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