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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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Viscosity
Construction; Plumbing
The resistance of fluids to flow, due to internal forces and friction between molecules, which increases as its temperature decreases.
Gauge
Construction; Plumbing
Device for registering water level, discharge, velocity, pressure, etc. A number that defines the thickness of the sheet used to make steel pipe. The larger the number, the thinner the pipe wall.
Total discharge head
Construction; Plumbing
The total pressure or head the pump must develop. It is the sum of the depth to pumping level, elevation, service pressure, and friction loss.
Touchless faucet
Construction; Plumbing
Commercially installed faucet or urinal valve that function using infrared sensor system.
Total head
Construction; Plumbing
The difference between the head at the discharge and suction flange of the pump ( syn Total Dynamic Head, pump head, system head).
Trenchless
Construction; Plumbing
A system of installing or replacing underground infrastructure by pulling the lines through an existing pipe or a pilot hole, rather than laying pipe into long, pre-dug trenhches.
