DELANTE, ANDREA H.

September 21, 2021

BSCE-2B CE AC 301 9:45-11:45 SEATWORK NO. 1

14.1 What is a trap, where is it located, and how does it work?

Trap is a u-shaped pipe that catches and holds a small quantity of wastewater that is
poured down a fixture drain. It is installed immediately downstream on the fixture as close to the
fixture as possible usually within 2 ft of it unless the fixture is designed with an integral trap. Trap
is located at the end of the building drain. It acts as a seal to keep gases from entering the
buildings sanitary drainage system from the sewer line.

14-2. Why are vents required on the waste system? Where are they located in reference to the
fixture?
Vents are pipes that introduce sufficient air into the drainage system to reduce air
turbulence and to release sewer gases to the outside. Vents are required on the waste system
since the prime purpose or venting is to protect the trap seal. Without a vent, as water drains from
a fixture, the moving wastewater tends to siphon water from the trap of another fixture as it falls
through the drain pipes. In reference to the fixture, so that the vapors can quickly escape, vent
pipes are installed on roofs, away from windows or air conditioning units.

14-3. What is a wet vent? And how does it differ from other types of vent?
The method of wet venting uses a single vent pipe to provide venting for all of all the
fixtures of one or two bathroom group that located on the same floor. The vent pipe for the lavatory
typically serves as a vent for other fixtures in the bathroom. Plumbing code used to require the
water closet to be the last fixture in line on a wet vet system. wet vents may vent one fixture and
drain another, whereas other vents usually just vent air from one fixture at a time.

14-4. What is the difference between a

stack vent and a vent stack? Using a
sketch, show the location of a stack
vent and a vent stack in a multistory
design.
A vent stack is a vertical pipe
that is only used for venting, and runs
upward from the drain piping to the
open air outside the home. Vent stacks
are primary vents and accept
connections from other vents in a
plumbing system. A stack vent is used
for both drainage and venting. The
bottom portion is a soil pipe (for
drainage) and the top part is a vent. This
is the kind of primary vent most often
used in residential plumbing.

14-5. What is the difference between

soil stack and a waste stack?
The difference between soil
stack and waste stack is that soil stack
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is when the wastewater which the stack will carry includes human waste from water or from
fixtures that have similar functions, while waste stack is when the stack will carry all waste except
human waste.

14-6. Sketch and locate the house (building) drain and the sewer.

14-7. what provision must be made to provide drainage for fixtures located below the level of the
building drain and the sewer?
Drainage plumbing serving fixtures below the main sewer's crown level must discharge
into an approved waterproof sump or receiving tank, which must be placed such that the sewage
or wastes are received by gravity.

14-8. Why does designer make sketches of the drainage piping?

A plumbing drawing is a type of technical drawing that provides visual representation and
information relating to a plumbing system. It is used to convey the engineering design to plumbers
or other workers who will use them to help install the plumbing system. A plumbing drawing is
used to show clearly the location of fixtures, sanitaryware, pipework, valves and so on, and
illustrates how fresh water is to be supplied into a building and waste water removed. To illustrate
the separate hot and cold water supply, the pipe runs will usually be coloured red and blue
respectively. Drainage pipes should be illustrated with the grade (slope) indicated. Where
manholes are included, a manhole schedule should detail the name, invert level, cover level, and
depth