Plumbing

Plumbing

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

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Pressure head

Construction; Plumbing

Pressure in a plumbing system. The unit of measure which is the vertical force exerted by water at a depth of one foot.

The term given for the loss of pressure that occurs whenever water moves through a pipe or when water moves uphill against the force of gravity. If the total pressure loss in a piping system exceeds ...

Pressure reducing valve

Construction; Plumbing

A valve that automatically reduces inlet water pressure to a specified value at its outlet under static cold water conditions.

Pressure balanced valve

Construction; Plumbing

A shower mixing valve that automatically maintains balance between incoming hot and cold water supplies by immediately regulating fluctuations in pressure. As a result, temperature remains constant, ...