Plumbing

Plumbing

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

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Plumbing

The process in which blister-like growths of metal oxides develop in pipes as a result of the corrosion of the pipe metal. Iron oxide tubercles often develop over pits in iron or steel pipe, and can ...

tube washer

Construction; Plumbing

Replacement washer for one end of a closet tube.

tube valve

Construction; Plumbing

A valve which is opened or closed by mechanically moving a tube upstream or downstream by an actuating screw.

tube talon

Construction; Plumbing

Plastic hanger for mounting copper pipe.

trip lever

Construction; Plumbing

Flush handle and actuating arm on a toilet tank. Also the lever that opens and closes the drain on the bathtub waste and overflow.

trim

Construction; Plumbing

The outside decorative parts that hide a faucet rough-in.

trenchless

Construction; Plumbing

A system of installing or replacing underground infrastructure by pulling the lines through an existing pipe or a pilot hole, rather than laying pipe into long, pre-dug trenhches.