AIR GAP - AN AIR GAP IN A WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, IS

THE UNOBSTRUCTED VERTICAL DISTANCE THROUGH

THE FREE ATMOSPHERE BETWEEN THE LOWEST
OPENING FROM ANY PIPE OR FAUCET SUP-PLYING
WATER TO A TANK, PLUMBING FIXTURE, OR OTHER
DEVICE AND THE FLOOD LEVEL RIM OF THE
RECEPTACLE.

BACK FLOW -IS THE FLOW OF WATER, OR OTHER

LIQUID MIXTURE OR SUBSTANCES INTO THE
DISTRIBUTING PIPES OF A POTABLE SUPPLY OF
WATER FROM ANY SOURCE, OTHER THAN ITS
INTENDED SOURCE.

BACK SIPHONAGE - REFERS TO THE BACK FLOW OF

USED CONTAMINATED OR POLLUTED WATER FROM
A PLUMBING FIXTURE OR VESSEL INTO A WATER
SUPPLY PIPE DUE TO A NEGATIVE PRESSURE IN
SUCH A PIPE.

BATTERY OF FIXTURE - REFERS TO ANY

GROUP OF TWO OR MORE SIMILAR ADJACENT
FIXTURES WHICH DISCHARGES INTO A COMMON
HORIZONTAL WASTE PIPE OR SOIL BRANCH.
 BIB -IS SYNONYMOUS WITH FAUCET, COCK, TAP, PLUG,
ETC. THE WORD FAUCET IS PREFERRED.

BLIND FLANGE - A FLANGE THAT CLOSES THE END OF A PIPE.

THERE IS NO OPENING FOR THE PASSAGE OF WATER.

BLOW OFF - A CONTROLLED OUTLET ON A PIPELINE

USED TO DISCHARGE WATER.

BRANCH -IS ANY PART OF PIPING SYSTEM OTHER THAN

THE MAIN RISER OR STACK.

BRANCH INTERVAL - IS THE LENGTH OF A SOIL

OR WASTE STACK CORRESPONDING IN
GENERAL TO A STOREY HEIGHT, BUT IN NO CASE LESS THAN 2.40 METERS WITHIN
WHICH THE HORIZONTAL BRANCHES FROM ONE FLOOR OR STOREY OF A BUILDING ARE
CONNECTED TO THE STACK.

BRANCH VENT - IS A VENT CONNECTING ONE OR

MORE INDIVIDUAL VENTS WITH A VENT STACK
OR STACK VENT.

CALKING - IS PLUGGING AN OPENING WITH OAKUM, LEAD OR OTHER MATERIALS, THAT

ARE POUNDED INTO THE PLACE OR OPENING.

CIRCUIT VENT - IS A BRANCH VENT THAT

SERVES TWO OR MORE TRAPS AND EXTENDS
FROM THE FRONT OF THE LAST FIXTURE
CONNECTION OF A HORIZONTAL BRANCH TO
THE VENT STACK.

CONTINUOUS
VENT - IS A
VERTICAL VENT
THAT IS A
CONTINUATION OF
THE DRAIN TO WHICH THE VENT CONNECTS.
COMBINATION FIXTURES - IS A FIXTURE COMBINING ONE SINK AND TRAY OR A TWO OR
THREE COMPARTMENT SINK OR TRAY IN ONE VENT.

COMBINATION WASTE AND VENT SYSTEM - IS A

SPECIALLY DESIGNED SYSTEM OF WASTE PIPING
EMBODYING THE HORIZONTAL WET VENTING
MORE SINKS OR FLOOR DRAINS.

BY MEANS OF A COMMON WASTE AND VENT PIPE

ADEQUATELY SIZED TO PROVIDE FREE
MOVEMENT OF AIR ABOVE THE FLOW LINE OF THE
DRAIN.

COMMON VENT - IS A DRAIN FROM TWO

OR THREE FIXTURE CONNECTED TO A
SINGLE TRAP. IT IS ALSO CALLED A DUAL
VENT.

CROSS CONNECTION - IS ANY PHYSICAL

CONNECTION BE-TWEEN TWO OTHERWISE
SEPARATE PIPING SYSTEM, ONE CONTAINS POTABLE WATER, AND THE OTHER FROM
UNKNOWN OR QUESTION-ABLE SAFETY, WHEREBY, WATER MAY FLOW FROM ONE
SYSTEM TO THE OTHER DIRECTION OF FLOW DEPENDING ON THE PRESSURE
DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS.

DEAD END - IS THE EXTENDED PORTION OF A PIPE

THAT IS CLOSED AT ONE END PERMITTING THE
STAGNATION OF WATER OR AIR THEREIN.

