Drawings and Plans
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Pipe Support and Installation
Vents and Systems
100

These people may use prints

What is all the above?

100

The drainage piping between foundation and sewer main.

What is a building sewer?

100

This controls temperature in a storage tank.

What is a thermostat?

100

Horizontal DWV piping must maintain this.

What is slope?

100

A vent that serves only one fixture trap.

What is an individual vent?

200

Dimensions on architectural drawings are usually given in this unit.

What is feet & inches?

200

Who installs the waterline from the curb stop into the house?

What is a plumbing contractor?

200

Instant water heater sizing depends on this measurement.

What is flow rate (GPM)?

200

Maximum spacing for horizontal hangers.

What is 10 feet?

200

A connection between potable and non-potable water systems.

What is a cross connection?

300

Building plans are commonly drawn to this scale.

What is ΒΌ inch = 1 foot?

300

The stack should be installed behind this fixture.

What is the toilet?

300

A safety cutoff thermostat does this.

What is stops overheating?

300

Vertical DWV piping is supported using these.

What are riser clamps?

300

A vent pipe that also serves as a drain.

What is a wet vent?

400

A set of instructions about materials and work quality.

What are specifications?

400

After these are checked, drilling begins.

What are layout dimensions?

400

The speed at which water heats is called this.

What is recovery rate?

400

Pipe hanger selection depends on this.

What is pipe size?

400

The banging noise in pipes caused by sudden water stoppage.

What is water hammer?

500

This type of grid paper is used for 3D piping sketches.

What is isometric grid paper?

500

Water supply and sewer pipes can run in this type of trench (if allowed).

What is a stepped trench?

500

This valve opens when temperature or pressure gets too high.

What is a T&P valve?

500

Both DWV and water supply piping must be supported in these directions.

What are horizontal and vertical?

500

The law that sets accessibility standards for plumbing.

What is ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)?

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