PLUMBING TERMS

GENERAL TERMS
- Plumbing
the art and technique of installing pipes and fixtures for
bringing in water and discharging wastes
- Roughing ins
plumbing work done befor installing fixtures and finishes
- Alley
less than 3.0 meters but not less than 2.0 meters

INSTALLATION TERMS
- Alter/Alterations
change, addition, modification
- Existing work
portions of plumbing fixture which is installed or approved
- Repair
reconstruction or renewal, for maintenance

ACCESSIBILITY TERMS/RELATED TERMS

- Accessible
removal of access panel
- Readily Accessible
direct access withour removal of any panel door
- Manhole
an opening of sufficient size for man to gain access
Cross Connection
physical connection of pipes bet. Two otherwise separate
building water supply pipes

ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY
- Approved
accepted or acceptable
- Approved Testing Agency (ATA)
approve standards for testing
- Administrative Authority
authorized by the office of the president (RA 1378)
- Certified Backflow Assembly Tester
has the competence to test and maintain backflow assemblies
Department having Jurisdiction
Administrative Authority
- Jurisdiction
DPWH DOH
DILG City Mayors
DENR Officers of Building official
- Plumbing Official
Administrative Authority
BUILDING COMPONENTS
- Building
structure built, erected and framed of component
structural parts
- Floor Area
area with in a surrounding walls of a building
- Lot
single area of land legally recorded
- Height of Building
from gradeline to the highest point of caping
- Single Family Dwelling
only dwelling located in a parcel of lanf
- Storey
upper surface of the floor next above
- Yard
Open or unoccupied space

UTILITY SPACES
- Chase
built for pipes
- Court
unoccupied space
- Shaft
vertical opening, elevator
- Combustible Construction
will ignite @ 756 degrees Celsius
- Confined Space
a space with a volume of less than 1.4 m3 and having
250 kilogram calorie of aggregate
- Unconfined Space
volume of atleast equal to 1.4 m3
- Labelled
equipment bearing a label
- Listing Agency
agency accepted by Administrative Authority
- Listed
equipment included in the list published by a listing
agency
- Quality of Materials
free from defects
- Master Plumber
a person with a knowledge and experience in plumbing
- NAMPAP
National Master Plumber Association of the
Philippines
- Plumbing Firm
sole proprietorship / corporation composed of RMP
- May
a permissive term
- Mobile Home Park Sewer
measure 0.60 meters from the last mobile home site
- Nuisance
dangerous to human life
- Family
person living alone or group living together
- Occupancy
purpose for which a builidng is intended to
- Person
natural persona
- Private / Private use
not use in public, for the use of family or individual
- Public / Public use
used without restriction, open for all
- Plumbing Appliance
equipment with a special plumbing function
- Clarifier / Interceptor
separte or prevent the passage of Oil, Grease or Sand

Note
Master Plumber
registered and licensed
Journey Man
skilled and knowledgable

- Grease Interceptor
a fixture up to 3.0 m3 capacity
- Grease Trap
a receptacle to retain grease up to 1-4 fixtures
- Sand Interceptor
interceptor
- Plumbing Appurtenances
serves as adjunt to the basic piping and plumbing fixtures
- Ball Cock
a valve open or close by the fall or rise of a ball floating
on the surface of water
- Ball Joint
a connection in which is a ball shape end
- Bibb
faucet, cock, tap, plug
- Air Break
physical separation between a receptacle and an inlet pipe
for drainage
- Air Gap
unobstructed vertical distance through free atmosphere
between the lowest opening of any pipe to the flood level rim
of a fixture
use for Potable water
- Critical Level (C/L or C-L)
determines the minimum elevation above the flood level
rim of a fixture
- Flood Level
the level in a fixture @ which water begins to overflow
rim of a fixture
- Floor Level Rim
top edge of a receptacle
- Flooded
when liquid rises to the flood level rim
- Effective Opening
minimum cross sectional area for which the water flows thru
diameter of a circle
diameter of a circle of equivalent cross sectional area
- Plumbing Fixtures
a receptacle which water or wastes may be collected or retained
for ultimate discharhe into the plumbing system
- Fixture
a receptacle attached to a plumbing fixture
- Bathroom
equipped with a shower stall or bath tub
- Fixture Unit
flow rate of 1 ft3 of water per minute
7.5 gallons of water/ minute
28.3 liters of water/minute
- Bidet
washing the middle part of the body
- Latrine
a water closet with continuous trough containing water
- Lavatory
wash basin
- Battery of Fixtures
two or more similar adjacent fixtures with discharge to a
common horizontal or soil branch
- Swimming pool
a water receptacle used for swimming
- Plumbing unit
minimum standard quantity of plumbing fixtures
1 water closet 1 water meter
1 kitchen sink 1 laundry tray
1 shower head 3 floor drains
1 lavatory 4 hose bibb /faucets
WATER SOURCE, STORAGE AND SUPPLY
- Ground Water
passing through the ground
- Surface Water
runs off over the surface of the ground
- Potable water
satisfactory for drinking, culinary and domestic purposes
- Pressure
the normal forxe exerted by a homogenous liquid or gas
Types
*Static pressure pressure at rest
*Residual pressure pressure due to friction loss, head loss, meter loss
during MAX. Demand period
- Contamination
high hazard, impairment of the quality of the potable water
*high hazard contamination
*low hazard pollution
- Main
principal artery of system which branch is connected to
- Service pipe
pipe from the street water main, source of water supply
to the building served
- Water distributing pipe
conveys potable water from the building supply pipe
to the plumbing fixtures
- Fixture Branch
the supply pipe bet. The fixture and the water distributing
pipe from the street water main, source of water supply
- Fixture Supply
water supply pipe connecting the fixture with the
fixture branch
- Riser
a water suppy pipe that extends vertically one full storey or more
- Faucet
a fixture where water can be drawn from
- Spigot
the end of a pipe which fits into the bell

