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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Female fitting

Construction; Plumbing

A fitting that receives a pipe or fitting. A fitting into which another fitting is inserted.

Female threads

Construction; Plumbing

Faucet threads that are in place on the inside of a fitting.

Ferrous

Construction; Plumbing

The shape of a some toilet bowls, where the bowl is about 2 inches longer than the standard round front bowl, usually 14 inches wide by 18 ½ inches long.

Electric resistance weld pipe (ERW)

Construction; Plumbing

Cold finished pipe made by a series of operations in which the flat rolled material is cold shaped into tubular form and welded at the seam. The heat for the weld is generated at the seam by the ...

The vertical distance between the level where fluid enters a pipe and the level where it leaves. It must be added to the Total Discharge Head if the inlet is lower than the outlet and subtracted if ...

Elongated

Construction; Plumbing

The shape of a some toilet bowls, where the bowl is about 2 inches longer than the standard round front bowl, usually 14 inches wide by 18 ½ inches long.

Enamel

Construction; Plumbing

An opaque vitreous composition applied by fusion to the surface of metal fixtures such as cast iron and pressed steel tubs, lavs, and sinks. enamelled steel is less durable than enamelled cast-iron.