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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Consumptive water use

Construction; Plumbing

Total amount of water used by vegetation, man's activities, and evaporation of surface water.

Continuous hinge door

Construction; Plumbing

A shower door that has a full-length continuous metal hinge on the side of the door.

Conventional vent

Construction; Plumbing

Atmospheric venting that utilises the natural convective rise of hot flue gases through the system to release the products of combustion.

Corporation cock

Construction; Plumbing

A stopcock screwed into the street water main to provide the house service connection.

Conductance

Construction; Plumbing

In water conditioning, the readiness of water to carry electricity. The unit of measure for conductance is the mho (reciprocal ohm); it is used to approximate the dissolved solids content of water.

Conductivity

Construction; Plumbing

The quality or power to carry electrical current; in water, the conductivity is related to the concentration of ions capable of carrying electrical current.