PIPES and FITTINGS

- Pipe
denoted by its interior diameter
- Length of pipe
the length as measured along it's center
- Invert
the lowest portion of the inside of any pipe
- Horizontal pipe
forms an angle of not more than 45 degrees with the
horizontal plane
- Vertical pipe
forms an angle of not more than 45 degrees with the
vertical plane
- Soil Stack pipe
vertical soil pipe conveying fecal matter and waste water
- Stack
general term used for any vertical line of soil, waste, vent piping
- Soil pipe
any pipe conveying wastes from water closet and urinals
- Waste pipe
a pipe which conveys liquid waste, free from fecal matter
- Grade / Pitch
the slope or fall of a line of pipe in reference to the
horizontal plane
- Hangers / Supports / Anchors / Brackets / Cradles
devices for holding pipe and fixtures
- IPS
iron pipe size
- Diameter
*Nominal internal diameter pipe
*Nominal outside diameter tube
- Tube
denoted by it's outside diamater
*copper *cylindrical conduit
*brass
- ABS
acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
- PB
polybutylene
black
oval
- PE
polyethylene
round
- PVC
polyvinyl chloride
*blue water
*gray,orange and brown waste
- Bell or Hub
enlarged to receive the end the another pipe for making
a joint
- B&S
brown and sharpe
bell and spigot
- Hubless pipe
cast iron soil pipe with plain ends connected with a bolted
stainless steel bar and neoprene gaskets
- Bending pin
a tool used for straightening or bending lead pipe
- Blank Flange
not drilled for bolt holes
- Blind Flange
used to close the end of a pipes
- Cap
a fittin which purpose is closing the end of a pipe
- Double bend fitting
a pipe fitting shaped like the "S"
- Double offset
two offsets in succession
- Offsets
combination of elbows and bends which brings one section of the
pipe out of line parallel with the original section
- Ferrule
a metallic sleeve, caulked to an opening in a pipe to which a plug is
screwed for the purpose of cleaning or examining the interior
of the pipe
- Dead end
the extended portion of the pipe that is closed @ one end
- Durham system
soil or waste system where all piping are threaded pipe, tubing,
rigid construction using drainage fittings
- Sovent system
plumbing system which use aerator and de-aerator
- Imhoff tank
a two storey septic tank
- Return bend
composed of two 90 degrees bend, or 180 degrees bend for copper
tubing
- Tail piece
a pipe which connects the outlet of a fixture to its trap
- Tapped tee
a tee with a branched tapped to receive a threaded fitting
- Lateral
secondary pipeline
- Branch interval
not less than 8' or 2.43 meters with in which the horizontal
branches from one floor are connected to the stack
- Fixture Branch
a pipe which connects the fixture supply to the main
water distributing pipe
- Horizontal Branch
a branch drain extending laterally from a soil or waste stack
with or without sections or branches

PIPE JOINTS
- Brazed joint
not less than 449 degrees celsius but less than the
melting point of the materials joined
- Caulking / Calking / Plugging
plugging an opening with a hemp or oakum and lead
- Oakum
hemp or old hemp soaked in oil or tar to make it
waterproof
- Slip joint
a joint which consists of a compression joint, compression
washer and friction ring designed to fit a threaded adapter
- Soldered Joint
not less than 149 degrees celsius but less than 427 degrees
- Welded / Seam joint
joining metal parts in a plastic molten state
- Welder, Pipeline
specializes in welding of pipes
- Drainage system
the drainage pipe which conveys waste water from the
fixtures to the sewer
- Drain
a sewer, pipe, or conduit conveying ground, surface, storm,
waste water or sewage
- Fixture drain
drain from the trap of a fixture to the junction of the drain
- Building drain / House drain
part of the lowest horizontal piping of the drainage system
0.60 meters outside the building wall
- Building sewer / House sewer
starts at the end of the building drain
- Primary branch
single sloping drain from the base of the stack to its junction
with the building drain or with another branch
- Secondary branch
any branch in the building drain other than the primary
- Building subdrain
cannot be drain by gravity
- Subsoil drain
underground pipe which receives only subsurface /
 seepage water
- Sump
approved tank or pit which receives sewage located
below normal grade
- Backflow
flow of water supply system from any source rather than it's
main source
- Backflow connection
arrangement where backflow can occur
- Back pressure back flow
occurs due to an increased reverse pressure above
the supply pressure
- Backwater valve
valve installed in drainage to prevent reverse flow
- Blow-off
discharged liquid/detritus

