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What is a soil pipe? |
Any pipe that contains human waste |
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What is a waste pipe? |
Any drainage pipe that collects waste from fixtures not used for human waste. |
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__________ means a building drain that is intended to conduct sewage and storm water. |
Combined building drain |
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__________ means any liquid waste other than clear-water waste or storm water. |
Sewage |
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__________ means a building drain that may conduct only storm water. |
Storm building drain |
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__________ means a vent pipe that connects the top of a soil or waste stack to a vent header or open air. |
Stack vent |
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__________ means the unit of measure based on the ratio of discharge, time of operation and frequency of use of a fixture that expresses the hydraulic load that is imposed by the fixture on the drainage system. |
Fixture unit |
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__________ means a pipe that connects the waste opening of a fixture to the trap serving the fixture. |
Fixture outlet pipe. |
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__________ means a fitting or device that is designed to hold a liquid seal that will prevent the passage of gas, but will not materially affect the flow of liquid. |
Trap |
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__________ means the vertical distance between the trap dip and the trap weir. |
Trap seal depth. |
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__________ means a pipe installed in a vertical position or that makes an angle of not more than 45 degrees with the vertical. |
Nominally vertical |
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__________ means the portion of a fixture drain between the trap weir and the vent pipe fitting. |
Trap arm |
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__________ means the piping that connects the end of two pipes that are parallel |
Offset |
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__________ means that part of a dranage system outside a building commencing at a point 1 meter (3 feet) from the outer face of the wall of a building and connecting the building drain to the public sewer and terminating at the property line or private sewage disposal system. |
Building sewer. |
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__________ means pressure higher than the supply pressure |
Back pressure |
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__________ means a receptacle, appliance, apparatus or other device that discharges sewage or clear-water waste and includes a floor drain. |
Fixture |
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__________ means the top edge at which water can overflow from a fixture or device. |
Flood level rim |
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Where does sewer gas come from? |
The decay of bacteria in the sewers or waste. |
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Can sewer gases create H2S? |
F*ck yes they can... It's super scary sh*t. |
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What concentration of H2S can you smell it at? Smells like rotten eggs. |
.02% |
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Sewer gases may also produce Methane. Is methane gas poisonous? |
No, however you can still die from it because it will displace the air in the sewer to levels of oxygen incapable of supporting life. |
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What is the biggest cause for carbon monoxide? (CO) |
Poorly tuned cars.... Here's looking at you Spense. |
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How long does an individual need to take a break from CO until the gas is dissipated from the body? |
Minimum 24 hours. |
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Is Nitrogen gas deadly? |
Nope. But it will displace the air which will make the atmosphere deadly. FEAR THE NITROGEN GAS B*TCHES |
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Enjoy this nice summary of gas sh*t |
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Where is the air core in this picture? |
The white bits... |
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How full do we want our drainage pipes of waste? |
1/3 full. |
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What are three common results in making your trap arm too short? |
1. Too short will create an S trap. 2. Too short can cause trap seal water to be entraned or picked up by air pushed down the drain from water flowing from upstream of the trap. AKA pulls your trap. 3. High velocity air movement will evaporate your trap. AKA Hydrolic Jump |
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What is A? |
Building sewer |
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What is B? |
Main or building cleanout |
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What is C? |
Backwater valve. (Normally open) |
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What is D? |
Building Drain |
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What is E? |
Floor drain |
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What is F? |
Cleanout |
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What is G? |
Soil Branch |
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What is H? |
Wet Vent |
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What is I? |
Trap arm |
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What is J? |
Wet vent |
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What is K? |
Trap arm |
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What is L? |
A Joint. wait... Continuous Vent. |
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What is M? |
Soil Stack |
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What is N? |
Fixture outlet Pipe (CW Standpipe). Or as we know it. LSP. |
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What is O? |
Individual Vent |
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What is P? |
Branch Vent |
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What is Q? |
Water Closet Trap arm. Or just a fixture drain. |
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What is RRRR? |
PIRATES. Trap arm |
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What is S? |
