MPLE Terms 1

Nuisance

Whenever any work regulated by this Code is dangerous to human life or detrimental to health and property and Inadequate or unsafe water supply and or sewage disposal system

Repair

The reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing building for its maintenance.

Single Family Dwelling

A building designed as a home by the owner of such building, and shall be the only dwelling located on a parcel of ground with the usual accessory building.

Sand Interceptor

______ are in-ground tanks designed to capture dirt, sand, to keep these substances out of our wastewater system.

Interceptor (clarifier)

It is a device designed and installed to separate and retain deleterious, hazardous, or undesirable matters from normal wastes and permits normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the disposal terminal by gravity.

Rim

An unobstructed top open edge of a fixture.

Offset

In a line of piping is a combination of elbows or bends, which brings one section of the pipe out of line but into a line parallel with the original section.

Waste Pipe

A pipe, which conveys only wastewater or liquid waste, free of fecal matter.

Regulating Equipment

Includes all valves and controls used in plumbing systems which are accessible.

Vacuum

An air pressure less than atmospheric. Also, implies siphonage in piping system.

Wet Vent

That portion of a vent pipe through where wastewater also flows through.

Court

An open, unoccupied space, bounded on two (2) or more sides by the walls of the building. An inner court is a court entirely within the exterior walls of a building.

Length of Pipe

_____ is measured along its centerline.

Polybutylene (PB)

Colored black. The cross-sectional shape is normally OVAL and is denoted by its O.D.

Wet Standpipe

A standpipe where water pressure is maintained at all times.

Horizontal Pipe

It is any pipe or fitting installed in a horizontal position or which forms an angle of not more than forty-five (45) degrees with the horizontal plane.

Primary Branch

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

Listing Agency

It is an agency accepted by the Administrative Authority in the business of listing or labelling and which maintains a periodic inspection program on current production of listed models and makes available a published report of such listing where specific information is included tint the product has been tested against approved standards and found safe for use in a specific manner.

Fixture Unit

It is an arbitrary quantity in terms of which the load-producing effects or water requirements on the plumbing system of different kinds of plumbing fixtures are expressed in some arbitrarily chosen scale.

It is equivalent to a rate of flow at 28.3 liters per minute ( 1 cu. ft./minute).

Building Supply

The pipe carrying potable water from the water meter or other source of water supply to a building or other point of use or distribution on the lot. _____ shall also mean water service connection

Continuous Waste

A drain connecting the compartments of a set of fixtures to a trap or connecting other permitted fixtures to a common trap

Flushometer Valve

It is a device, which discharges a predetermined quantity of water into fixtures for flushing purposes and is actuated by direct water pressure.

(1) septic tank

Not included in a Plumbing Unit

(3) floor drains

(1) water closet

(4) faucets/hose bibb

(1) septic tank

Trap Arm

That portion of a fixture drain between a trap and the vent.

Pipeline Welder

A person who specializes in the welding of pipes and holds a valid certificate of competency from a recognized testing agency, based on the requirements of the regulating authority

3 cu. m

Grease interceptor min. capacity

All of these

Per Plumbing Code, PVC Drainpipes with toxic components are colored _____.

Brown

All of these

Grey

Orange

Readily Accessible

Shall mean direct access without the necessity of removing any panel, door or similar obstruction.

Effective Opening

________ is the minimum cross-sectional area at the point of water supply discharge measured or expressed in terms of: (1) the diameter of a circle; (2) if the opening is not circular, the diameter of a circle of equivalent cross-sectional area. (This is applicable also to air gap installation.)

Shaft

A vertical opening through a building for elevators, dumbwaiters, lights. ventilation or similar purposes

Dry Standpipe

A standpipe having no permanent water inside the pipe.

Yard

An open, unoccupied space, other than a court, unobstructed from the ground to the sky, except where specifically provided in this Code.

Backvent Pipe

A pipe for ventilating purposes, attached to a waste pipe on the sewer side of its trap to prevent the siphoning of waste.

The part of a vent line, which connects directly with an individual trap underneath or behind the fixture and extends to the branch or main vent pipe at any point higher than the fixture or fixture traps it serves.

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 possessing the current license to practice.

Supports

Supports, hangers, anchors, brackets, cradles are devices for holding and securing pipes and fixtures to walls, ceiling, floors or structural members.

Flood Level Rim

The top edge of a receptacle from where water overflows.

Subsoil Drain

An underground drainpipe that receives only subsurface or seepage water and convey it to a sump for disposal by gravity flow or by lift pump.

Domestic Sewage

The liquid and water-borne wastes derived from ordinary living processes, free from industrial wastes and of such character that permit satisfactory disposal without special treatment. It is discharged into the public sewer or into a private sewage disposal system.

Vent System

Pipes installed to provide flow of air to or from a drainage system or to provide a circulation of air within such system to protect traps seals from siphonage and back pressure.

Testing Laboratory

Who establishes the Critical Level Marking on Backflow Prevention devices

Blow-off

A controlled outlet of a pipeline to discharge liquid or detritus

Unconfined Space

A room space having a volume equal to at least 1.4 c.u. m. of the aggregate input rating of the fuel-burning appliance installed in that space. Rooms adjacent and open to the space where the appliance is installed, through openings not furnished with doors, are considered a part of the unconfined space.

Siamese Connection

A hose fitting with clapper valves for combining the flow from two or more lines of hose into a single stream. The inlet fitting of a fire standpipe located above ground level

Flush Tank

A tank located above or integral with a water closet, urinal, or similar fixtures for flushing or removing excrement in the fixture.

