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A plumbing system or any part thereof installed prior
Existing Work
to March 11, 2005.
Any pipe that conveys the discharge of toilets, urinals
or fixtures having similar functions to the building
Soil Pipe drain or building sewer. The discharge may be
conveyed with or without the discharge from other
fixtures
A pipe within the building or on the premises that
Water Distribution Pipe conveys water from the water service pipe to the
point of usage
A vertical loop of pipe, rising to a height sufficient to
prevent back-siphonage from occurring in the
Barometric Loop.
potable water supply pipe. (Approximately 35 feet,
depending on the weight of the atmosphere.)
The length of a pipeline as measured along the center
Developed Length
line of the pipe or fittings.
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The installation of all parts of the plumbing system
that can be completed prior to the installation of
Roughing-in. fixtures. This includes drainage piping, water supply
piping, vent piping, the necessary fixture supports,
and any fixtures that are built into the building.
The vertical distance between the crown weir and the
Trap Seal
top of the dip of the trap.
The unobstructed vertical distance through the free
atmosphere between the outlet of a waste pipe and
Air Gap (Drainage
the flood level rim of the receptacle into which the
System).
waste discharges.
Air
A unit of liquid flow used in sizing both supply and
Fixture Unit. drainage pipes. It is equal to 1 cubic foot per minute
or approximately 7.5 gallons per minute.
Discharge from any fixture, appliance, area or
Liquid Waste appurtenance that does not contain human or animal
waste matter suspended in a solution.
Any pressure less than that exerted by the
Vacuum
atmosphere
A distance along a soil or waste stack corresponding
in general to a story height, but not less than eight
Branch Interval feet in vertical height, and wherein the horizontal
branches from one floor or story of a building are
connected to the stack
Testing water supply shall 125 PSI
be at a pressure no less
than?
Storm or Sanitary drains a slope that produces a computed velocity of
shall be installed at a discharge of not less than two feet per second.
slope that:
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Horizontal drainage ¼ inch per foot
piping which is (3) three
inches in diameter or
smaller shall be installed
with a minimum uniform
pitch
Horizontal drainage 1/8 inch per foot
piping which is larger than
three inches in diameter
shall be installed with a
minimum uniform pitch of
Special Labs. All licensed shall have the surface of their body and clothing
plumbers and plumbing protected by disposable or washable gowns similar or
apprentices installing pipe equal to the gowns, gloves and face masks worn by
connections or working surgical staff.
on drains to hospital waste
and vent systems,
mortuary waste and vent
systems, laboratory waste
and vent systems, dental
waste and vent systems
and plumbing systems in
radioactive sensitive areas
Whenever there is reason test and/or inspection, and any defects found shall be
to believe that the corrected as required in writing by the Inspector
plumbing system of any
building has become
defective, it shall be
subjected
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Terms in this set (284)
A plumbing system or any part thereof installed prior
Existing Work
to March 11, 2005.
Any pipe that conveys the discharge of toilets, urinals
or fixtures having similar functions to the building
Soil Pipe drain or building sewer. The discharge may be
conveyed with or without the discharge from other
fixtures
A pipe within the building or on the premises that
Water Distribution Pipe conveys water from the water service pipe to the
point of usage
A vertical loop of pipe, rising to a height sufficient to
prevent back-siphonage from occurring in the
Barometric Loop.
potable water supply pipe. (Approximately 35 feet,
depending on the weight of the atmosphere.)
The length of a pipeline as measured along the center
Developed Length
line of the pipe or fittings.
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The installation of all parts of the plumbing system
that can be completed prior to the installation of
Roughing-in. fixtures. This includes drainage piping, water supply
piping, vent piping, the necessary fixture supports,
and any fixtures that are built into the building.
The vertical distance between the crown weir and the
Trap Seal
top of the dip of the trap.
The unobstructed vertical distance through the free
atmosphere between the outlet of a waste pipe and
Air Gap (Drainage
the flood level rim of the receptacle into which the
System).
waste discharges.
Air
A unit of liquid flow used in sizing both supply and
Fixture Unit. drainage pipes. It is equal to 1 cubic foot per minute
or approximately 7.5 gallons per minute.
Discharge from any fixture, appliance, area or
Liquid Waste appurtenance that does not contain human or animal
waste matter suspended in a solution.
Any pressure less than that exerted by the
Vacuum
atmosphere
A distance along a soil or waste stack corresponding
in general to a story height, but not less than eight
Branch Interval feet in vertical height, and wherein the horizontal
branches from one floor or story of a building are
connected to the stack
Testing water supply shall 125 PSI
be at a pressure no less
than?
Storm or Sanitary drains a slope that produces a computed velocity of
shall be installed at a discharge of not less than two feet per second.
slope that:
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Horizontal drainage ¼ inch per foot
piping which is (3) three
inches in diameter or
smaller shall be installed
with a minimum uniform
pitch
Horizontal drainage 1/8 inch per foot
piping which is larger than
three inches in diameter
shall be installed with a
minimum uniform pitch of
Special Labs. All licensed shall have the surface of their body and clothing
plumbers and plumbing protected by disposable or washable gowns similar or
apprentices installing pipe equal to the gowns, gloves and face masks worn by
connections or working surgical staff.
on drains to hospital waste
and vent systems,
mortuary waste and vent
systems, laboratory waste
and vent systems, dental
waste and vent systems
and plumbing systems in
radioactive sensitive areas
Whenever there is reason test and/or inspection, and any defects found shall be
to believe that the corrected as required in writing by the Inspector
plumbing system of any
building has become
defective, it shall be
subjected
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