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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Tyseal gasket

Construction; Plumbing

Gasket for joining SV cast iron pipe into a hub.

Type M tube

Construction; Plumbing

An industry standard for copper tubing defined by the tube wall thickness and identified by a "red" stripe Tyseal Gasket Gasket for joining SV cast iron pipe into a hub.

Trap primer

Construction; Plumbing

A small feeder line connecting the cold water line directly to the drainage trap, which releases a small amount of water to the trap should it run dry to maintain the water seal.

Trap seal

Construction; Plumbing

Height of water in a toilet bowl "at rest.". It provides the water seal which prevents sewer gases from entering the home. It is measured from the top of the dam down to the inlet of the trapway. ...

Trap drain

Construction; Plumbing

A flex adapter to connect 1 ¼" to 1 ½" drain pipe Trap Primer A small feeder line connecting the cold water line directly to the drainage trap, which releases a small amount of water to the trap ...

Upper thermostat

Construction; Plumbing

Device which automatically maintains a predetermined temperature in an appliance, usually equipped with a safety shutoff.

Pressure-balancing shower mixing valve with automatic temperature control. When temperature or pressure fluctuations occur at the water inlets, a thermal actuator adjusts the hot and cold ratio to ...