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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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zeolite
Construction; Plumbing
A group of hydrated sodium aluminosilicates, either natural or synthetic, with ion exchange properties.
yoke vent
Construction; Plumbing
A pipe connecting upward from a soil or waste stack to a vent stack for the purpose of preventing pressure changes in the stacks.
yoke
Construction; Plumbing
Usually a brass casting that holds both the hot and cold valves and the mixing chamber for the water. May also refer to an assembly of copper or other metal which serves the same function.
yellow tipping
Construction; Plumbing
A flame condition caused by too severe a reduction in primary air. The yellow color is caused by glowing carbon particles in the flame. It can be corrected by the injection of more primary air.
wye
Construction; Plumbing
A Y-shaped fitting with three openings used to create branch lines. Allows one pipe to be joined to another at a 45 degree angle.
urinal strainers
Construction; Plumbing
Refers to a domed metal piece fastened to the bottom of an urinal to prevent debris from plugging the trapway of the unit.
urinal
Construction; Plumbing
A plumbing fixture which receives only liquid body waste and conveys the waste through a trap seal into a gravity drainage system.