House Plumbing What Is Plumbing Plumbing is any

House Plumbing

What Is Plumbing? • Plumbing is any system that conveys fluids for a wide range of applications. Plumbing uses pipes, valves, plumbing fixtures, tanks, and other apparatuses to convey fluids.

Plumbing System Components • • • Water supply and distribution system Sanitary drainage and disposal system. Strom drainage system Plumbing fixture Fire protection system

Plumbing cycle

Plumbing systems • Entire system of water supply and distribution pipes, including fittings and fixtures like taps, valves, tanks etc. used in connection with water supply. • Entire system of sanitary deainage including fittings and fixtures like wash basins, sinks, water closets, urinals. traps, soil types, waste pipes, vent pipes, sewers, septic tanks etc. • Entire system of strom water including collection and carrying of rain water(from roofs, paved areas and ground surfface)to a public strom water drain or to a pond or river etc.

Water Distribution System • 1. Direct system • 2. Indirect system

Water Distribution System • Direct system: In direct system also known as unwared distribution system, the supply of water is given to various floors in a building directly from the mains which has sufficiennt pressure to feed all thye floor and water fittings at the highest part of the building.

Water Distribution System • Indirect system: in indirect system also known as down take supply or downfall distribution system, the water supply from the mains may be drawn either by (a) feeding water directly into the overhead storage tank provided at roof of the building from where the water is supplied to different floors by gravity or (b) feeding the water into a underground water storage tank. The water from the underground tank is pumped to overhead storage tank from where the water is supplied bt gravity