A pipe connecting upward from a soil or waste stack below the floor and below horizontal connection to an adjacent vent stack at a point above the floor.

An open, unoccupied space other than a court, unobstructed from the ground to the sky.

That portion of rainfall or other precipitation which runs off over the surface of the ground.

A type of pipe connection in which a ball shaped end is held in a cuplike shell and allows movements in every direction.

A specially designed system of waste piping embodying the horizontal wet venting of one or more sinks or floor drains by means of a common horizontal waste and vent pipe, adequately sized to provide free movement of air above the flow line of the drain.

A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage and wastewater.

A system of a building or premises consists of the water service, water supply line, water distributing pipe and the necessary branch pipe fittings, valves and all appurtenances requires for the supply of potable water.

An approved plumbing fixtures or device of such materials, shape, and capacity to adequately receive the discharge from indirect waste pipes, constructed and located to be readily cleaned.

A horizontal vent connecting one ore individual vertical back vents with the vent stack or stack vent.

A structure which any part of its structural framework will ignite and burn at a temperature of 756°C or less.

Wastes which require some methods of handling such as the use of indirect waste piping and receptors; corrosion-resistant piping, sand, oil or grease interceptors; condensers or other pretreatment facilities.

An approved elastomeric sealing gasket with an approved outer shield and a tightening mechanism.

A device installed in a drainage system to prevent reverse flow.

The maximum vertical depth of liquid that a trap will retain, measured between the crown weir and the top of the dip of the trap.

A vertical shaft for installation of different pipe stacks.

A building design as a home by the owner of such building, and shall be the only dwelling located on a parcel of ground with the usual accessory building.

A room equipped with a shower stall or bathtub.

A stop valve placed at the connection of the water service pipe to the water main.

The pipe or tubing that connects the outlet of a plumbing fixture to the trap.

An underground drainpipe that receives only sub-surface or seepage water and convey it to a pump for disposal by gravity flow or by lift pump.

A hose connection with two-gated outlets permitting two connections of the same or smaller coupling diameter to be taken from a single supply line.

An adjustable tubing connection, consisting of a compression nut, a friction ring, and a compression washer, designed to fit a threaded adapter fitting or a standard taper pipe thread.

B&S (Ends of Pipes):

A valve placed at the street side of the water meter and serves as a controlling device for the building installation.

That portion of a fixture drain between a trap and the vent.

A non-watertight line excavation in the ground which receives the discharge of a sanitary drainage system permitting the liquid to seep through the bottom and sides.

A water supply pipe, which extends vertically to one full story or more to convey water into pipe branches or plumbing fixtures.

A controlled outlet of a pipeline to discharge liquid or detritus.

An air pressure less than atmospheric. Also, implies siphonage in piping system.

A pipe flange that is not drilled for bolt holes.

Known as Relief vent and Yoke vent also.

An approved tank or pit which receives sewage or waste water and is located the normal grade of the gravity system and must be emptied by mechanical means.

Known as Revent and Backvent also.

Any of two or more similar adjacent fixtures which discharge into a common horizontal soil or waste branch.

A pipe joint obtained by joining metal parts with metallic mixtures or alloys which melts at a temperature 149C- 427C.

All ___ are suitably grouted and firmly packed with oakum or old hemp roap. They are soaked in tar to be water tight and well secured with pure lead not less than 25 mm deep. Well calked or filled with cement mortar.

A vertical pipe, or a reservoir, into which water is pump to give it a head.

A vent line which connects directly with an individual trap underneath or behind the fixture and extends to the branch or main vent pipe at any point higher than the fixture or fixture traps it serves. See Revent pipe.

Any pipe or fitting which forms an angle not more than 45 degrees with the vertical line.

A pipe which conveys potable water from the building supply pipe to the plumbing fixtures and water outlets.

A fitting, screwed or caulked over end of a pipe for closing the pipe end.

A control valve for the water supply of a building, usually placed between the sidewalk and the street curb; used to shutoff the water supply in case of emergency or should the water supply of building be discontinued.

Is a pipe installed to vent a fixture trap and which connects with the vent system above the fixture served or terminates in the open air.

The end of a pipe which fits into a bell. Also a word used synonymously with faucet.

A water closet consisting of a continuous trough containing water. Prohibited by health authorities for permanent installation.

A valve opened and closed by the fall and rise, respectively, of an attached ball floating on the surface of the liquid.

The portion of an underground system, which cannot drain by gravity into the building sewer.

It is a device or means to prevent flow of liquid from returning to the source of supply. Also called vacuum breaker.

The extended portion of a pipe that is closed at one end to which no connections are made on the extended portion.

Any joint or seam obtained by the joining of metals parts in a plastic molten state.