Description
Book SynopsisThis book is designed for use as both a text and study guide for those students taking the licensing test in plumbing. Because of the large number of residential dwellings under construction and planned for the near future, this is a growing area. Well trained and knowledgeable plumbers are urgently needed in most of the individual United States and Canada. The field of plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters is predicted to grow about 12% each year until 2024, faster than most professions. The onslaught of new buildings is behind this surge.
Here, in one book, the entire plumbing trade is covered in one accessible source. Consideration is given to cover
all states’ exam requirements. Tools and instruments are included to familiarize the licensing candidates with labor-saving devices and their correct utilization. While there are hundreds of practice exam questions, there is no guarantee that these questions
Table of ContentsCh 1: Tools; Ch 2: Safe Plumbing Terms; Ch 3: Plumbing Codes and Standards; Ch 4: Bathtubs; Ch 5: Drains, Vents, and Vent Piping; Ch 6: Fittings; Ch 7: Cast Iron Pipe and Fittings; Ch 8: Pumps; Ch 9: Toilets and Bidets; Ch 10: Urinals; Ch 11: Lavatories and Sinks; Ch 12: Showers; Ch 13: Tubing, Plastic Pipe, Galvanized Pipe and Their Fittings; Ch 14: Septic Tanks and Rural Water Systems; Ch 15: City Sewers and Sewage; Ch 16: City Drinking Water Systems; Ch 17: Abbreviations and Symbols; Ch 18: Metals Encountered in Plumbing; Ch 19: Measurements Systems (U.S./Metric); Ch 20: Measuring Weights and Liquids in UK, US, Plus Metric; Ch 21: Conversions and Equivalents; Ch 22:Fractions, Angles, Shapes and Forms; Ch 23: Poisons and Hazardous Materials Ch 24: Hand Signals for Hoisting and Knots; Ch 25: License Requirements and Applications.
