CHAPTER 2
A (PULO)
1. ABS
- Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
2. ALLEY
- any public space.
- public park less than 3m but not less than 2m
3. ALTER or ALTERATION
- any change, addition or modification in construction or occupancy.
4. ACCESSIBLE
- when applied to a fixture, connection, appliance or equipment, shalt mean having access.
5. AIRBREAK
- a physical separation, which may be a low inlet into the indirect waste receptor
6. AIR GAP, DRAINAGE
- conveying waste to the flood level rim of the receptor.
7. AIR GAP, WATER DISTRIBUTION
- conveying potable water to the flood-level rim of any tank, vat or fixture.
8. APPROVED
- accepted or acceptable under an applicable specification
9. APPROVED TESTING AGENCY
- an organization primarily established the purposes of testing
10. AUTHORITY, ADMINISTRATIVE
- The Administrative Authority agency established and authorized to administer and enforce the provisions of Republic Act 1378
B (TRAYNTA-IDOS)
1. BACKFLOW
- the flow of water or other liquids, mixtures or substances
2. BACKFLOW CONNECTION
- Condition or any arrangement whereby reverse flow can occur.
3. BACKPRESSURE BACKFLOW
- occurs due to an increased reverse pressure above the supply pressure.
4. BACKFLOW PREVENTER
- device or means to prevent flow of liquid from returing to the source o f supply.
- Also called vacuum breaker
5. BACK-SIPHONAGE
- the flowing back of used water into a water supply pipe due to a negative pressure
6. BACKWATER VALVE
- a device installed in a drainage system to prevent reverse flow.
7. BACKVENT PIPE
- the part of a vent line, which connects directly with an individual trap underneath the fixture
- sometimes called an individual vent.
8. BALL COCK
- a valve opened and closed by the fall and rise, respectively, of an attached ball
9. BALL JOINT
- a type of pipe connection in which a ball-shaped end is held in a cuplike shell
10. BATHROOM
- a room equipped with a shower stall or bathtub.
11. BATTERY OF FIXTURES
- any of two or more similar adjacent fixtures which discharge into a common horizontal soil or waste branch.
12. BELL OR HUB
- that portion of a pipe which is sufficiently enlarged to receive the end of another pipe for the purpose of making a caulked or push-on joint
13. BENDING PIN (or IRON)
- a tool for straightening or bending lead pipe.
14. BIBB
- synonymous with faucet, cock, tap, plug, etc. The word "faucet" is preferred.
15. BIDET
- used for washing the middle private part of the body, especially the genitals.
- Also called a "sitz" bath.
16. BLANK FLANGE
- A pipe flange that is not drilled for bolt holes.
17. BLIND FLANGE
- a flange that closes the end of a pipe. There is no opening for the passage of liquid or gas.
18. BLOW-OFF
- a controlled outlet of a pipeline to discharge liquid or detritus.
19. BOARD
- the Licensure Board for Master Plumbers
20. BOILER BLOW-OFF
- a valved outlet of a boiler that permits discharge of accumulated sediment.
21. BRANCH
- any part of the piping system other than a main, riser or stack.
22. BRANCH INTERVAL
- a length of soil or waste stack corresponding in general to a story height
23. BRANCH, FIXTURE
- see Fixture Branch
24. BRANCH, HORIZONTAL
- see Horizontal Branch
25. BRANCH VENT
- a horizontal vent connecting one or more individual vertical back vents
26. BRAZED JOINT
- any joint obtained by joining of metal parts with alloys, higher than 449 degrees.
27. B & S
- Brown and Sharpe (Specification) or Bell and Spigot (Ends of Pipes)
28. BUILDING
- a structure built, erected and framed
29. BUILDING DRAIN
- that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge of the building
30. BUILDING SEWER
- that part of the horizontal piping of a drainage system which starts from the end of the building drain, and which receives the discharge of the building drain
31. BUILDING SUBDRAIN
- that portion of an underground system, which cannot drain by gravity into the building sewer.
32. BUILDING SUPPLY
- the pipe carrying potable water from the water meter of water supply to a building
- also mean water service connection.
