| The term plumbing is taken from the Latin word | | | | to work in your house because he will not have |
| 'plumbum,' which stands for lead. Plumbing is the | | | | to spend time searching for the stop cock. There |
| skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing and | | | | are a few things that you can do to help your |
| plumbing fixtures for drinking water systems and | | | | plumbing systems work better and last longer. |
| the drainage of waste. The plumbing industry is a | | | | Aspects such as using drain cleaners can help to |
| basic and substantial part of every developed | | | | keep your plumbing system flowing. Drain cleaners |
| economy in order to supply clean water and to | | | | are a good solution to fix blocked drains, which is |
| transport waste. Plumbing originated during the | | | | why it is a good idea to always have a bottle on |
| ancient civilizations such as the Greek, Roman, | | | | hand. You should also insulate your pipes in the |
| Persian, Indian, and Chinese civilisations. This is | | | | winter to prevent them freezing in the winter |
| because the need for plumbing was soon realised | | | | months. If you pipes however do freeze you can |
| as public baths were developed to provide | | | | use a heat lamp to help them slowly unthaw. |
| portable water and drainage; however the | | | | Some common plumbing problems that you may |
| development and improvement of plumbing | | | | come across are things such as the following: - |
| systems was very slow with virtually no progress | | | | Rattling pipes - the reason behind this may be |
| made until the 19th century. Eventually however | | | | caused by several factors such as your pipes not |
| the development of separate, underground water | | | | being sufficiently strapped to the wall, you may |
| and sewage systems eliminated open sewage | | | | need to re-secure your pipes - Slow drainage - |
| ditches and cesspools. Since the development of | | | | the most common reason for this is due to |
| the plumbing system in the 19th century the | | | | clogged pipes and as previously mentioned this |
| materials used in present day plumbing systems | | | | can easily be taken care of by using a drain |
| involve a network of high-pressure pumps and | | | | solution - Loss of hot water when another faucet |
| pipes, which as now made of copper, brass, | | | | is turned on - this is especially common in older |
| plastic, steel and cast-iron, lead is no longer used in | | | | houses where the hot and cold water pressures |
| the installation of modern plumbing systems due | | | | are not balanced. You may need to re-balance the |
| to its toxicity. If you are having problems with | | | | valves - Toilet tank leaks - the plumbing parts |
| your plumbing system it is important that you | | | | inside the tank will most likely need replacing If |
| know where your Stop Cock is. Your stop cock is | | | | you experience any problems with your plumbing |
| a valve used to turn off the water supply to | | | | system it is important that you enlist the help of |
| your house. It is important that you know where | | | | a professional to fix the problem. |
| it is so you can turn the water off and prevent | | | | Helen is the web master of ARCH Building |
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