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The UNOBSTRUCTED VERTICAL DISTANCE through the free atmosphere between the LOWEST opening from any pipe or faucet supplying to a tank, plumbing fixture, or other device and the flood level rim of the receptacle

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Air Gap

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THE FLOW OF WATER, or other liquid mixture or substances into the distributing pipes of a potable supply of water from any source, OTHER THAN its intended source

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Back flow

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REFERS TO THE BACK FLOW of used contaminated or polluted water from a plumbing fixture or vessel into a water supply pipe due to a negative pressure in such a pipe

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Back Siphonage

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Refers to ANY GROUP OF TWO OR MORE similar adjacent fixture which discharges into a common horizontal waste pipe or soil branch

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Battery of Fixture

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Is SYNONYMOUS WITH FAUCET, cock, tap, plug, etc., the word faucet is preferred

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Bib

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A flange that CLOSES THE END OF A PIPE. There is no opening for the passage of water

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Blind Flange

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A CONTROLLED OUTLET on a pipeline used to discharge water

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Blow off

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Is any part of piping system OTHER THAN THE MAIN RISER or stack

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Branch

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The length of a soil or waste stack CORRESPONDING IN GENERAL TO A STOREY HEIGHT, but in no case less than 2.40 meters within which the horizontal branches from one floor or storey of a building are connected to the stack

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Branch Interval

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A vent connecting ONE or MORE individual vents WITH A VENT STACK or stack vent

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Branch Vent

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Plugging an opening with OAKUM, lead, or other materials, that are pounded into the place or opening

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Caulking

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A branch vent that SERVES TWO OR MORE TRAPS, and extends from the FRONT OF THE LAST FIXTURE CONNECTION of a horizontal branch to the vent stack

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Circuit vent

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A vertical vent that is CONTINUATION OF THE DRAIN to which the vent connects

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Continuous Vent

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A fixture COMBINING ONE SINK AND TRAY or a two or three compartment sink or tray IN ONE VENT

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Combination Fixtures

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Specially designed system of waste piping EMBODYING the horizontal wet venting of one or more sinks or floor drains by means of a common waste and vent pipe adequately sized to provide free movement of an above the flow line of the drain

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Combination Waste and Vent System

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A drain from two or three fixture CONNECTED TO A SINGLE TRAP. Also called a dual vent

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Common Vent

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Any physical connection BETWEEN TWO OTHERWISE SEPARATE PIPING SYSTEM, one contains potable water, and the other from unknown or questionable safety, whereby water may flow from one system to the other direction of flow depending on the pressure differential between the two systems

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Cross Connection

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The extended portion of a pipe that is CLOSED AT ONE END permitting the STAGNATION OF WATER OR AIR therein

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Dead End

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The length ALONG THE CENTER of the pipe and fitting

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Developed Length

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Refers to the nominal internal diameter (ID) of such pipe, except brass and copper tube where the term refers to the outside diameter (OD) of the pipe

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Diameter

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___________ includes, ALL PIPING WITHIN THE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE premises that conveys sewage, rainwater, or other liquid waste, to a legal point of disposal. It does not include the mains of public sewer system private or public sewerage treatment or disposal plant

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Drainage System

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A vent that DOES NOT CARRY WATER or waterborne wastes

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Dry Vent

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The MINIMUM CORSS SECTIONAL AREA AT THE POINT OF WATER SUPPLY DISCHARGE

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Effective Opening

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Shall apply to that portion of a plumbing system that has been installed and approved prior to the contemplated addition, alteration, or correction

