Terms
portion of a fixture drain between vent opening and weir of trap
What is a trap arm?
gauge of tracer wire with plastic water lines
What is 18 gauge?
PVC solvent may not be this color
What is purple?
The nickname comes from Sir John Harrington, godson of Queen Elizabeth I, who invented the toilet as we know it today.
What is "The John"?
Connects to highest point of a soil stack
What is stack vent?
Potable water with temperatures between 120-140 degrees
What is hot water?
running threads and saddles
What are prohibited fittings?
lead caulked joints shall not be less than
What is 1"?
Before he became a famous musician he trained as a plumbing apprentice
Who is Ozzy Osbourne?
vent for 2 fixtures with same drain line
What is a common vent?
Where the distance between the opening of a vent pipe for a fixture is less than 2xD from the weir of the trap
What is crown vent?
clearance between pipe and sleeve
What is 1/2"?
amount of lead allowed in solder
What is .2%?
This cities Tremont Hotel was the first hotel to offer indoor plumbing in 1829
What is Boston?
a circuit vent that loops back and connects to the stack vent
What is a loop vent?
2 to 8 similar fixture connecting to a common horizontal branch
What is a battery?
ground cover for combination fire/domestic water line
What is 42"
Tapered threads on black steel pipe are what angle
What are 60 degrees?
And a person who worked with lead was called a
What is Plumbarius?
vent piping that connects 2 or more vent stacks or stack vents to an outdoor vent terminal
What is a vent header?
A mandatory term
What is shall?
thinnest gauge for nail plates
What is 16 gauge?
yellow one step glue for cpvc may only be used up to what size pipe
What is 2"?
In 1804, this city was the first city to use cast iron pipes in plumbing.
What is Phila.?
A vertical vent pipe that connects up to 10 branch intervals of a drain stack to a vent stack to relieve the pressure
What is a yoke vent?