Toilets
This part contains the float, and acts as the switch that fills the toilet tank.
What is the fill valve?
This is an unvented trap system consisting of two p-traps connected together.
A trap system consisting of a large cylinder with an integrated cleanout.
What is a drum trap?
Bonus: Why can't we cable drum traps?
Draining, flowing, fixed, clean.
What are words to never say?
Bonus points for additional example.
What is cast iron?
Bonus: what is the life expectancy of cast iron?
This mechanism holds the flapper, and allows the toilet to flush.
What is the flush valve?
What is a tail piece?
The only place we should cable a tub drain from.
What is a tub overflow?
This is the optimal type of access any time we need to put equipment into a drain.
What is a cleanout?
A zinc plated steel pipe.
What is galvanized steel?
Correct pressure for hydrojetting a kitchen line.
These are the only bathing fixtures that can/should be hydrojetted.
What are standing showers?
An issue stemming from a pipe with low spots that hold water.
What is a belly?
A mechanism used to ventilate a pipe in order to avoid installing an S-Trap.
What is a studor vent?
(Auto vent or AAV also acceptable)
This physical phenomenon allows a toilet to flush with the water pressure within the toilet bowl.
What is a siphon?
What is grease?
Backups in these areas are often misunderstood as mainline backups.
What are lowest-level tubs?
The handoff should not be brought up before this part of the call.
What is running the cable?
One is used for removing sewage from a home, and the other is used to prevent floods from ground water.
What is the difference between ejector pumps and sump pumps?
The inventor of the flush toilet.
Who is Sir John Harrington?
The standard allen key size for garbage disposals.
What is 1/4"?
Most common tub stopper type, aside from lift & turn.
What is a trip lever stopper?
What are root intrusions?
A 1/4" drop for every foot in length?
What is a 2% grade?