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On a basic level, plumbing works with the forces of pressure and gravity. Pressure brings water into your home, the water is used, and then gravity sends the wastewater back out of your home. If you really want to understand how it works, you should learn about the supply, fixtures, and drainage of your home plumbing system.
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Plumbing Fixtures
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Plumbing originated during the ancient civilizations such as the Greek, Roman, Persian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations as they developed public baths and needed to provide potable water, and drainage of wastes
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Most large cities today pipe solid wastes to treatment plants in order to separate and partly purify the water before emptying into streams or other bodies of water
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Plumbing is the system of pipes and drains installed in a building for the distribution of potable drinking water and the removal of waterborne wastes, and the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing and plumbing fixtures in such systems
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Plumbing is usually distinguished from water supply and sewage systems
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Water systems of ancient times relied on gravity for the supply of water, using pipes or channels usually made of clay, lead
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Present-day water-supply systems use a network of high-pressure pumps, and pipe
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The system of pipes that carries water and waste to a sewer line or septic tank is call the drain-waste-vent
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All drain and waste lines slope slightly dow
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As the name implies, it has three components: Drain lines collect water from sinks, showers, and tubs; waste lines carry waste from toilets
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nward from the fixture toward the sewer or septic system. Water and wastes are carried by gravity.
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All waste lines should have cleanouts at easily accessible locations
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