C (BAYNTE-KWATRO hbd maris)
1. CAULKING
- plugging an opening that are pounded into the annular space.
2. CAP
- fitting, screwed or caulked over the end of a pipe for closing the pipe end.
3. CATCH BASIN
- a receptacle in which liquids are retained for a sufficient period of time
4. CERTIFIED BACKFLOW ASSEMBLY TESTER
- a person who has shown competence to test and maintain backflow
5. CESSPOOL
- a non-watertight lined excavation in the ground which receives the discharge
6. CHASE
- a vertical shaft for installation of different pipe stacks.
7. CHECK VALVE
- a valve that automatically closes to prevent the flow of liquid or gas in a reverse direction
8. CIRCUIT VENT
- a group vent pipe which starts in front of the extreme fixture connection on a horizontal branch
9. CLARIFIER
- See Interceptor
10. CODE
- shall mean these regulations
11. COMMON VENT
- see unit vent and dual vent.
12. COMBINATION WASTE AND VENT SYSTEM
- a specially designed system of waste piping embodying the horizontal wet venting of one or more sinks or floor drains by means of a common horizontal waste and vent pipe
13. COMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION
- a structure which any part of its structural framework will ignite and burn at a temperature of 756 degrees centigrade or less.
14. COMMISSION
- The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
15. COMMON
- that part of a plumbing system designed and installed to serve more than 1 appliance, fixture, building or system.
16. CONFINED SPACE
- a room or space having a volume less than 14 cu. m
17. CONTAMINATION
- an impairment of the quality of the potable water which creates an actual hazard
18. CONTINUOUS VENT
- a continuous vent is vertical vent that is a continuation of the drain to which the vent connects.
19. CONTINUOUS WASTE
- a drain connecting the compartments of a set of fixtures to a trap or connecting other permitted fixtures to a common trap.
20. CONDUTOR OR DOWNSPOUT
- a vertical pipe to convey rainwater.
21. CORPORATION COCK
- a stop valve placed at the connection of the water service pipe to the water main.
22. COURT
- an open, unoccupied space, bounded on 2 or more sides by the walls of the building
23. CRITICAL LEVEL
- C-L or C/L marking on a backflow prevention device or vacuum breaker
24. CROSS-CONNECTION
- any connection between a potable water supply system through which enables non-potable to enter any part of such potable water system
D (TRESI hbd staku)
1. DEAD-END
- the extended portion of a pipe that is closed at one end
2. 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
3. DEVELOPED LENGTH
- the length of a pipe along its centerline and fittings
4. DIAMETER
- is the nominal diameter as designated commercially
- ID inside diameter
- OD outside diameter
5. DOMESTIC SEWAGE
- the liquid and water-borne wastes derived from the ordinary living processes
6. DOUBLE-BEND FITTING
- a pipe fitting with adjacent reverse bends and shaped like the letter "S"
7. DOUBLE OFFSET
- two offsets in succession such that the centerlines of the outside ends are in the same
8. DOWNSPOUT
- the vertical portion of a rainwater conductor.
9. DRAIN
- a pipe, which carries ground and surface waters, storm water or wastewater
10. DRAINAGE SYSTEM
- includes all the pipings within public or private premises which convey sewage or other liquid wastes to a legal point of disposal
11. DRY VENT
- a vent that does not carry liquid or water-borne wastes.
12. DUAL VENT
- see Unit Vent
13. DURHAM SYSTEM
- a term used to describe soil or waste system
E (DUHA)
1. EFFECTIVE OPENING
- is the minimum cross-sectional area at the point of water supply discharge
2. EXISTING WORK
- the on-going installation of the plumbing system or any part
F (DESISAIS)
1. FAMILY
- one person living alone or a group living together, whether related to each other by birth or not.
2. FAUCET
- a valve located at the end of a water pipe through of which water can be drawn
3. FERRULE
- a metallic sleeve, caulked or joined to an opening in a pipe, into which a plug is screwed
4. FIXTURE
- a receptacle other than a trap attached to a plumbing system in which water or wastes may be collected or retained
5. FIXTURE BRANCH
- the water supply pipe between the fixture supply pipe and the water-distributing pipe.
