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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Rim

Construction; Plumbing

The inside edge of a toilet bowl or the edge of a lavatory or sink.

Roof flashing

Construction; Plumbing

Sheet metal installed at any break in a shingled roofline to prevent leaks. Also around sewer vents, fluepipes.

Roof drain

Construction; Plumbing

A drain installed at the low spot in a roof that channels water into a drainpipe to prevent pooling.

Root valve

Construction; Plumbing

A multi-port valve commonly used on gauges or switches in high pressure, high temperature, or under otherwise severe process conditions. Typically built with non-rotating and non-threaded stems.

Roller hanger

Construction; Plumbing

A pipe hanger similar to a clevis hanger except that the yoke bolts to a roller rod instead of a metal strap. This roller rod supports the pipe and permits horizontal movement.

Sanitary sewer

Construction; Plumbing

House drain that carries wastewater away from the house to a sewer system or septic tank.

A section of a sewer line that is placed deeper in the ground than normal in order to pass under utility piping, waterways, rail lines, highways, or other obstacles. The sewer line is raised again ...