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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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Orbital weld

Construction; Plumbing

A circumferential, full fusion weld used to join together two lengths of tubing. It is a GTAW welding process. Usually to join coiled lengths.

Multi-stage pump

Construction; Plumbing

A pump that has more than one impeller.

Most probable number (MPN)

Construction; Plumbing

The term used to indicate the number of organisms which, according to statistical theory, would be most likely to produce the results observed in certain bacteriological tests; usually expressed as a ...

Multiport valve

Construction; Plumbing

Rotary type backwash valve. Can replace up to 6 regular gate valves. Serves various functions.

Monitor cover

Construction; Plumbing

The cast iron lid that fits over a flange casting which is mounted on metre tile in a water metre pit. It consists of an outer lid, an inner lid, and the flange casting in one or two pieces.

Offset

Construction; Plumbing

A tubular component which permits the offsetting of a drainage run in the same basic direction.

Oil powered

Construction; Plumbing

A water heater that uses oil as its fuel source.

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