uestions and Answers

1. The vertical run of pipe, which receives discharge from fixture without fecal
matter.
2. A comprehensive term, including all construction for collection, transportation,
pumping, treatment and final disposition of sewage.
3. A valve that automatically closes to prevent the flow of water in reverse
direction.(Prevents reverse flow)
4. A fitting into which the end of a pipe is screwed for the purpose of closing the end
of the pipe.
5. That horizontal run of pipe emanating from a fixture or group of fixtures up to its
junction with the primary branch.
6. The installation of all pipes in the plumbing system that are in partitions and under
floors. It includes the plumbing work done before the setting of the fixtures, or
finishing.
7. That vertical matter run of pipe, which receives discharge from fixtures without
fecal matter.
8. A receptacle in which liquids are retained for a sufficient period to deposit settle
able material
9. A general term used for any vertical line of soil, waste, or vent piping.
10. It is that portion of the rainfall or other precipitation, which runs off over the
surface after the storm and for such a short period following a storm as the flow
exceeds the normal runoff.
11. A stack vent is the extension of a soil or waste stack above the highest horizontal
drain connected to the stack.
12. The Primary Branch of a building drain is the single sloping drain from the base of
a stack up to its junction with the main building drain or with other branches. The
primary branch is also called a Lateral.
13. That portion of a pipe which for a short distance, is sufficiently enlarged to
received the end of another pipe of the same diameter for the purpose of making a
joint.
14. That horizontal run of pipe, starting from 5’ outside the building which receives
the sewage from the house drain or building and conveys the same to the sewer
main or approved point of disposal.
15. That length of pipe of a stack no less than eight feet which receives the discharge
from the horizontal branch.
16. A suction by the flow of liquids in pipes. A pressure less than atmospheric.
17. A vertical soil pipe conveying fecal matter and liquid waste.
18. A fixture designed for the washing of the hands or face. Sometimes called a wash
basin.
19. A connection in which a ball is held in a cuplike shell that allows movement in
 every direction.
20. A vertical pipe usually used for the storage of water, frequently under pressure.
21. A pipe or opening used to ensuring the circulation of air in plumbing system and
for reducing the pressure exerted on trap seals.
22. The lowest horizontal run of pipe inside the building which receives the discharge
from fixtures and other branches and conveys the samethe discharge from fixtures
and other branches and conveys the same to the house or building sewer.
23. An open return bend, usually with inside threads, but applied also to a one
hundred eighty (180 degree) bend in a pipe.
24. A cast-iron bell-end tee with the branch tapped to receive a threaded pipe of fittin.
25. A pit for the reception or detention of sewage.
26. That t horizontal run of pipe, which receives the distance from fixture and convey
the same to the stack.
27. A pit or receptacle at a low point to which the liquid wastes are drained.
28. A flange that closes the end of a pipe. There is no opening for the passage of
water. (Used for black iron pipes).
29. It is a pipe, which conveys only liquid waste, free of fecal matter.
30. An air pressure less than that atmospheric. Also, siphonage.
31. In lateral plumbing - a secondary pipe line. In sewerage – a common sewer to
which no other common sewer is tributary. It receives sewage only from building
sewer.
32. A faucet opened or closed by the fall or rise of a ball floating on the surface of
water.
33. Plugging an opening with oakum, lead or other materials that are pounded into
place. Also, the material that is pounded into the opening.
34. An arrangement of venting so installed that one vent pipe will serve two (2) traps.
35. A plumbing fixture used for washing the middle part of the body, specially the
genitals. Also a sitz bath (Used to wash posterior parts of the body).
36. The drain from the trap of the fixture to the junction of the fixture to the drain of
the pipe.
37. It is that portion of a vent pipe through which liquid waste flow.
38. It is any of two or more similar adjacent fixtures which discharge into a common
horizontal soil branch.
39. A soil pipe is any pipe which conveys the discharge of water closets, urinals, or
fixtures having similar functions. Also, a cast-iron pipe, with bell and spigot ends,
used in plumbing to convey fecal matter or liquid wastes.
40. The water that is standing in or passing through the ground.
41. A fitting or device so constructed as to prevent the passage of air, gas, and some
vermin through a pipe without materially affecting the flow of sewage or waste
water through it.
42. A relief vent is a vent the primary function of which is to provide circulation of air
between drainage and vent system.
43. The end of a pipe, which fits into a bell. Also a word used synonymously with
faucet.
44. A flange that is not drilled.
45. Waste water pipe from fixtures or appliances which is allowed to discharge into a
properly vented fixture and with no direct connection with the drainage system.
46. A wye connection used on fire lines so that two lines of hose may be connected to
hydrant or to the same nozzle.
47. A vertical opening through a building for elevators, dumb-waiter, ventilation or
similar purpose.