VALVES
- Check Valve
automatically closes to prevent water in reverse direction
- Gate Valve
a valve in which the flow of water is cut-off by means of
a circular disk
- Globe Valve
a valve in which the flow of water is cut-off by means of
a disk that fit against the valve seat (tortuous passage)

REGULATING EQUIPMENT
- Flush tank
for flushing removing excrements in the fixture
- Flush valve
flushing using water directly from the water supply pipes
- Flushometer tank
an accumulated vessel to discharge pre determine quantity
of water for flushing purposed
- Flushometer valve
to discharge predetermined quantity of water for flushing
purposes actuated by direct water pressure

VENT
- Individual Vent / Revent pipe
connects directly with and individual trap and extends
to the branch, main, soil , waste or any higher than the
fixture or fixture trap
- Branch Vent
a horizontal vent pipe connecting the drainage system to
 vent stack or stack vent
- Group Vent
a branch vent that performs it's function for two or more traps
- Circuit Vent
a group vent extending in front of the last fixture to the
vent stack
- Loop Vent
a group vent extending in front of the last fixture to the
stack vent
- Local Vent
a pipe or shaft serving to convey foul air to the outer air
- Vent pipe
a pipe for ensuring the circulation of air
- Vent system
pipes installed for ensuring the circulation of air for the
drainage system
- Vent Stack / Main Vent
principal artery of the venting system
- Stack Vent
the extension of a soil or waste stack above the horizontal
drain connected to the stack
- Common / Unit / Dual Vent
vent serving two traps on the same level
- Dry vent
vent pipe that does not carry liquid waste
- Wet vent
vent pipe that carries liquid or water borne waste
- Relief vent
provides circulation of air bet. The drainage and
vent system
- Yoke vent
a vent connecting soil or waste stack below the floor to an
adjacent bend stack minimum of 1 meter above the highest
flood level rim of the fixture

OTHER TERMS
- Siphonage / Vacuum
pressure less than atmospheric pressure
- Vacuum breaker
backflow preventer
- Sewerage / Sewerage works
construction, collection, transportation, pumping
treatment and final disposition of sewage
- Combination Waste and Vent system
a speciallly designed system of waste piping
horiontal wet venting of one or more sinks per floor and
 drains by a common horizontal waste and vent pipe
- Continuous waste
drain connecting the compartments of a set of fixtures to
a trap
- Water treatment
device which treats water supply to improve
water quality
- Sewage
any waste water containing animal or vegetable matter
in a suspension or solution
- Domestic Sewage
*sanitary sewage
*liquid / water borne free from industrial waste discharged
into the public sewer
- Sanitary sewer
with or without industrial waste
- Main / Public sewer
a common sewer controlled by administrative authority
- Sewer
a pipe or conduit for conveying sewage or liquid waste
- Industrial waste
free from fecal matter
- Liquid waste
discharge of any fixture, which do not have fecal matter
- Private sewage diposal system
a septic tank with the effluent discharging into a subsurface
disposal field and seepage pit
- Private sewer
privately owned
- Cesspool
a pit for retention or detention of seepage which is
not watertight and permit the liquid to seep through
it's bottom and sides
- Seepage pit
loosely lined excavation in the ground
- Privy
out house structure used in deposition of excrement
- Privy vault
a pit beneath a privy in which excrements collect
- Septic Tank
a water tight receptacle which receives the discharge of
a plumbing system
- Drainage system
drainage pipe of a plumbing system which take the waste
water from the building and deliver it to the sewer
- Indirect waste pipe
a waste pipe which that does not connected directly to the
building drainage
- Receptor
approved plumbing fixture to receive discharge from indirect
waste pipes
- Special waste
requires special methods of handling
- Seal
vertical distance bet. The dip and the crown weir of
a trap
- Trap
a fitting or device constructed to prevent the passage of air and
gas
- Trap arm
distance bet. The trap and the vent stack
- Trap seal / Water seal
maximum vertical depth of liquid that a trap will retain
- Catch Basin
a receptacle in which liquids are retained to deposit
settleable materials
- Downspout
the vertical portion of a rain water conductor
- Leader or Conductor
from the building gutter to downpspout
- House storm sewer
the pipeline from the building to the public storm sewer
- Flashing
a piece of sheet metal fitted under another piece of flat metal
or wood over which is expected to run
- Storm water
that portion of a rainfall or other precipitation which is
over the surface