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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.

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