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Existing Work

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A pipe connecting several fixtures
Fixture Branch
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The drain from the trap of a FIXTURE to the junction of that drain with any other drain pipe
Fixture Drain
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A water supply pipe connecting the fixture with the fixture branch
Fixture Supply
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A quantity in terms of which the load producing effects on the plumbing system of different kinds of plumbing fixtures are expressed on some arbitrarily chosen SCALE
Fixture Units
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The TOTAL DISCHARGE FLOW in gallons per minute of a simple fixture divided by 7.5 gallons per minute that provides the flow rate of that particular plumbing fixture as a unit of flow.
Fixture Unit Flow Rate
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A device LOCATED INSIDE THE TANK for the purpose of MAINTAINING WATER LEVEL for effective flushing of the water closet
Flood Level
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A METALLIC SLEEVE called or otherwise joined to an opening in pipe into which a plug is screwed that can be removed for the purpose of CLEANING OR EXAMINING the interior of the pipe
Ferrule
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A device located at the BOTTOM OF THE TANK FOR F LUSHING water closets and similar fixtures
Flush Valve
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A device which discharges PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF WATER to the fixture for flushing purposes activated by direct water pressure
Flushometer Valve
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The SLOPE or FALL OF PIPE in reference to a fraction of an inch per foot length of pipe
Grade
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A branch vent that PERFORMS ITS FUNCTION FOR TWO OR MORE TRAPS
Group Vent
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Means any pipe or fitting which makes an angle of more than 45 degrees with the vertical
Horizontal Pipe
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The LOWEST PORTION of the inside of any pipe that is not vertical
Invert
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The discharge from any fixture, appliance, or appurtenance in connection with a plumbing system which DOES NOT RECEIVE FECAL MATTER
Liquid Waste
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A pipe on the FIXTURE SIDE OF THE TRAP through which vapor or foul air is removed from a room or fixture
Local Vent Pipe
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The same as Circuit Vent except that IT LOOPS BACK and connects with a stack vent instead of a vent stack
Looped Vent
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In plumbing, it is a SECONDARY PIPE. In sewage, a common sewer to which no other common sewer is tributary. It receives sewage only from building sewer.
Lateral
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The _____ of any system of continuous piping is the PRINCIPAL ARTERY of the system to which branches may be connected
MAIN
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A sewer line or system DIRECTLY CONTROLLED BY PUBLIC AUTHORITY
Main Sewer
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The PRINCIPAL ARTERY OF THE VENTING SYSTEM to which vent branches may be connected
Main Vent
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Are installed receptacles, devices, or appliances which are supplied with water, or which receives or discharges liquid or liquid born waste, with or without discharge into drainage system which maybe directly or indirectly connected.
Plumbing Fixtures
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Includes the water supply distribution pipes, plumbing fixtures and traps, soil, waste, and vent pipes
Plumbing system
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It's primary function is to provide circulation of air between drainage and vent systems
Relief Vent
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It is sometimes called an individual vent, and it is that part of the vent pipeline which connects directly with an individual waste or group of wastes
Re-vent Pipe
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A water supply pipe which extend vertically one full storey or more to convey water to branches or fixtures
Riser
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The installation of all parts of the plumbing system which can be completed prior to the installation of fixtures. This include drainage, water supply, vent piping, and the necessary fixture supports
Rough-In
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An open return bend usually with inside threads, but applied also to 180 degree bend in pipe
Return Bend
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A COMMON SEWER directly controlled by PUBLIC AUTHORITIES where all abutters have equal rights of connection
Public Sewer
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The sewage containing HUMAN EXCREMENT and liquid household waste. IT IS ALSO CALLED DOMESTIC SEWAGE
Sanitary Sewage
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A sewer intended to RECEIVE sanitary sewage with or without industrial wastes and without the admixture of surface water, storm water, or drainage
Sanitary Sewer
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Any branch in a building drain OTHER THAN THE PRIMARY BRANCH
Secondary Branch
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A comprehensive term including all construction or collection, transportation, pumping, treatment, and final disposition of sewage
Sewerage of Sewage Work
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Is a Y connection used on fire lines so that two lines of hose may be connected to a hydrant or to the same nozzle
Siamese Connection
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A vertical pipe usually used for the storage of water, frequently under pressure
Standpipe
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A vent connecting to the drain pipe through a fitting at an angle not greater than 45 degrees or to the vertical
Side Vent
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Any pipe that CONVEYS THE DISCHARGE OF WATER CLOSETS or fixture having similar functions, with or without the discharge from other fixtures, to the building drains, or building sewer
Soil Pipe
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The vertical main of a system of soil, waste, or vent pipe
Stack
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Term applied to the LOCATION OF FIXTURES in relation to the stack so that by means of proper fittings, vents may be reduced to a minimum
Stack Group
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The extension of a SOIL OR WASTE STACK ABOVE the highest horizontal drain connected to the stack. Sometimes called WASTE vent or soil vent
Stack Vent
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A method of venting a fixture or fixtures THROUGH the soil or waste stack
Stack Venting
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Underground drain pipes that receive sub-surface or seepage water only and CONVEY it to a place of disposal
Subsoil Drain
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A pit or receptacle at a low point to which the liquid waste are drained
Sump
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A fitting or device so designed as to provide when properly vented a liquid seal that will PREVENT THE BACK PASSAGE of air without materially affecting the flow of sewage through it
Trap
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The maximum vertical depth of liquid that trap will retain, measured between the crown weir and top of the dip of the trap
Trap Seal
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A vertical stand pipe installed primarily for the purpose of providing circulation of air to different parts of the drainage system
Vent Stack
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A pipe or pipes installed to provide a flow or circulation of air within the plumbing system to protect trap seals siphoning and back pressure
Vent System
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A pipe installed in a vertical position or at an angle of not more than 45 degrees with the vertical
Vertical Pipe
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A pipe that conveys liquid waste from fixture that is FREE OF FECAL MATTER
Waste Pipe

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