DEVELOPED LENGTH - THE LENGTH

ALONG THE CENTER OF THE PIPE
AND FITTING.DIAMETER-DIAMETER
OF A PIPE OR TUBE REFERS TO THE
NOMINAL INTERNAL DIAMETER (ID)
OF SUCH PIPE, EXCEPT BRASS AND
COPPER TUBE WHERE THE TERM
REFERS TO THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER
(OD) OF THE PIPE.
DRAINAGE SYSTEM - DRAINAGE SYSTEM INCLUDES ALL PIPING WITHIN THE PUBLIC OR
PRIVATE PREMISES THAT CONVEYS SEWAGE, RAINWATER, OR OTHER LIQUID WASTE,
TO A LEGAL POINT OF DISPOSAL. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE MAINS OF PUBLIC SEWER
SYSTEM PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SEWERAGE TREATMENT OR DISPOSAL PLANT.

DRY VENT - A VENT THAT DOES NOT CARRY WATER OR WATERBORNE WASTES.

EFFECTIVE OPENING - IS THE MINIMUM CROSS-

SECTIONAL AREA AT THE POINT OF WATER SUPPLY
DISCHARGE, MEASURED OR EXPRESSED IN TERMS
OF DIAMETER OF A CIRCLE. IF THE OPENING IS NOT
A CIRCLE, THE DIAMETER OF A CIRCLE THAT IS
EQUIVALENT TO THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA. (THIS
IS APPLICABLE TO AIR GAP)
 EXISTING WORK - SHALL APPLY
TO THAT PORTION OF A PLUMBING
SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN
INSTALLED AND APPROVED
PRIOR TO THE CONTEMPLATED
ADDITION, ALTERATION OR
CORRECTION.

FIXTURE BRANCH- IS A PIPE

CONNECTING SEVERAL FIXTURES.

FIXTURE DRAIN - IS THE DRAIN FROM THE

TRAP OF A FIXTURE TO THE JUNCTION
OF THAT DRAIN WITH ANY OTHER
DRAINPIPE.
FIXTURE SUPPLY - IS A WATER SUPPLY PIPE CONNECTING THE FIXTURE WITH THE
FIXTURE BRANCH.

FIXTURE UNITS - IS A QUANTITY IN TERMS OF WHICH THE LOAD PRODUCING EFFECTS

ON THE PLUMBING SYSTEM OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLUMBING FIXTURES ARE

EXPRESSED ON SOME ARBITRARILY CHOSEN SCALE.
FIXTURE UNIT FLOW RATE -IS THE TOTAL DISCHARGE FLOW IN GALLONS PER MINUTE
OF A SIMPLE FIXTURE DIVIDED BY 7.5GALLONS THAT PROVIDES THE FLOW RATE OF
THAT PARTICULAR PLUMBING FIXTURE AS A UNIT OF FLOW. FIXTURES ARE RATED AS
MULTIPLE OF THIS UNIT OF FLOW.

FLOOD LEVEL - IS A DEVICE LOCATED INSIDE THE

TANK FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING WATER
LEVEL FOR EFFECTIVE FLUSHING OF THE WATER
CLOSET.

FERRULE - A METALLIC SLEEVE CALLED OR

OTHERWISE JOINED TO AN OPENING IN PIPE INTO
WHICH A PLUG IS SCREWED THAT CAN BE REMOVED
FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLEANING OR EXAMINING THE
INTERIOR OF THE PIPE.

FLUSH VALVE - IS A DEVICE LOCATED AT THE

BOTTOM OF THE TANK FOR FLUSHING WATER
CLOSETS AND SIMILAR FIXTURES.

FLUSHOMETER VALVE - IS A DEVICE WHICH

DISCHARGES A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF
WATER TO THE FIXTURE FOR FLUSHING PURPOSES
ACTIVATED BY DIRECT WATER PRESSURE.
 GRADE - IS THE SLOPE OR
FALL OF PIPE IN REFERENCE
TO A FRACTION OF AN INCH
PER FOOT LENGTH OF PIPE.

GROUP VENT - A BRANCH VENT THAT PERFORMS ITS

FUNCTION FOR TWO OR MORE TRAPS.
HORIZONTAL PIPE-MEANS ANY PIPE OR FITTING WHICH MAKES AN ANGLE OF MORE
THAN 45° WITH THE VERTICAL.

INVERT - IS THE LOWEST PORTION OF THE INSIDE

OF ANY PIPE OR CONDUIT THAT IS NOT
VERTICAL.

LIQUID WASTE - IS THE DISCHARGE

FROM ANY FIXTURE, APPLIANCES OR
APPURTENANCE IN CONNECTION
WITH A PLUMBING SYSTEM WHICH
DOES NOT RECEIVE FECAL MATTER.

