DEFINITION OF TERMS (M-P)

MAIN

• any system of continuous piping, which is the principal artery of the system where branches are connected.

MAIN VENT

• the principal artery of the venting system to which vent branches are connected.

MANHOLE

• a large opening in a sewer line or part of a plumbing system constructed with sufficient size for a man to gain access

• therein for maintenance purposes and facility for changes of line and/or grade of pipeline .

MASTER PLUMBER

• a person technically and legally qualified and licensed to practice the profession of Master Plumbing without limitations in accordance with Republic Act 1378 having passed the examination conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission,

• has received a Certificate of Registration from the Board of Master Plumbing and possesses the current license to practice.

MOBILE HOME PARK SEWER

• that part of the horizontal piping of sanitary drainage system

• which measures 0.6 meter downstream from the last mobile home site and

• conveys sewage to a public sewer, private sewer,

  individual sewage disposal system or other points of disposal

NAMPAP

National Master Plumbers Association of the Philippines

NUISANCE

• Whenever any work regulated by this Code is dangerous to human life or detrimental to health and property

• Inadequate or unsafe water supply and or sewage disposal system

OAKUM

• hemp or old hemp rope soaked in oil or tar to make it waterproof.

OCCUPANCY

• the purpose for which a building is used or intended to be used.

• The term shall also include the building or room housing used.

• Change of occupancy is not interpreted to mean change of tenants or proprietors.

OFFSET

• in a line of piping is a combination of elbows or bends,

• which brings one station of the pipe out of line but into a line parallel with the original section.

PERSON

• a natural person, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns; and also includes a firm, partnership or corporation, its or their successors or assigns or agents of any of the aforesaid

POLYBUTYLENE (PB)

• Tube made of plastic material and colored black.

• The cross-sectional shape is normally oval and is denoted by its outside diameter or 0.D.

• Normally used as water service connection from main to meter.

POLYETHYLENE (PE)

• Tube made of plastic material and colored black.

• The cross-sectional shape is circular and is denoted by its outside diameter or O.D.

PIPE

• cylindrical conduit or conductor conforming to the particular dimensions commonly known as pipe size, and is denoted by its interior diameter or l.D.

PLUMBING

• the art and technique of installing pipes, fixtures and other apparatuses in buildings for bringing in the supply, liquids, substances and/or ingredients

  and removing them and such water, liquid and

• other carried wastes hazardous to health, sanitation, life property also the pipes and fixtures after installation i.e., the plumbing system.

PLUMBING APPURTENANCE

• a manufactured device or a prefabricated assembly or an on-the-job assembly of component parts, and serves as adjunct to the basic piping system and plumbing fixtures.

• An appurtenance demands no additional water supply nor does it add any discharge load to a fixture or the drainage system.

• It performs some useful functions in the operation, maintenance, servicing, economy or Safety of the plumbing system.

PLUMBING FIRM

• a sole proprietorship or corporation composed of Registered and Licensed Master Plumbers together with allied professionals.

PLUMBING FlXTURES

• are approved-type installed receptacles devices or appliances supplied with water or receive liquid or liquid-borne wastes and discharge

• such wastes into the drainage system to which they may be directly or indirectly connected.

PLUMBING OFFICIAL

• the Administrative Authority or the officer charged with the administration and enforcement of the National Plumbing Code, or his regularly authorized deputy.

PLUMBING SYSTEM

• includes all potable water supply and distribution pipes, all plumbing fixtures and traps;

• all sanitary and storm drainage systems vent pipes, roof drains, leaders and downspouts; and all building drains and sewers, including their respective joints and connections; devices, receptacles, and appurtenances within the property water lines in the premises: potable, tap, hot and chilled water pipings, potable water treating or using equipment; fuel gas piping; water heaters and vents for same.

PLUMBING UNIT

• a minimum standard quantity of plumbing fixtures that discharge wastes into a plumbing installation

• including: one (I) water meter, one (I) water closet, one (I) lavatory, one ( l) shower head and drain tor a bathtub or shower stall, one ( 1) kitchen sink, one ( 1) Iaundry tray and three ( 3) floor drains anf four (4) faucets/hose bibb

POLLUTION

• an impairment of the quality of the water to a degree which creates hazard to the public health

• and adversely affects the aesthetic and potable qualities of waters for domestic use.

POTABLE WATER

• water satisfactory for drinking, culinary and domestic purposes and meets the requirements of the Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water.

PRESSURE

• the normal force exerted by a homogeneous liquid or gas per unit of area on the wall of the container.

STATIC PRESSURE

• pressure existing without any flow motion.

RESlDUAL PRESSURE

• the pressure available at the fixture or water outlet; allowance is made for pressure drop due to friction loss, head, meter and other losses in the system during maximum demand period.

PRIMARY BRANCH

• is the single sloping drain from the base of a stack to its junction with the main building drain.

PRIVATE OR PRIVATE USE

• classification of plumbing fixtures,

• applies to plumbing fixtures in residences and apartments, to private bathrooms in hotels and hospitals, to rest rooms in commercial establishments for restricted use, single fixture or group of single fixtures

• and to similar installations where the fixtures are intended for the use of a family or an individual.

PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM

• a septic tank with the effluent discharging into a subsurface disposal field,

• into one or more seepage pits

• or into a combination of subsurface disposal field and seepage pit or of such other facilities as may be permitted under the procedures set forth elsewhere in this Code.

PRIVATE SEWER

• a building sewer, which receives the discharge from more than one building drain

• and conveys it to a public sewer, private sewage disposal system, or other points of disposal.

PRIVY

• an outhouse or structure used for the deposition of excrement

PRIVY VAULT

• a pit beneath a privy where excrement collects.

PUBLIC SEWER

• common sewer directly controlled by public authority to which all abutters have equal rights of connections.

POLYVINYL CHLORIDE

• Potable water pipings are color-coded BLUE.

• Drainpipes are manufactured with toxic components and are color-coded gray, orange or brown.

POLYPROPYLENE

• A HARD TOUGH THERMOPLASTIC RESIN. A VERY LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIAL SUITABLE FOR LOWER PRESSURE APPLICATION.

• USED FOR A WIDE RANGE OF LABORATORY AND INDUSTRIAL LIQUIDS, SALTWATER DISPOSAL, AND CORROSIVE WASTE SYSTEMS.

POLYPROPYLENE RANDOM

• CYLINDRICAL AND RIGID PIPE PRODUCED TOHROUGH A CONTINOUS PROCESS KNOWS AS EXTRUSION.

• WIDELY USED FOR HOME INSTALLATIONS.

• THESE PIPES ARE USUALLY WHITE OR GREEN.