TOPIC 4

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Essential Parts of the Sanitary Drainage System

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Waste Pipe, Vent Pipe, Trap, Stack, Branch, House/Building Drain, House/Building Sewer

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conveys only wastewater or liquid waste free of fecal matter.

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Waste Pipe

Front

used for ensuring the circulation of air in a plumbing system and for relieving the negative pressure exerted on trap seals.

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Vent Pipe

Front

a fitting or device designed and constructed to provide, when properly vented, a liquid seal which prevents the backflow of foul air or methane gas without materially affecting the flow of sewage or wastewater through it.

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Trap

Front

The vertical main of a system of soil, waste, or vent pipings extending through one or more stories and extended through the roof.

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Stack

Front

any part of the piping system other than a main, riser or stack.

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Branch

Front

Part of the lowest horizontal piping of a plumbing system which receives the discharges from the soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside of a building and conveys it to the house sewer outside of the building.

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House/Building Drain

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extends from the house drain at a point __________ from the outside face of the foundation wall of a building to the junction with the street sewer or to any point of discharge, and conveying the drainage of one building site. Options: House/Building Sewer, 0.60 meters

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House/Building Sewer, 0.60 meters

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use 45° wye branches, combination wye – 1/8 bend branches, or other approved fittings of equivalent sweep

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Horizontal to Horizontal change in direction

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• - No fitting having more than ________ at the same level shall be used (i.e., sanitary cross).

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Horizontal to vertical change in direction, one inlet