Plumbing Design and Installation
Comprehensive Text
for Plumbing Apprentices and Students to Develop Basic Competencies
By L. V. Ripka - 3rd Edition
Plumbing Design and Installation
is a comprehensive text used by apprentices and plumbing students to
develop basic competencies. The text thoroughly describes how to
design, install, and test plumbing systems in residential and
commercial settings. Topics covered include safety, tools and
materials, common joints, and common plumbing systems.
This third edition features new chapters on service, repair, and
licensing. Newly updated and expanded chapters cover safety,
personal protective equipment, plumbing tools, testing and
inspecting plumbing systems, and press fittings for copper pipe.
Service and repair procedures are incorporated throughout the text,
with standards organizations consolidated into easy-to-read
reference tables in the Appendix.
The text also provides related plumbing facts, useful plumbing
tips, and highlights key points from the content. Step-by-step
procedures complement the full-color art shown throughout the text.
Included with the text is a CD-ROM containing Quick Quizzes, an
illustrated Glossary, and other related plumbing resources.
Contents Include:
-
 The Plumbing Trade
- Job Site Safety
- Plumbing Math
- Plumbing Materials
- Plumbing Tools and Equipment
- Joining, Installing, and Supporting Pipe
- Sanitary Drainage, Vent, and Storm Water Drainage Piping
- Sizing Sanitary Drainage and Vent Piping
- Plumbing Traps
- Sizing Water Supply Piping
- Protecting the Potable Water Supply
- Plumbing Fixtures and Appliances
- Testing and Inspecting Plumbing Systems
- Customer Service and Plumbing System Repair
- Licensing
- Appendix
- Glossary
- Index
468 Pages, 418 illustrations, hard
cover.
ISBN: 0826906311
ISBN-13: 978-0826906311
Published June 2006
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