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Plumbing

Referring to the skilled trade of working with pipes and plumbing fixtures that provide water or drain waste.

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Plumbing

sanitary sewer

Construction; Plumbing

House drain that carries wastewater away from the house to a sewer system or septic tank.

self-rimming sink

Construction; Plumbing

Sink with no metal ring that has a built-in lip of the same material which supports it in the vanity top.

service entrance

Construction; Plumbing

Pipe connecting the water company piping to the water meter.

setting

Construction; Plumbing

Pumps' vertical distance in feet from the top of the well to the top of the pump.

shroud

Construction; Plumbing

Color-matched component under a wall-mount lavatory that covers the drain outlet for aesthetic purposes.

siphon-vortex water closet

Construction; Plumbing

A toilet having a trapway at the rear of the bowl, integral flushing rim, and a water supply system with or without a jet, which does not feed directly into the trap.

sleeve

Construction; Plumbing

Pipe which is passed through a wall for the purpose of inserting another pipe through it.

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