P trap |
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What is T? |
Wet vent |
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What is U? |
Trap arm |
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What is V? |
Fixture outlet pipe |
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What is W? |
Stack vent |
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What is X? |
Roof increaser |
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What is Y? |
Roof flashing |
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What is number 1? |
Building sewer |
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What is number 2? |
Building drain |
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What is number 3? |
Trap arm |
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What is number 4? |
Soil stack |
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What is number 5? |
Fixture drain |
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What is number 6? |
Individual vent |
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What is number 7? |
Trap arm |
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What is number 8? |
Trap |
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What is number 9? |
Trap arm |
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What is number 10? |
Trap arm |
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What is number 11? |
Stack vent |
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What is number 12? |
Roof increaser |
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What is number 13? |
Back water valve (Normally open) |
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What is number 14? |
Main or building cleanout |
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What is number 15? |
Cleanout
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What is number 16? |
Cleanout
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What is number 17? |
Expansion joint |
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No direct connection of a system discharging steam or hot water at a temperature above _____. |
75C or 170F |
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If drainage discharge is above 75C or 170F what must we do? |
We will have to install a cooling method. |
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What grade do we need for 4" pipe? |
1/8" per foot. Or 1% grade. |
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What grade do we need for 3" pipe? |
1/4" per foot or 2% grade. |
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What angle must we roll a floor drain to to protect the trap? |
22 1/2 degrees. |
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Where do we place an expansion joint? |
Must be placed below the lowest connection on the vertical stack. |
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How deep do we dig for sewers? |
2-3 meters in depth. |
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The minimum pipe size for a building sewer that is to be connected to a public sewer system is? |
4" |
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The minimum size building cleanout fitting that may be installed is? |
4" |
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Piping placed underground must be covered with a minimum of? |
300 mm of granular material, carefully placed and tamped over the pipe. |
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A properly piped stack-vented group of fixtures that includes a water closet? |
must have the water closet piped as the lowest stack-vented fixture. |
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The minimum slope to which a trap arm must be installed is? |
1% or 1/4" per foot |
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The minimum size of main stack required for a single-family dwelling is? |
3" |
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Trap arm size is based on? |
the size of the fixture outlet pipe. |
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Vent pipe roof terminal assemblies need to be carefully _______ and appropriately _______ |
carefully located and appropriately constructed |
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The main stack and vent location in a single-family dwelling? |
should be chosen to allow as many fixtures as possible to connect to the main stack. |
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When installing plumbing in a building the what must be preserved? |
The structural integrity. |
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Excavation for building sewers should be _____________________________________ |
preceded by utility locator services. |
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If a sewer is opened and a characteristic rotten egg smell is detected? |
H2S |
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The maximum directional change a trap arm may have before a vent fitting must be placed is? |
dependant on the type of discharge the fixture will have. |
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The trench bottom for a building sewer should be _____________ |
carefully shaped to support the pipe and fittings to be installed. |
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No water closet may be installed in a room that is not? |
Properly lighted and ventilated |
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The DWV test procedure requires all DWV installations to be tested? |
Before piping is covered |
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_______________ means a building drain that is intended to conduct sewage and storm water. |
Combined building drain |
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_______________ means any liquid waste other than clear-water waste or storm water. |
Sewage |
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_________________ means a person, corporation or firm that undertakes to construct, extend, alter, renew or repair any part of the plumbing system. |
Plumbing contractor. |
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__________________ means a building drain that may conduct only storm water. |
Storm building drain |
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________________ means a vent pipe that connects the top of a soil or waste stack to a vent header or open air. |
Continuous vent |
