Plumbing definition Part 2

DOWNSPOUT - the vertical portion of a rainwater conductor

 DRAIN - a pipe, which carries ground surface waters, storm water or wastewater

into a building drainage system.

 DRAINAGE SYSTEM - includes all the pipings within public or private premises which convey

sewage or other liquid wastes to a legal point of disposal but does not include the mains of a public

sewer system or a public sewage system or disposal plant.

 DURHAM SYSTEM - a term used to describe soil or waste system where all pipings are of

threaded pipe, tubing or other such rigid construction using recessed drainage fittings to correspond to

the types of piping.

 EFFECTIVE OPENING - is the minimum cross-sectional area at the point of water supply

discharged measured or expressed in terms of: (also applicable to air gap installation)

 Diameter of a circle

 Diameter of a circle of equivalent cross-sectional area (if the opening is not circular)

 EXISTING WORK - the on-going installation of the plumbing installation of the plumbing

system or any part thereof which has been installed prior to the effectivity of the National Plumbing

Code.

 FERRULE - a metallic sleeve, caulked or joined to an opening in a pipe, into which

a plug is screwed that can be removed for cleaning or examining the interior of the pipe.

 FIXTURE - a receptacle other than a trap attached into a plumbing system in which

water or wastes may be collected or retained for ultimate discharge into the plumbing system.

 FIXTURE BRANCH - the water supply pipe between the fixture supply pipe & the water-distributing

pipe.

 FIXTURE DRAIN -the drainpipe from the trap of a fixture to the junction of that drain with

any other drainpipe.

 FIXTURE SUPPLY - a water supply pipe connecting the fixture with the fixture branch.

 FIXTURE UNIT - is an arbitrary quantity in terms of which the load producing effects of

water requirements on the plumbing system of different kinds of plumbing fixtures are expressed in

some arbitrary chosen scale.

 One fixture unit is equivalent to a rate of flow at 28.3 liters per minute or (1 cu.

ft. per minute)

 FLOOD LEVEL - the level in a fixture at which water begins to overflow over the top of

rim of the fixture.

 FLOOD LEVEL RIM - is the top edge of the receptacle from where water overflows.
 FLOODED - a fixture is flooded when the liquid therein rises to the flood level rim.

 FLUSH TANK - a tank located above or integral with water closet, urinal or similar

fixtures for flushing or removing excrements in the fixture.

 FLUSH VALVE - is a device located at the bottom of the tank for the purpose of flushing

water closet or similar fixtures.

 FLUSHOMETER TANK - is integrated within a n air accumulator vessel which is designed to

discharge a predetermined quantity of water into fixtures for flushing purposes.

 FLUSHOMETER VALVE - is a device, which discharges a predetermined quantity of

water into fixtures for flushing purposes & is actuated by direct water pressure.

 GATE VALVE - a valve in which the flow of water is cut off by means of a circular disc

fitted against a machine-smoothed faces, at right angles to the direction of flow. The disk is raised or

lowered by means of a threaded stem connected to the handle of the valve. The opening in the valve

is usually as large as the full bore of the pipe.

 GLOBE VALVE - a valve in which the flow of fluid is cut off by means of a circular disc

that fits over & against the horizontal valve seat. The movement of the plane of the disc is parallel to

the normal direction of flow of water through the orifice (hole) resulting to tortuous passage which

offers a high-pressure loss. (to throttle water pressure)

 GOOSENECK - a return bend of a small sized pipe, one end of which is about 30cm

long & the other end is about 7.5cm long. It is commonly used as a faucet for a pantry sink. Also,

the term means the flexible tubing connection between the service pipe & the water main.

 GREASE INTERCEPTOR -an interceptor of at least 3 cubic meters capacity to serve one or

more fixtures which is remotely located.

 GREASE TRAP - a device designed to retain grease from 1 to a maximum of 4 fixtures.

 GROUP VENT - a branch vent that performs its functions for 2 or more traps

 HORIZONTAL BRANCH - is a drain pipe extending laterally from a soil or waste stack or

building drain with or without vertical sections or branches, which receives the discharge from one or

more fixture drains and conducts it to the soil or waste stack or to the building drain.

 HORIZONTAL PIPE - is any pipe or fitting installed in a horizontal position or which forms an

angle of not more than forty-five 45 degrees from the horizontal plain.