Plumbing History
This person is credited with designing the modern toilet.
Who is Thomas Crapper?
These two types of water heaters are most commonly used.
What are Electric and gas fired water heaters?
What are the three letters that are used to distinguish types of copper pipe.
what is K L M?
This is the term for the basis of sizing waste lines.
What is drainage fixture units?
This is the term for the basis of sizing vent lines.
What is drainage fixture units?
The term plumbing is derived from this element symbol for lead.
What is Pb?
This tube is used on the inlet side of a water heater to introduce cold water to the bottom of the water heater.
What is the dip tube?
This is the term used for the basis of sizing water lines.
What are water fixture units?
The most commonly use slope use for drain lines.
what is 1/4 inch per foot or 2% grade?
this is the minimum size vent for a water closet.
what is a 2 inch vent?
In 1854 an early epidemiology study by this person, a prominent local physician, determined that the consumption of water from a sewage-contaminated public well led to cholera.
who is John Snow?
this device is used to prevent electrolysis for damaging a water heater.
What is an anode rod?
when sizing hot and cold water branches, this rule can be used to reduce the supply demand on only fixtures that use both hot and cold water.
what is the 3/4 fixture unit rule?
This is the common device that has to be sized by its gpm output.
what is a sump pump?
this is the term used to when calculating the required amount of vent needed based on building drain size.
what is cross sectional area?
this device is used to prevent over pressurization of a water heater.
what is a temperature-pressure relief valve?
At least this many 2 inch vents are needed on a waste system when the building drain is 4 inch.
what is 4?