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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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universal plumbing code
Construction; Plumbing
A system of procedures designed to provide consumers with safe and sanitary plumbing systems and used throughout the United States by local jurisdictions.
union
Construction; Plumbing
Three piece fitting that joins two sections of pipe, but allows them to be disconnected without cutting the pipe. Used primarily with steel pipe; never in a DWV system.
uniformity coefficient
Construction; Plumbing
A measure of the variation in particle sizes of ion exchange resins and filter media. It is defined as the ratio of the size of particle that has 60 percent of the material finer than itself, to the ...
unifiednational fine thread (UNF)
Construction; Plumbing
A standard kind of fine straight thread used on fittings, buts, and bolts. Not for pipes.