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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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).

Trim

Construction; Plumbing

The outside decorative parts that hide a faucet rough-in.

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.