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_________________ means a waste water with impurity levels that will not be harmful to health and may include cooling water and condensate drainage from refrigeration and air conditioning equipment and cooled condensate from steam heating systems, but does not include storm water. |
Clear water waste |
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___________________ means the unit of measure based on the rate of discharge, time of operation and frequency of use of a fixture that expresses the hydraulic load that is imposed by the fixture on the drainage system. |
Fixture unit |
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_________________ means an assembly of pipes and fittings that connects a drainage system with outside air for circulation of air and the protection of trap seals in the drainage system. |
Venting System |
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________________ means a pipe that connects the waste opening of a fixture to the trap serving the fixture. |
Fixture outlet pipe |
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___________________ means a sewer that is installed to convey storm water. |
Storm sewer |
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___________________ means the piping that connects the ends of two pipes that are parallel. |
Offset |
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_________________ means a privately owned plant for the treatment and disposal of sewage. |
Private sewage disposal system |
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What can be done to keep a floor drain from evaporating? |
1. Trap seal primer 2. Indirectly connected drinking fountain 3. Other equally effective methods. |
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A clean out fitting shall be provided on the __________ side and directly over every running trap |
Upstream |
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Can you use a check valve in place of a trap? |
No. No moving parts. |
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Minimum size a vent pipe penetrating a roof is? |
3" |
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If the vent stack is 3" what size will it be penetrating the roof? |
3" minimum by code. Must be increased by one size though. so 3" must be increased to 4" |
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What's the minimum size and fixture unit for a Lavatory |
Minimum size 1 1/4
FU 1 |
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What's the minimum size and fixture unit for a Bathtub |
Size 1 1/2
FU 1.5 |
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What's the minimum size and fixture unit for a Kitchen sink |
Size 1 1/2 FU 1.5 |
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What's the minimum size and fixture unit for a Laundry tub |
Size 1 1/2
FU 1.5 |
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What's the minimum size and fixture unit for a Water closet..... Da Sh*Ter |
Size 3"
FU 4 |
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What's the minimum size and fixture unit for a Floor drain vented |
Size 2" |
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What's the minimum size and fixture unit for a floor drain not vented |
Size 3"
FU 3 |
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What is the minimum size for a trap arm for a Floor drain vented floor drain not vented |
floor drain vented = 2" Floor drain not vented = 18" |
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How do we determine the minimum size for a trap arm? |
two times the pipe diameter |
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How do we determine the maximum size for a trap arm? |
Take the size of a pipe and multiply it by 4. |
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Every fixture has a maximum degree change for the trap arm _______ except the WC which is _____ |
Every fixture except the WC = 135 degrees WC 225 degrees |
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Fixture outlet pipe Starts ______ Ends ______ Random fact ______ |
Fixture outlet pipe Starts: fixture waste opening Ends: water in the trap Fact: maximum length 900mm |
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Trap arm starts ______ ends ______ random fact ______ |
Trap arm starts: trap weir ends: the vent fact: is part of the fixture drain |
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Fixture drain Starts ______ Ends ______ random fact ______ |
Fixture drain starts: at trap weirends: -branch, soil or waste stack, building drain Fact: drains only one fixture |
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Branch Starts ______ Ends ______ |
Branch Starts: at the junction of two or more soil pipes Ends: another branch Soil or waste stack Building drain |
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Soil or waste stack Starts ______ ends ______ random fact ______ |
Soil or waste stack starts: at the highest fixture connection ends: at building drain fact: must pass through one or more storeys |
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Building drain starts ______ ends ______ random fact ______ |
Building drain starts: at the base of the soil or waste stack ends: building sewer, 1m outside foundation fact: lowest horizontal piping inside building |
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Building sewer Starts ______ ends ______ random fact ______ |
Building sewer starts: at building drain 1m outside foundation ends: at public sewer private septic system fact: minimum size 4" when connected to public sewer |
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Individual vent Starts ______ ends ______ size ______ |
Individual vent Starts: at trap arm ends : branch vent, stack vent, open air size: trap size then look at table. |
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Branch vent starts ______ ends ______ size ______ |
Branch vent starts: at the junction of two or more vent pipes ends: at another branch vent. Stack vent, open air. sizing: from farthest fixture to stack vent, open air |
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Stack vent starts ______ ends ______ size ______ |
Stack vent Is the extension of a soil or waste stack can serve as a vent for one or two fixtures starts: at the highest fixture connection Ends: at another stack vent open air Sizing:from highest fixture to open air |
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Wet vent starts ______ ends ______ |
Wet vent Serves as a drain for one fixture and the vent for another. Starts: at the highest fixture connection Ends: at the lowest fixture connection |
