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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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Spline adapter
Construction; Plumbing
Device sometimes required to form a mating connexion between the splines of a valve stem and the splines inside a faucet handle.
Spigot
Construction; Plumbing
The plain end of a cast-iron pipe. The spigot is inserted into the bell end of the next pipe to make a water tight joint.
Specific heat
Construction; Plumbing
Amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a kilogramme of a substance one degree Celsius.
Soot
Construction; Plumbing
A black substance, mostly consisting of small particles of carbon, which can result from incomplete combustion and appear as smoke.
Solenoid
Construction; Plumbing
A coil of wire in the form of a cylinder that, when carrying a current, resembles a bar magnet.
Solvent weld
Construction; Plumbing
Any of the types of PVC pipe and fittings that are fastened together with solvent-based cement.
Soil cutter
Construction; Plumbing
A device used to cut No Hub pipe, consisting of a handle and a cutting chain, similar to a chain wrench in appearance.
