Overview
Table of contents
ABOUT THE AUTHORINTRODUCTIONChapter 1: General Trade MathematicsChapter 2: Formulas for Pipe FittersChapter 3: Potable Water Systems CalculationsChapter 4: Drain-And-Sewer CalculationsChapter 5: Vent System CalculationsChapter 6: Storm-Water CalculationsChapter 7: Sizing Water HeatersChapter 8: Water PumpsChapter 9: Calculating Minimum Plumbing FacilitiesChapter 10: Calculating Proper Fixture Spacing and PlacementChapter 11: Math for MaterialsChapter 12: TroubleshootingChapter 13: Plumbing Code ConsiderationsChapter 14: Septic ConsiderationsAPPENDIX 1: NATIONAL RAINFALL STATISTICSINDEX
Author comments
R. Dodge Woodson is a Master Plumber with almost 30 years' experience in the construction field, 21 of them as a self-employed plumbing contractor. The author of numerous McGraw-Hill best-sellers, including Plumbing: Tips, Data, and Rules of Thumb, he has taught plumbing code classes and apprenticeship classes at Central Maine Technical College. As a consultant, Woodson works with a number of plumbing contractors and has frequently been interviewed on the radio on plumbing subjects. He lives in Maine.
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- Full coverage of estimating takeoffs
- Job-simplifying Fast Code Facts
- Sensible Shortcut tip boxes
- Great for designing and estimating projects
Ready-to-Run Solutions for Plumbing and Pipefitting
Instant results: Packed with charts and tables that allow readers to quickly look up time-saving answers, this handy tool is a ready source of commonly used calculations, formulas, and, best of all, solutions.
In addition to easy-to-find answers, this guide delivers:
- A concise outline of trade mathematics
- Plastic and copper pipe and copper tubing facts and figures
- Standard and handicapped fixture layouts
- Guidelines for sizing water heaters
- Potable water standards
- Equipment weight load standards
- Friction tables
- Relevant electrical factors
For designing and estimating projects, this manual will prove to be invaluable. A great productivity booster, it will assist in delivering prompt, on-target, and even on-the-spot estimates.
Look-It-Up Calculations for:
* Pipe fitting * Fabrication and layout * Fixture-units * Vent systems * Drains and sewers * Combination waste and vent systems * Piping offsets * Thermal efficiency * And more!
