What are Plumbing Yoke Vents?
Yoke vents are additional vents that are required on tall buildings(more than 11 stories), and will be designed by the building’s engineer. Yoke vents are […]
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Yoke vents are additional vents that are required on tall buildings(more than 11 stories), and will be designed by the building’s engineer. Yoke vents are […]
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Venting an island sink cannot be accomplish the way other fixtures are vented because of the distance from walls, where the vent would normally be
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Nearly all plumbing codes require at least one vent termination to penetrate the roof into fresh air, although some localities have been allowing the use
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A vent stack is a major supplier of air for a drainage system and is commonly used on multi-story soil or waste stacks. Vent stacks
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A vent header is the head honcho in a venting system and always leads to outside air. Although a vent header is really not much
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Making A Flared Joint A flared joint has many applications in the mechanical trades and is easily created with only one simple tool. The benefit
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What’s in a plumber’s tool box? Basic Plumbing Hand Tools Tape measure Claw hammer Hack saw Various adjustable wrenches Multi tip screwdriver Ball-peen hammer Regular
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Plumbing Terms and Definitions The plumbing trade uses a lot of unique terms, words and phases that may sound like gibberish to anyone not employed
For reference purposes, here are some two dimensional plumbing symbols illustrating valves and mechanical devices. All drawn by me using paint.net. If there are any
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For reference purposes, here are some two dimensional plumbing symbols showing pipe and fittings you may encounter on mechanical drawings. All drawn by me using
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