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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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Seal-off fitting

Construction; Plumbing

Fitting which prevents gas leakage from moving from one section of pipe to another.

Sealed combustion

Construction; Plumbing

Sealing of combustion chamber to prevent spillage of combustion products.

Sealed combustion heater

Construction; Plumbing

A heater which pulls combustion air from outside the structure and vents combustion by-products to the outside.

Sliding panels

Construction; Plumbing

The moving panels in a bypass door. (as in shower doors)

Slip gasket

Construction; Plumbing

Elastomer (natural occurring elastic substance) gasket, usable with a hub and spigot pipe because it has a tapered cross section.

Sleeve

Construction; Plumbing

Pipe which is passed through a wall for the purpose of inserting another pipe through it.

Soft flame

Construction; Plumbing

A flame partially deprived of primary air such that the combustion zone is extended and the inner cone of the flame is ill-defined.

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