Plumbing Latest Update (2023/2024) with Certified Solutions

Plumbing Latest Update (2023/2024) with Certified Solutions BRANCH VENT A vent connecting one or more individual vents with a vent stack or stack vent. CIRCUIT VENT A branch vent that serves two or more traps and extends from in front of the last fixture connection of a horizontal branch to the vent stack. COMMON VENT A vent connecting at the junction of two fixture drains and serving as a vent for both fixtures. A single vent that ventilates multiple traps, in the case of back to back fixture. CONTINOUS VENT A vertical vent that is the continuation of the drain to which the vents connect. DRY VENT A vent that does not serve as drain and is located where if is not exposed to back up of waste from a drainage pipe. GROUP VENT A branch vents that performs its functions for two or more traps. INDIVIDUAL VENT A pipe installed to vent, a fixture trap and w/c connects with the vent system above the fixture served or terminates in the open air. LOOP or CIRCUIT VENT A circuit vent which loop backs to connect with a stack vent instead of a vent stack. Any vent connecting a horizontal branch or fixture drain with the stack vent of the originating waste or soil stack. LOCAL VENT Is a pipe on the fixture side of the trap through which vapor or foul air is removed from a room fixture. MAIN VENT The principal artery of the venting system to which vent branches may be connected. RELIEF VENT A vent installed so as to permit additional circulation of air between the drainage and vent systems where the drainage systems might otherwise be air bound. UNIT VENT An arrangement of venting so installed that that one vent pipe will serve two traps. STACK VENT The extension of a soil or waste stack above the highest horizontal drain connected to the stack horizontal drain, the uppermost end above the roof. WET VENT A vent which also serves as a drain. YOKE VENT A pipe connecting upward from a soil or waste stack to a vent stack for the purpose of preventing pressure changes in the stack. BACKFLOW Is the flow of water or other liquids, mixtures or substances into the distributing pipes of a supply of water from any source other than its intended source. BACK SIPHONAGE Is the backflow of used, contaminated