6. FIXTURE DRAIN
- the drainpipe from the trap of a fixture to the junction of that drain with any other drainpipe.
7. FIXTURE SUPPLY
- a water supply pipe connecting the fixture with the fixture branch.
8. FIXTURE UNIT
- is an arbitrary quantity in terms of which the load producing effects or water requirements
9. FLOOD LEVEL
- the level in a fixture at which water begins to overflow over the top or rim of the fixture.
10. FLOOD LEVEL RIM
- is the top edge of a receptacle from where water overflows.
11. FLOODED
- a fixture is flooded when the liquid therein rises to the flood level rim.
12. FLOOR AREA
- the area included within surrounding walls of a building (or portion thereof), exclusive of vent shafts and courts.
13. FLUSH TANK
- a tank located above or integral with water closet, urinal or similar fixtures for flushing
14. FLUSH VALVE
- is a device located at the bottom of the tank for the purpose of flushing waster closet
15. FLUSHOMETER TANK
- is integrated within an air accumulator vessel which is designed to discharge
16. FLUSHOMETER VALVE
- discharges a predetermined quantity of water into fixtures for flushing purposes and is actuated by direct water pressure.
G (WALO HANGGANG DULO)
1. GATE VALVE
- a valve in which the flow of water is cut off by means of a circular disc fitted against machine-smoothed faces
2. GLOBE VALVE
- a valve in which the flow of fluid is cut off by means of a circular disc that fits over and against the horizontal valve seat.
3. GOOSENECK
- a return bend of small-sized pipe
- It is commonly used as a faucet for a pantry sink
4. GRADE
- Is the slope or fall of a line of pipe with reference to a horizontal plane
5. GREASE INTERCEPTOR
- an interceptor of at least 3 cubic meters capacity to serve one or more fixtures and which is remotely located.
6. GREASE TRAP
- a device designed to retain grease from one to a maximum of tour fixtures.
7. GROUND WATER
- the water that stands in or passes through the ground.
8. GROUND VENT
- a branch vent that performs its functions for two (2) or more traps.
H (NOYBI hbd sheena)
1. HANGERS
- Pipe hangers are hardware used in construction and plumbing to steady and support pipes
2. HEIGTH OF BUILDING
- the vertical distance from the "Grade Line" to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof
3. HIGH-HAZARD
- Any condition, in connection with a water supply, has the potential to cause death.
4. HORIZONTAL BRANCH
- is a drain pipe extending laterally from a soil or waste stack or building drain
5. HORIZONTALPIPE
- is any pipe or fitting installed in a horizontal position or which forms an angle > 45
6. HOUSE DRAIN
- is that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a plumbing system which receives the discharges
7. HOUSE SEWER
- extending from the house drain at a point 0.60 meters from the outside face of the foundation walt of a building to the junction
8. HOUSE STORM SEWER
- - is the pipeline from the building to the public or street storm drainage system.
9. HURLESS PIPES
- are cast iron soil pipes with plain ends connected together with bolted stainless steel bands and neoprene gaskets.
I (PITO)
1. INDIRECT WASTE PIPE
- a pipe that does not connect directly with the drainage system but conveys liquid wastes
2. INDIVIDUAL VENT
- is a pipe installed to vent a fixture trap and which connects with the vent system above the fixture se1ved or terminates in the open air.
3. INDUSTRIAL WASTE
- any and all liquid or water-borne waste from industrial or commercial processes, except domestic sewage.
4. I.P.S.
- means Iron Pipe Size.
5. INSANITARY
- a condition contrary to sanitary principles or injurious to health
6. INTERCEPTOR (CLARIFIER)
- device designed and installed to separate and retain deleterious, hazardous or undesirable matters
7. INVERT
- the lowest portion of the interior part of any pipe or conduit that is not vertical.
J (USA RA KABUOK)
1. JURISDICTION
- the Administrative Authority: entities that regulate the practice of RLMP
L (KATORSE hbd colet)
1. LABELED
- equipment or materials bearing a label of a listing agency.
