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The Home Plumbing System : Plumbing for the average home includes a water supply system and a drain-waste-vent (DWV) system. The combined system is basically a loop of sorts. Understanding a bit more about how the system works will help you to maintain your plumbing and detect problems.

Clean water comes into the home via a main supply line from either a well or municipal water supply. Town or city supplied water is metered. The main supply branch then spits to connect with the water heater. A hot water supply line, originating at the water heater, then runs in tandem with the cold water supply line. These lines supply fresh water to appliances, like washers, dishwashers, water heaters and softeners, and fixtures, like bathtubs, sinks, laundry tubs, toilets and showers, throughout the home. Read Full Article

Plumbing Basics : We sometimes take plumbing for granted. When the toilet flushes, the water is running and the taps aren't dripping we hardly give it a second thought. Plumbing, however, is fundamental part of our life, economy and civilization because our need for clean water and proper disposal of waste is so basic.

There's a lot involved in plumbing, whether it is installing new bathroom or kitchen fixtures or repairing a leak.

In new home construction plumbers work as subcontractors and follow the home's blueprints to install pipes, fittings, fixtures, hot water heaters and other plumbing equipment. A building inspector will inspect and verify that all new home plumbing is up to code and local specifications. In existing homes plumbers not only repair leaking pipes, backups in sewage lines, and stop taps from dripping, but they also upgrade, retrofit and move plumbing in home remodeling projects like kitchen and bath renovations. Plumbing contractors need to be licensed and their work always needs to adhere to local building and plumbing codes. Read Full Article