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Dual vent Starts ______ ends ______ size ______ |
Dual vent Serves two fixtures connected at the same level Starts: at trap arm ends: branch vent, stack vent, open air |
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Continuous vent Starts ______ ends ______ size ______ |
Continuous vent is the continuation of a wet vent starts: at wet vent ends: branch vent, stack vent, open air size: from wet vent, to stack vent open air. |
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A fixture drain piped to drain through one complete storey minimum is called a? |
Soil or waste stack |
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Flat vent is a trade name for a vent that? |
Requires a cleanout fitting to be placed. |
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A branch vent is _____ |
two or more dry vents connecting together. |
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An individual vent becomes a stack vent when? |
A fixture drain extends through at least one complete storey. |
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The continuous waste and vent principle connection is considered as the best arrangement for venting because? |
Waste water does not enter the vent pipe. |
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A vent connection fitting placed on a trap arm? |
Must have the vent opening arranged above horizontal centreline of the trap arm. |
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Which arrangement may allow a fixture to self-siphon? |
Trap too far below fixture. |
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Tests allowed to be conducted for DWV rough-in piping are? |
Water test, air test, ball test. |
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A 3-inch (80 mm) stack vent is required in a residence because of? |
The National Plumbing Code of Canada. |
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Vent pipe roof flashing material must be compatible with vent pipe material to avoid? |
Electro-chemical corrosion. |
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Where does the building sewer begin? |
One metre outside the foundation wall. |
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Oh gawd. Memorize deez trap partz. YO. |
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Self siphonage due to no vent |
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Evaporation lets sewer gas in |
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Obstructions such as string, dental floss, hair will cause the water to capillary action down the drain which will allow sewer gas in. |
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if the traps are not used often, the gas can saturate with the water which will cause it to leak through. |
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Don't vent your sh*t this way. It will F*ck up. |
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What is A? |
Flood level rim |
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What is B? |
Fixture outlet pipe |
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What is C?
What is the minimum diameter of C? |
Fixture outlet pipe 1 1/2" |
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What is D?
What is the minimum depth of D. |
Trap seal 1 1/2" |
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What is E? |
Trap dip |
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What is F? What is the minimum distance of F? |
Air gap 1 inch (Prevents backflow) |
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What is G? |
Vent pipe |
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What is H? What is the minimum distance for H? What is the maximum distance for H? |
Trap arm Min: 3 inches of 2 times the pipe diameter Max: 6 feet |
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What is I? |
Union connection |
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What is J? |
Fixture drain |
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A picture is worth a thousand words. |
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The minimum size of building sewer cleanout fitting that may be installed is? |
3" |
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Cleanout size and spacing must follow? |
2.4.7.2
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A mechanical device to replenish floor drain trap seal water could be? |
a trap seal primer placed on the water supply to a fixture to divert a small amount of water to the floor drain. |
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A kitchen sink fixture drain requires a cleanout for all changes of direction that total? |
90 degrees between cleanouts. |
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Line cleanouts on a stack or a straight run of piping and fitting cleanouts placed in the branch of a Y fitting? |
count as 45 degree changes of direction for a cleaning tool. |
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A 4" building sewer? |
requires a 4" cleanout |
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A 3" floor drain is considered as being vented through the building drain? |
when the fixture drain is no longer than 12 feet. |
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A building sewer 8" or over in size? |
requires a manhole as a cleanout. |
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As a general rule a cleaning tool should pass through changes of direction in a drain adding up to no more than? |
135 degrees |
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An important difference between manholes and catch basins is? |
application. |
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A manhole located inside a building? |
must have an airtight seal and be vented. |
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A trap cleanout may be used for? |
Cleaning the trap. NOT THE F*CKING FIXTURE DRAIN. |
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What's this? What it do. |
Flood guard or flood check. Prevents your FLD from backin' dat' a** up' |
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What kind of trap is this? What is it used for? |
Running trap. Used to install on a floor drain inlet some distance away. |
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What is this? |
Trap primer. |
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What type of cleanout is this? |
Barrett cleanout |
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Look at this beautiful manhole. |
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