2. LATERAL
- in plumbing, a secondary pipeline. In sewerage, a common sewer to which no other branch sewer is connected.
3. LATRINE
- a water closet consisting of a continuous trough containing water.
4. LAVATORY
- a fixture designed for the washing of the hands or face. Sometimes called wash basin.
5. LEACHING CESSPOOL
- a cesspool that is not watertight.
6. LEADER
- (See Conductor) - a pipe connected from the building gutter to the downspout or conductor.
7. LENGTH OF PIPE
- is measured along its centerline.
8. LIQUID WASTE
- is the discharge in connection with a plumbing system which does not receive fecal matter.
9. LISTED
- equipment or materials included in a LIST published by a listing agency
10. LISTING AGENCY
- is an agency accepted by the Administrative Authority in the business of listing or labeling
11. LOCAL VENT
- a pipe or shaft to convey foul air from a plumbing fixture or a room to the outer air.
12. LOOP OR CIRCUIT VENT
- a vertical vent connection on a horizontal soil or waste pipe branch at a point downstream
13. LOT
- a single area of land recorded or validated by other means
14. LOW HAZARD
- See Pollution
M (PITO)
1. MAIN
- any system of continuous piping , which is the principal artery of the system where branches are connected.
2. MAIN SEWER
- see Public Sewer.
3. MAIN VENT
- the principal artery of the venting system to which vent branches are connected.
4. MANHOLE
- a large opening in a sewer line or part of the plumbing system constructed with sufficient size for a man to gain access
5. MASTER PLUMBER
- a person technically and legally qualified and licensed to practice the profession of Master Plumbing
6. MAY
- the word “may” is a permissive term.
7. MOBILE HOME PARK SEWER
- that part of the horizontal piping of sanitary drainage system which measure 0.6 meter downstream from the last mobile home site and conveys sewage
N (DUHA)
1. NAMPAP
- National Master Plumbers Association of the Philippines.
2. NUISANCE
- Any public nuisance known in common law or in equity jurisprudence.
- 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.
O (TULO)
1. OAKUM
- hemp or old hemp rope soaked in oil or tar to make it waterproof.
2. OCCUPANCY
- the purpose for which a building is used or intended to be used
3. OFFSET
- in a line of piping is a combination of elbows or bends, which brings one section of the pipe out of line
P (TRAYNTA kutasa)
4. PERSON
- A natural person, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns
5. PB- POLYBUTYLENE
- The cross-sectional shape is normally oval
- Normally used as water service connection from main to meter.
6. PE- POLYETHYLENE
- The cross-sectional shape is circular
7. PIPE
- a cylindrical conduit or conductor conforming to the particular dimensions commonly known as “pipe size” and is denoted by its interior diameter or I.D.
8. PITCH
- See Grade.
9. PLUMBING
- it is usually expressed as the fall in centimeters per meter or percentage slope of pipe.
10. PLUMBING APPLIANCE
- a special class of device or equipment intended to perform a special plumbing function
11. PLUMBING APPURTENANCE
- a manufactured device or a prefabricated assembly or an on-the-job assembly
12. PLUMBING FIRM
- a sole proprietorship or corporation composed of Registered and Licensed Master Plumbers together with allied professionals
13. PLUMBING FIXTURES
- are approved type installed receptacles. devices or appliances supplied with water or receive liquid
14. PLUMBING OFFICIAL
- the Administrative Authority or the officer charged with the administration and enforcement of the NPC
15. PLUMBING SYSTEM
- includes all potable water supply and distribution pipes, all plumbing fixtures and traps
16. PLUMBING UNIT
- a minimum standard quantity of plumbing fixtures that discharge wastes into a plumbing installation
17. POLLUTION
- an impairment of the quality of the water to a degree which creates hazard
18. POTABLE WATER
- water satisfactory for drinking, culinary and domestic purposes
19. PRESSURE
- the normal force exerted by a homogeneous liquid or gas, per unit of area on the wall of the container
20. STATIC PRESSURE
- the pressure existing without any flow motion.
21. RESIDUAL PRESSURE
- the pressure available at the fixture or water outlet
22. PRIMARY BRANCH
- of the building drain is the single sloping drain from the base of a stack to its junction with the main building drain.
