Master Plumber

• The Master Plumber Licensing Examination is composed of three members: Jaime Jaja Cruz, Chairperson; Reynaldo Ilagan, Member; and Pedrito Camilet Jr., Member.
• Plumbing is the art and technique of installing pipes, fixtures, and other apparatuses in buildings for bringing in the supply of liquids, substances and/or ingredients and removing them.
• Drainage is usually expressed as the fall in centimeters per meter or percentage slope of pipe.
• Ground water is the water that stands in or passes through the ground.
• A 3-cubic-meter grease interceptor is an interceptor of at least 3 cubic meters capacity to serve one or more fixtures and which is remotely located.
• A group vent is a branch vent that performs its functions for two or more traps.
• A grease trap is a device designed to retain grease from one to a maximum of four fixtures.
• Philippines, appearing at the lower portion of the round seat.
• Each building shall be provided with sanitary facilities in accordance with best practice for mobility of disabled persons as provided in the National Building Code of the Philippines or by other government departments having jurisdiction.
• Since the primary purpose is to define terms in general rather than nouns, the definitions are arranged alphabetically according to the first word of the term rather than the noun.
• No attempt is made to define ordinary words, used in accordance with their established dictionary meanings except where a word has been used loosely, that it becomes necessary to define its meaning as adopted in this Code to avoid misunderstanding.
• For the purpose of this Code, the following terms shall bear the meanings indicated in this Chapter.
• The plumbing system includes all potable water supply and distribution pipes, all plumbing fixtures and traps; all sanitary and storm drainage systems; vent pipes, roof drains, leaders and downspouts; and all building drains and sewers, including their respective joints and connections; devices, receptacles, and appurtenances within the property; water lines in the premises; potable, tap, hot and chilled water piping; potable water treating or using equipment; fuel gas piping; water heaters and vents for same.
• A plumbing system, reduced to its simplest terms, consists of a supply pipe leading to a fixture and a drainpipe taking the used water away from this fixture.
• The water supply and water distribution system carries water from the water source, street main or a pump to the building and to various points in the building at which water is used.
• Pitch refers to grade.
• PE stands for Polyethylene tube made of plastic material and colored black, normally used as water service connection from main to meter.
• Plumbing appliance is any one of a special class of device or equipment intended to perform a special plumbing function, and its operation and/or control may be dependent upon one or more energized components, such as motors, controls, heating elements and pressure-temperature-sensing elements.
• A person is a natural person, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns; and also includes a firm, partnership or corporation, its or their successors or assigns or agents of any of the aforesaid.
• Pipe is 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.
• Plumbing is the art and technique of installing pipes, fixtures and other apparatuses in buildings for bringing in the supply, liquids, substances and/or ingredients and removing them, and such water, liquids and other carried wastes hazardous to health, sanitation, life or property; also the pipes and fixtures after installation, i.e., the plumbing system.
• PB stands for Polybutylene tube made of plastic material and colored black, normally used as water service connection from main to meter.
• When necessary, the fixture, device or appliance shall be connected indirectly with the building drainage system.
• No water closet shall be located in a room or compartment which is not properly lighted and ventilated.
• Plumbing systems shall be maintained in serviceable condition by Registered Master Plumbers.
• All plumbing fixtures shall be installed properly spaced, to be accessible for their intended use.
• Proper protection shall be provided to prevent contamination of food, water, sterile goods and similar materials by backflow of sewage.
• Plumbing shall be installed with due regard to the preservation of the strength of structural members and the prevention of damage to walls and other surfaces through fixture usage.
• If there is no sewer system in the area, suitable provision shall be made for the disposal of building sewage by some accepted method of sewage treatment and disposal, such as a septic tank.
• Sewage or other waste from plumbing systems, which may be deleterious to surface or sub-surface waters shall not be discharged into the ground or into any waterway, unless first rendered innocuous through subjection to some acceptable form of treatment.
• Where a plumbing drainage system may be subject to backflow of sewage, suitable provision shall be made to prevent its overflow in the building.
• The plumbing fixtures are the receptacles that receive the supplied water and allow the occupants of the building to use the water.
• Gooseneck is a return bend of small-sized pipe, one end of which is about 30 cm long and the other end is about 7.5 cm long.
• Flush tank is a tank located above or integral with water closet, urinal or similar fixtures for flushing or removing excrements in the fixture.
• Grade is the slope or fall of a line of pipe with reference to a horizontal plane.
• Globe valve is 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.
• Gate valve is a valve in which the flow of water is cut off by means of a circular disc fitted against machine-smoothed faces, at right angles to the direction of flow.
• Floor area is the area included within surrounding walls of a building (or portion thereof), exclusive of vent shafts and courts.
• Gooseneck also means the flexible tubing connection between a service pipe and a water main.
• A fixture is flooded when the liquid therein rises to the flood level rim.