Plumbing

Plumbing

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

Industry: Construction

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commercial water use

Construction; Plumbing

Water for motels, hotels, restaurants, office buildings, other commercial facilities, and institutions.

common vent

Construction; Plumbing

Building drain system vertical vent which connects two or more fixture branches on the same level.

A calculated value based on the total hardness, the magnesium to calcium ratio, and the sodium concentration of a water. It is used to correct for the reductions in hardness removal capacity caused ...

composite

Construction; Plumbing

Composite sinks made from high-tech, high-strength, color- impregnated that resists shipping and scratching.

composting toilet

Construction; Plumbing

A self-contained toilet that use the process of aerobic decomposition (composting) to break down feces into humus and odorless gases.

compression fitting

Construction; Plumbing

A kind of tubing or pipe connection where a nut, and then a sleeve or ferrule is placed over a copper or plastic tube and is compressed tightly around the tube as the nut is tightened, forming a ...