Gooseneck

This term means the flexible tubing connection between a service pipe and a water main

Backflow Preventer

A backflow preventer is a vital plumbing safety device that stops contaminated water from reversing direction and mixing with clean public or residential drinking supplies. Common types include dual check valves, double check valve assemblies, and reduced pressure zone (RPZ) devices.

Device or means to prevent the flow of liquid from returning to the source of supply. Also called a vacuum breaker

Department Having Jurisdiction

The Administrative Authority and includes any other law enforcement agency concerned by any provision of this Code, whether such agency is specifically named or not.

Hubless Pipes

_____ are cast iron soil pipes with plain ends connected together with bolted stainless steel bands and neoprene gaskets

Branch

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

Branch Vent

A branch vent is a plumbing pipe that connects two or more individual fixture vents together. It links smaller vent lines to a main vent stack, stack vent, or outdoor air termination point.

A horizontal vent connecting one or more individual vertical back vents with the vent stack or stack vent.

Static Pressure

The pressure existing without any flow motion

Code

This word, when used alone, shall mean these regulations, subsequent amendments thereto or any emergency rule or regulation which the Administrative Authority having jurisdiction may lawfully adopt.

Pipe

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

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

Soil Pipe

Any pipe, which conveys the discharge of water closet, urinal or fixtures having similar functions, with or without the discharges from other fixtures to the building drain or building sewer.

Catch Basin

A receptacle in which liquids are retained for a sufficient period of time to allow settleable material to deposit.

Special Wastes

Wastes which require some special methods of handling such as the use of indirect waste piping and receptors; corrosion-resistant piping, sand, oil or grease interceptors; condensers or other pretreatment facilities.

Bending Pin (or Iron)

A tool for straightening or bending lead pipe.

Lavatory

Sometimes called a wash basin

Downspout

The vertical portion of a rainwater conductor

Tailpiece

The pipe or tubing that connects the outlet of a plumbing fixture to the trap.

House Storm Sewer

It is the pipeline from the building to the public or street storm drainage system.

Bathroom

A room equipped with a shower stall or bathtub

Contamination

An impairment of the quality of potable water which creates an actual hazard to public health through poisoning or spread of disease by sewage, industrial fluids or waste. Also, defined as High Hazard.

Public

_______ shall mean all buildings or structures that are not defined as private or private use.

Group Vent

A branch vent that performs its functions for two (2) or more traps.

Lateral

In plumbing, a secondary pipeline. In sewerage, a common sewer to which no other branch sewer is connected. It receives sewage from building sewer service connections only.

Sewage

Any wastewater containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution and may include liquids containing chemicals in solution.

Fixture Branch

The water supply pipe between the fixture supply pipe and the water-distributing pipe.

Bidet

Also called a "sitz" bath.

0.6

Building sewer begins ____ meters outside the building wall.

Plumbing Appliance

Any one of a special class of device or equipment intended to perform a special plumbing function. Its operation and/or control may be dependent upon one or more energized components, such as motors, controls, heating elements and pressure-temperature-sensing elements. Such device or equipment may operate automatically through one or more of the following actions: a time cycle, a temperature range, a pressure range, a measured volume or weight; or the device or equipment may be manually adjusted or controlled by the user or operator.

Plumbing Fixtures

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. Industrial or commercial tanks, vats and similar processing equipment are not plumbing fixtures, but may be connected to or discharged into approved traps or plumbing fixtures as provided for in this Code.

Chase

A vertical shaft for the installation of different pipe stacks.

Air Gap, Water Distribution

An unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening from any pipe or faucet conveying potable water to the flood-level rim of any tank, vat, or fixture.

Industrial Waste

Any and alI liquid or water-borne waste from industrial or commercial processes, except domestic sewage

Bell and Spigot

B&S means Brown and Sharpe (Specification) or ____ (Ends of Pipes)

Alley

Any public space, public park, or thoroughfare less than three (3) meters but not less than two (2) meters in width dedicated or deeded for public use. any public space. public park or thoroughfare less than three (3) meters but not less than two (2) meters in width dedicated or deeded for public use.

756 degrees centigrade or less

Combustible Construction is any structure which any part of its structural framework will ignite and burn at a temperature of _______

2.43

Minimum Branch Interval

Water Main

_________ or street main is the water-supply pipe for public or community use.

Faucet

A valve located at the end of a water pipe through of which water can be drawn from or held within the pipe

Backflow

The flow of water or other liquids, mixtures, or substances into the distributing pipes of a potable supply of water from any source other than from its intended source.

Seepage Pit

A loosely lined excavation in the ground. which receives the discharge of a septic tank and designed to permit the effluent from the septic tank to seep through pit bottom and sides

Gooseneck

A return bend of a small-sized pipe, one end of which is about 30 cm. long and the other end is about 7.5 cm. long. It is commonly used as a faucet for a pantry sink. Also, the term means the flexible tubing connection between a service pipe and a water main.

Lateral

In sewerage, a common sewer to which no other branch sewer is connected. It receives sewage from building sewer service connections only.

It is also the underground pipe that connects your home or building's plumbing system directly to the public sewer main. It carries all wastewater away from your toilets, sinks, and showers

Confined Space

A room or space having a volume of less than 1.4 cu. m with 250 kilogram calorie of the aggregate input rating of all fuel-burning appliances installed in that space

Sanitary Sewer

A sewer intended to receive sanitary sewage with or without pre-treated industrial wastes and without the admixture of rain or ground water.

Drainage System

Includes all the pipings within public or private premises which convey sewage or other liquid wastes to a legal point of disposal but does not include the mains of a public sewer system or a public sewage treatment or disposal plant.

Pollution

In Plumbing Code, referred to as "Low Hazard"