23. PRIVATE OR PRIVATE USE
- In classification of plumbing fixtures, "private" applies to plumbing fixtures in residences and apartments
24. PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
- a septic tank with the effluent discharging into a subsurface disposal field
25. PRIVATE SEWER
- a building sewer, which receives the discharge from more than one building drain and conveys it to a public sewer
26. PRIVY
- an outhouse or structure used for the deposition of excrement.
27. PRIVY VAULT
- a pit beneath a privy where excrement collects
28. PUBLIC OR PUBLIC USE
- shall mean all buildings or structures that are not defined as private or private use.
29. PUBLIC SEWER
- a common sewer directly controlled by public authority to which all abutters have equal rights of connections.
30. PVC
- Polyvinyl Chloride. Potable water pipings are color-coded BLUE.
Q (ONE lng)
1. QUALITY OF MATERIALS
- all plumbing fixtures and materials used in any discharge or plumbing system
R (SIYAM)
1. RECEPTORS
- Adequately receive the discharge from indirect waste pipes
2. REGULATING EQUIPMENT
- include all valves and controls used in plumbing systems which are accessible.
3. RELIEF VENT
- a vertical vent line, the primary function of which is to provide additional circulation of air
4. REPAIR
- the reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing building for its maintenance
5. RETURN BEND
- an open return bend usually made up two 90° bends with inside and outside threads, flanged or welded fittings
6. REVENT PIPE
- see back vent pipe
7. RIM
- an unobstructed top open edge of a fixture.
8. RISER
- a water supply pipe, which extends vertically to one full story or more to convey water
9. ROUGHING-IN
- the installation, which can be completed prior to the installation of fixtures and accessories.
S (TRAYNTA-ISINGKO)
1. SAND INTERCEPTOR
- is a device designed and installed to separate and retain deleterious matters from normal wastes
2. SANITARY SEWAGE
- the wastewater containing human excrements and liquid household waste.
- Also called domestic sewage.
3. SANITARY SEWER
- a sewer intended to receive sanitary sewage with or without pre-treated industrial wastes
4. SEAL
- the vertical distance between the dip and the crown weir of a trap.
5. SECONDARY BRANCH
- any branch in a building drain other than the primary branch.
6. SEEPAGE PIT
- a loosely lined excavation in the ground, which receives the discharge of a septic tank
7. SEPTIC TANK
- a water-tight receptacle which receives the discharge of a sanitary plumbing system designed and constructed to retain solids, digest organic matter
8. SERVICE PIPE
- the pipe from the street water main or other source of waler supply to the building served.
9. SEWAGE
- any wastewater containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution and may include liquids containing chemicals in solution
10. SEWER
- a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage and wastewater.
11. SEWERAGE OR SEWERAGE WORKS
- a comprehensive term, including all constructions for collection, transportation.
12. SHAFT
- a vertical opening through a building for elevators, dumbwaiters, lights. ventilation or similar purposes.
13. 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.
14. SIPHONAGE
- a suction created by the flow of liquids in pipes. A pressure less than atmospheric.
15. SHALL
- the word "shall" denote mandatory acceptation.
16. SHEILDED COUPLING
- an approved elastomeric sealing gasket with an approved outer shield and a tightening mechanism.
17. SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING
- a building designed as a home by the owner s hall be the only dwelling located on a parcel of ground
18. SIZE AND TYPE OF TUBING
- See Diameter.
19. SLIP JOINT
- an adjustable tubing connection designed to fit a threaded adapter fitting or a standard taper pipe thread.
20. SLOPE
- See Grade.
21. SOIL STACK PIPE
- a vertical soil pipe conveying fecal matter and wastewater.
22. SOIL PIPE
- any pipe, which conveys the discharge of water closet, urinal, or fixtures
23. SOLDERED JOINT
- a pipe joint obtained by joining metal parts with metallic mixtures or alloys 427 degrees < 149 degrees.
24. SPIGOT
- the end of a pipe which fits into a bell. Also, a word used synonymously with faucet.
