Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene. Black piping materail used in many plumbing applications. Considered stronger than PVC, resists abrasion and functional in low temperatures. ABS is affected by exposure to sunlight.

This refers to the pitch or angle of a pipe underground. Back fall means the pitch is tilted back towards house instead of forward to main sewer line.

Refers to overflow of sewage waste in floor drain or clean out.

Line that branches off the homeowners sewer line. This could be a line associated with sink, toilet or shower drain.

Refers to materail such as string, hair or lint soaking up water and draining unused trap over time breaking the water seal and allowing sewer gases to enter household.

Common material for metal sewer lines.

Able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action.

Refers to deterioration and corrosion on the bottom of a cast iron pipe. Typically sewage and waste water collect in bottom of the pipe potentially causing back ups.

Cured in Place Piping. Process of trenchless sewer line repair.

Crack that has formed around the inside of the pipe. Typically occurs in terra cotta sewer lines.

PVC tube located in yard or driveway that allows access to sewer line to clean and camera. Also any pipe that has a cap or opening to sewer acces is typically reffered to as a clean out.

Special auger designed to fit through interal toilet trap and remove clog.

Highest point of outlet bend of a p-trap which maintains the water seal and prevent sewer gas backflow into the room

Large canister trap looking that does not self clean like a p or s trap. Typically not allowed by code. Water stays in bottom of trap to prevent sewer gas coming back into home. Some have cleanouts located on the top. Typically used for showers and bath tubs.

Flexible coupling that are tightened around pipes to connect pipes together.

Commonly found in lowest level of home. Floor drains are openings to the sanitary sewer line of home.

Also ventilation and proper flow to sewer line system typically found in homeowners yard (also known as clean out).

Standard residential toilet that relies on gravity to carry water and waste into sewer line.

Any waste water that does not contain fecel matter. This would be waste water for sinks, baths, washing machines and kitchen appliances.

Used to hang piping. Typically J-hooks or Look hangers.

Large plumbing trap found in basement or buried in yard that functions the same as any other trap.

A machine that uses high pressure water jet head on a long hose to clean and clear lines.

Refers to a clean out and vertical pipe to sewer. Lamp Poles are typically in reference to long pipes that stick out above ground.

Epoxy resin based piping that is installed inside existing pipe and curred in place with steam.

Refers to a connection made between to pipes with with use of rubber fernco tightened by 2 steel hose clamps.

Trap that has a single U-shaped bend.

Concave section of sewer line piping allowing sewege to collect in specific section of pipe due to inadequate pitch or downward fall.

Process of trenchless sewer line repair. Defective pipe is broken apart by bursting head while simultaneously pulling new pipe through existing defective pipe.

Material used for CIPP. Cured with heat inside existing defective pipe.

Slotted cast iron cap used on fresh air vents to allow air flow.

Plumbing tool used to clear drain lines. Usually consists of a long metal cable with an auger head.

Pipe that has a bend to trap water in the bottom and create a seal to prevent sewer gas from coming back up through pipe.

Polyviynl Chloride. White piping material used in many plumbing applications. Relied on for its strength, smooth surface and resistance to abrasion. Is not affected by exposure to sunlight.

2 part process to glue PVC together. First there is a primer that is applied then the adhesive before pipes are connected and left to cure.

This is when tree roots have inflitrated a sewer line pipe and cause issues such as back ups in sewer line.

Trap with two U-shaped bends. Prone to siphonage and loss of water seal.

Refers to deterioration and corrosion inside a cast iron pipe that makes solids stick to the inside of pipe potentially creating back ups in sewer line.

Waste water tank that is connected to properties main sewer line. Sewage is not connect to a city or municpal sewage line it is stored in an underground tank.

Methane, CO2 or Hydrogen Sulfide. All of these gases can be noxious at high concentrations.

Pipeline where all sewage from homeowners system is carried down to main line.

Pushes smoke into plumbing system to identify hard to spot defects in piping.

Horizontal pipe that carries waste to sewer line system from plumbing fixtures.

Vertical pipe. Provides ventialtion to plumbing fixtures and trap via a vent stack but stack vent exist the home usually at the roof.

Commonly used in basement where flooding is common concern. A pit is dug where water collects. A pump is place inside pit to pump excess water out of home.

Pipe that runs from outlet of fixture to inlet of trap. An example would be the long verticle pipe that comes down underneath the sink to the trap.

Material that makes up clay sewer line. Has hub and joint connection that allows for incursion of tree roots.

Vertical pipe that connects to traps and other plumbing fixtures to allow ventilation to sewer system allowing flow and preventing a vaccuum or back siphonage within plumbing system. This is connected to stack vent.

Gasket that toilet is seated upon to prevent waste water from leaking out after flush.

Y-shaped pipe used to connect piping systems.