Difference between revisions of "Plumbing"

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The art or science of conveying stuff around using pipes. Sometimes metaphorically cf.Internet Plumbing.

The name derives from the Latin 'Plumbum' meaning Lead [citation needed]. Nowadays lead is almost completely absent from pipework, although part of the traditional plumbing craft training is sheet leadwork.

Water

In general 'Plumbing' refers to hot and cold water systems.

Hot Water

is best for bathing

cold water

is best for drinking

Gas

Plumbing for Gas is more commonly referred to as 'Gas Fitting' or 'Gas Installation'. It is regulated by law: specifically the Statutory Instrument known as the Gas Safety Installation and Use Regulations (1998)

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-This page is all about plumbing.
+The art or science of conveying stuff around using pipes. Sometimes metaphorically cf.Internet Plumbing.
-And has a lot of white space.
-So, do you need to be able to speak HTML to write these?  (I see there's no line breaks on screen)
-No you don't need to know about HTML, but; formatting a wiki page does require some learning of the wikis own version of a markup language, which is then transformed into HTML by the wiki software.
+The name derives from the Latin ''''Plumbum'''' meaning Lead ''[citation needed]''. Nowadays lead is almost completely absent from pipework, although part of the traditional plumbing craft training is sheet leadwork.
-To start a new paragraph, leave a blank line.
+== Water ==
+In general ''''Plumbing'''' refers to hot and cold water systems.
-The are a set of buttons at the top of the edit page. They create example content, eg
-for '''Bold text''' , ''Italic text'', etc use those, or just remember on media wiki '''three quotes''' is bold, ''two quotes'' italic.
-for a link enclose URL in square brackets:
-[http://www.ordior.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/floorTiles.jpeg bathroom tiles ]
-Well, now we are back on the topic of plumbing let's try some organisation:
+=== Hot Water ===
-= Plumbing =
-== Water ==
-water is wet, very wet... a link to a page about [[water]] ?
-=== hot water ===
 is best for bathing
 === cold water ===
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 == Gas ==
+Plumbing for Gas is more commonly referred to as ''''Gas Fitting'''' or ''''Gas Installation''''.
-== Pipes ==
+It is regulated by law: specifically the Statutory Instrument known as the
-=== copper ===
+[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1998/19982451.htm Gas Safety Installation and Use Regulations (1998)]
-=== plastic ===
+== Pipework ==
-=== iron ===
+=== Lead ===
+=== Copper ===
+=== Plastic ===
+=== Iron/Steel ===

Difference between revisions of "Plumbing"

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