LOCAL VENT PIPE – IS A PIPE ON THE FIXTURE SIDE

OF THE TRAP THROUGH WHICH VAPOR OR FOUL
AIR IS REMOVED FROM A ROOM OR FIXTURE.
LOOPED VENT – IS THE SAME CIRCUIT VENT EXCEPT THAT IT LOOPS BACK AND
CONNECTS WITH A STACK VENT INSTEAD OF A VENT STACK.

LATERAL – IN PLUMBING, IT IS
SECONDARY PIPE. IN SEWAGE, A
COMMON SEWER TO WHICH NO
OTHER COMMON SEWER IS TRIBUTARY. IT
RECEIVES SEWAGE ONLY FROM
BUILDING SEWER.

MAIN – THE MAIN OF ANY SYSTEM

OF CONTINUOUS PIPING IS THE
PRINCIPAL ARTERY OF THE SYSTEM
TO WHICH BRANCHES MAY BE
CONNECTED.

MAIN SERVER – IS A SEWER LINE OR

SYSTEM DIRECTLY CONTROLLED BY
PUBLIC AUTHORITY.

MAIN VENT – IS THE PRINCIPAL ARTERY OF THE

VENTING SYSTEM TO WHICH VENT BRANCHES
MAY BE CONNECTED.
 PLUMBING FIXTURES – ARE INSTALLED
RECEPTACLES, DEVICES, OR APPLIANCES
WHICH ARE SUPPLIED WITH WATER, OR WHICH
RECEIVES OF DISCHARGES LIQUID OR LIQUID
BORNE WASTE, WITH OR WITHOUT DISCHARGE
INTO DRAIN SYSTEM WHICH MAYBE DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY CONNECTED.

PLUMBING SYSTEM – THE PLUMBING SYSTEM

INCLUDES THE WATER SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION
PIPES, PLUMBING FIXTURES AND TRAPS, SOIL,
WASTE AND VENT PIPES, HOUSE DRAIN AND
HOUSE SEWERS INCLUDING THEIR RESPECTIVE
CONNECTIONS, DEVICES AND APPURTENANCES
WITHIN THE PROPERTY LINES OF PREMISES, AND
WATER TREATING OR WATER USING EQUIPMENT.
 RELIEF VENT – A RELIEF VENT’S PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO PROVIDE CIRCULATION OF
AIR BETWEEN DRAINAGE AND VENT SYSTEMS.

RE-VENT PIPE – A RE-VENT PIPE (SOMETIMES

CALLED INDIVIDUAL VENT) IS THAT PART OF THE
VENT PIPELINE WHICH CONNECTS DIRECTLY
WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WASTE OR GROUP OF
WASTE, UNDERNEATH OR BACK OF THE
FIXTURE, AND EXTEND EITHER TO THE MAIN OF
BRANCH VENT PIPE.

RISER - IS A WATER SUPPLY PIPE WHICH EXTEND

VERTICALLY ONE FULL STOREY OR MORE TO CONVEY
WATER TO BRANCHES OR FIXTURES.
ROUGH-IN - IS THE INSTALLATION OF ALL PARTS OF THE PLUMBING SYSTEM WHICH CAN
BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION OF FIXTURES. THIS INCLUDES DRAINAGE,
WATER SUPPLY, VENT PIPING AND THE NECESSARY FIXTURE SUPPORTS.

RETURN-BEND - AN OPEN RETURN BEND USUALLY

WITHIN-SIDE THREADS BUT APPLIED ALSO TO 180°
BEND IN PIPE.

PUBLIC SEWER - IS A COMMON

SEWER DIRECTLY CONTROLLED
BY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES WHERE
ALL ABUTTERS HAVE EQUAL
RIGHTS OF CONNECTION.

SANITARY SEWAGE -THE SEWAGE CONTAINING

HUMAN EXCREMENT AND LIQUID HOUSEHOLD
WASTE. IT IS ALSO CALLED DOMESTIC SEWAGE.
SANITARY SEWER - A SEWER INTENDED
TO RECEIVE SANITARY SEWAGE WITH
OR WITHOUT INDUSTRIAL WASTES AND
WITHOUT THE ADMIXTURE OF SURFACE
WATER, STORM WATER OR DRAINAGE.

SECONDARY BRANCH - ANY BRANCH IN A

BUILDING DRAIN OTHER THAN THE
PRIMARY BRANCH.
SEWERAGE OF SEWAGE WORK - IS A COMPREHENSIVE TERM INCLUDING ALL
CONSTRUCTION OR COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION, PUMPING, TREATMENT AND FINAL
DISPOSITION OF SEWAGE.

