Plumbing Terminology 

To kick off the weekend, let’s learn some plumbing terminology! You probably aren’t familiar with some of these, so read on to learn something new!

• drip channel- a metal channel installed on your shower door that keeps water from running down the door and puddling onto the floor
• nipple- a short piece of pipe installed between fittings
• o-ring- a rubber washer used to create a tight seal
• hardness leakage- traces of hardness in the mineral bed left by calcium and magnesium
• ballcock- the fill valve controlling the flow of water from the supply line to the toilet bowl
• sweating the pipe- soldering two pipe fittings together so that water can’t leak out