plumbing

Water closet having a syphon trapway at the front of the bowl, and integral flushing rim.

Waste & overflow

Construction; Plumbing

Drain assembly for a bathtub. The outlet at the top removes the overflow water during tub filling and the drain at the bottom removes wastewater when the tub is drained.