This tube or pipe is most commonly used for hot and cold water in a domestic water (=brugsvand) installation, and comes in a soft and rigid version.
What is a copper tube?
100
This is a bassin typically made out of porcelain or steel and can be found in bathrooms and kitchens.
What is a sink?
100
The part of an installation that leads the waste water from the sink, bath tub, shower, or floor to the sewer system.
What is a drain?
100
The bacteria that can cause Legionnaire's disease.
What is Legionella?
100
A tradesman who works with water, heating, and sanitary appliances.
What is a plumber?
200
A type a valve that is most commonly used on installations as a repair valve. It allows the operator to open and close the water flow, and it gets its name from the way it is designed.
What is a ball valve?
200
It is what happens in water installations due to physical and chemical reactions between the material of the components (pipes, valves, water tank), water and oxygen.
What is corrosion?
200
An installation where the pipes and couplings are not hidden under the floor or in walls.
What is an exposed tube installation?
200
A component that mixes hot and cold water for use in the bath tub, shower, or kitchen sink.
What is a mixing battery?
200
The part of the installation that measures the water consumption (=vandforbrug).
What is a water meter?
300
A type of approval issued by ETA Danmark that expired April 1st 2013. This approval made sure that all components used by plumbers had been tested for lead (=bly), cadmium, and other harmful substances.
What is a VA-approval?
300
This type of metal pipe has been treated with a zinc coating to prevent corrosion. It has been used for many years in domestic water installations.
What is a hot-dip galvanized steel pipe?
300
A residue (=aflejring) caused by minerals in drinking water, especially calcium.
What is calcification?
300
Water that has a high content of calcium.
What is hard water?
300
Water that has a low content of calcium.
What is soft water?
400
A mechanism that automatically releases the substance from an installation should the pressure exceed (=overstige) a certain limit. For instance 10 bar in a domestic water system.
What is a safety valve?
400
A larger pipe or tube that protects the main tube. It allows for the inner tube to be replaced.
What is an outer protection pipe?
400
What you call pipes and tubes that are covered by for instance a floor, ceiling, or a wall.
What are hidden pipes?
400
It is a U-, J- og S-shaped pipe that is located below or within a plumbing installation. It prevents gasses from the sewer from entering the building.
What is a water seal?
400
A flexible type of tube for water installations and floor heating.
What is a PEX-tube?
500
A brass fitting that is normally used on copper, PEX and ALUPEX tubes and pipes. Inside the fitting there is a cutting ring, that ensures (=sikrer) that the fitting is completely sealed.
What is a compression coupling?
500
A device that ensures that the water only flows in one direction. It is by law required on a domestic water installation as it prevents polluted water from entering the supply pipes.
What is a check valve?
500
The abbreviation (=forkortelsesbogstaver) that is replacing the Danish VA-approval.
What is CE-(marking)?
500
A device that is placed in a waste water installation to allow for sufficient air intake. It can reduce negative pressure (=undertryk).
What is a vacuum valve?
500
A part of a pipe installation that allows for multiple pipes or tubes to be connected to main line.