25. SPECIAL WASTES
- wastes which require some special methods of handling
26. STACK
- the vertical main of a system of soil, waste or vent pipings
27. STANDPIPE
- a vertical pipe, or a reservoir, into which water is pumped to give it at a head
o Wet Standpipe- water pressure is maintained at all times
o Automatic Standpipe System - operates automatically by opening a hose valve
o Manually-Operated Standpipe System - remote control device at each hose station; and
o Dry Standpipe - having no permanent water inside the pipe.
28. STORM WATER
- that portion of the rainfall or other precipitation
29. STOREY
- that portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above.
30. SUBSOIL DRAIN
- an underground drainpipe that receives only sub surface or seepage water
31. STACK VENT
- the extension of a soil or waste stack above the highest horizontal drain connected to the stack.
- The uppermost end above the roof is called stack vent through roof (SVTR).
32. SUMP
- an approved tank or pit which receives sewage or wastewater and is located below the normal grade
33. SUPPORTS
- supports, hangers, anchors, brackets, cradles are devices for holding and securing pipes and fixtures
34. SURFACE WATER
- that portion of rainfall or other precipitation which runs off over the surface of the ground
35. SWIMMING POOL
- a water basin used for swimming designed to accommodate many bathers at a time
T (UNOM)
1. TAILPIECE
- the pipe or tubing that connects the outlet of a plumbing fixture to the trap.
2. TAPPED TEE
- a tee with the branch tapped to receive a threaded pipe or fittings.
3. TRAP
- a fitting or device designed to prevents the backflow of foul air or methane gas
4. TRAP ARM
- that portion of a fixture drain between a trap and the vent.
5. TRAP SEAL
- the maximum vertical depth of liquid that a trap will retain, measured between the crown weir and the top of the dip of the trap
6. TUBE
- a cylindrical conduit or conductor conforming to the dimensions known as "tube sizes"
U (DUHA)
1. UNCONFINED SPACE
- a room space having a volume equal to at least 1.4 c.u. m.
2. UNIT VENT
- an arrangement of venting so installed that one vent pipe will serve two (2) traps.
V (UNOM)
1. VACUUM
- an air pressure less than atmospheric. Also, implies siphonage in piping system.
2. VACUUM BREAKER
- see Backflow Preventer.
3. VENT PIPE
- a pipe or opening used for ensuring the circulation of air in a plumbing system and for relieving the negative pressure exerted on trap seals.
4. VENT STACK
- the vertical vent pipe installed primarily for providing circulation of air
5. VENT SYSTEM
- to provide a circulation of air within such system to protect trap seals from siphonage and backpressure.
6. VERTICAL PIPE
- any pipe or fitting installed in a vertical position or which forms an angle > 45 degrees
W (PULO)
1. WASTE
- See Liquid Waste and Industrial Waster
2. WASTE PIPE
- a pipe, which conveys only wastewater or liquid waste, free of fecal matter.
3. WATER TREATMENT
- a device which conditions or treats water supply to improve water quality, remove suspended solids by filtration.
4. WATER-DISTRIBUTING PIPE
- a pipe which conveys potable water from the building supply pipe to the plumbing fixtures
5. WATER MAIN
- or street main is the water-supply pipe for public or community use.
6. WATER SUPPLY SYTEM
- of a building or premises consists of the water service pipe, water supply line, water distributing pipe
7. WET VENT
- that portion of a vent pipe through where wastewater also flows through.
8. WELDED JOINT OR SEAM
- any joint or seam obtained by the joining of metal parts in a plastic molten state.
9. WELDER, PIPELINE
- a person who specializes in the welding of pipes and holds a valid certificate
10. WYE
- a hose connection with two-gated outlets permitting two connections
- Also, a pipe fitting of three branches that form the letter “wye”
Y (DUHA last nlng jud)
1. YARD
- an open, unoccupied space, other than a court, unobstructed from the ground to the sky
2. YOKE VENT
- a pipe connecting upward from a soil or waste stack below the floor and below horizontal connection to an adjacent vent stack at a point above the floor and higher than highest spill level of fixtures for preventing pressure changes in the stacks.