SIAMESE CONNECTION - IS A Y
CONNECTION USED ON FIRE
LINES SO THAT TWO LINES OF
HOSE MAYBE CONNECTED TO A
HYDRANT OR TO THE SAME
NOZZLE.

STANDPIPE - A VERTICAL PIPE USUALLY

USED FOR THE STORAGE OF WATER,
FREQUENTLY UNDER PRESSURE.

SIDE VENT - IS A VENT CONNECTING TO THE

DRAINPIPE THROUGH A FITTING AT AN ANGLE NOT
GREATER THAT 45° OR TO THE VERTICAL.
SOIL PIPE -IS ANY PIPE THAT CONVEYS THE
DISCHARGE OF WATER CLOSETS OR FIXTURE
HAVING SIMILAR FUNCTIONS, WITH OR
WITHOUT THE DISCHARGE FROM OTHER
FIXTURES TO THE BUILDING DRAINS (HOUSE
DRAIN) OR BUILDING SEWER (HOUSE SEWER)

STACK - IS THE VERTICAL MAIN OF

A SYSTEM OF SOIL, WASTE OR
VENT PIPE.

STACK GROUP - IS A TERM

APPLIED TO THE LOCATION
OF FIXTURES IN RELATION
TO THE STACK SO THAT BY MEANS OF PROPER FITTINGS, VENTS MAY BE REDUCED TO
A MINIMUM.

STACK VENT - A STACK VENT IS

THE EXTENSION OF A SOIL OR
WASTE STACK ABOVE THE
HIGHEST HORIZONTAL DRAIN
CONNECTED TO THE STACK. IT IS

SOMETIMES CALLED WASTE VENT OR SOIL VENT.

STACK VENTING - IS A METHOD OF VENTING A FIXTURE OR FIXTURES THROUGH THE
SOIL OR WASTE STACK.

SUBSOIL DRAIN - ARE

UNDERGROUND DRAINPIPES THAT
RECEIVE SUB-SURFACE OR
SEEPAGE WATER ONLY AND
CONVEY IT TO A PLACE OF
DISPOSAL.
SUMP - A PIT OR RECEPTACLE AT A LOW POINT TO WHICH THE LIQUID WASTE IS
DRAINED.

TRAP - IS A FITTING OR DEVICE SO

DESIGNED AS TO PROVIDE WHEN
PROPERLY VENTED A LIQUID SEAL THAT
WILL PREVENT THE BACK PASSAGE OF AIR
WITHOUT MATERIALLY AFFECTING THE
FLOW OF SEWAGE THROUGH IT.

TRAP SEAL - IS THE MAXIMUM VERTICAL

DEPTH OF LIQUID THAT TRAP WILL RETAIN,
MEASURED BETWEEN THE CROWN WEIR
AND TOP OF THE DIP OF THE TRAP.
VENT STACK - IS A VERTICAL PIPE INSTALLED PRIMARILY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING CIRCULATION OF AIR TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

VENT SYSTEM - IS A PIPE OR PIPES INSTALLED TO

PROVIDE A FLOW OR CIRCULATION OF AIR WITHIN THE
PLUMBING SYSTEM TO PROTECT TRAP SEALS
SIPHONING AND BACK PRESSURE.

VERTICAL PIPE - IS Å PIPE INSTALLED IN A

VERTICAL POSITION OR AT AN ANGLE OF
NOT MORE THAN 45° WITH THE VERTICAL.
WASTE PIPE - IS A PIPE THAT CONVEYS LIQUID WASTE FROM FIXTURE THAT IS FREE OF
FECAL MATTER.

WATER DISTRIBUTING PIPE –

WATER DISTRIBUTING PIPE
IN A BUILDING OR PREMISES,
IS A PIPE THAT CONVEYS
WATER FROM THE WATER
SERVICE PIPE TO THE
PLUMBING FIXTURES AND
OTHER OUTLETS.

WATER SERVICE PIPE – IS THE PIPE

FROM THE WATER MAIN OR
OTHER SOURCE OF WATER
SUPPLY TO THE BUILDING
SERVED.

WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM – THE

WATER SUPPLY OF A BUILDING
OR PREMISES CONSISTS OF THE
WATER SERVICE PIPE, THE WATER DISTRIBUTING PIPES, AND THE NECESSARY
CONNECTING PIPES, FITTING, CONTROL VALVES, AND ALL APPURTENANCE IN OR
ADJACENT TO BUILDING OR PREMISES.

WET VENT – IS VENT THAT RECEIVES THE

DISCHARGE FROM WASTES OTHER THAN
WATER CLOSET.