COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
BTLED - INDUSTRIAL ARTS 2A
CIVIL TECHNOLOGY II
LESSON 4
Prepared by:
JUSYL G. YANSON
Instructor
CIVIL TECHNOLOGY II
DATE: March 11, 2023
TOPICS:
➢ 1. Plumbing and Plumbing System;
➢ 2. History and Origin of Plumbing; and
➢ 3.
Common Uses and Importance of
Plumbing.
➢ Plumbing and Plumbing System
Plumbing:
• The skill and art that is needed to
transport fluids(commonly water) or gas from
the
source
to
the
users
through
a
distribution system; and
• It is a system of pipes, valves, fixtures,
tanks,
fittings
and
other
apparatuses
installed in a building that conveys fluids
or gas for a wide range of applications.
➢ Plumbing and Plumbing System
Plumbing System:
▪ Is one of the essential systems in commercial or
residential buildings. It comprises three different types
of plumbing systems: mainly the sewage, water, and drainage
plumbing. Each type of plumbing system is designed,
installed, maintained and repaired by professional plumbers
to ensure efficiency.
▪ Plumbers - install and repair pipes, and fixtures that
carry
water,
gas
or
other
fluids
in
homes
and
businesses.They also maintain plumbing fixtures like
bathtubs, toilets, faucets, sinks,showers and appliances
such as dishwahers or heating systems.
➢ History & Origin of Plumbing
▪ Water is an important element for survival
and plumbing has played a major part in how
civilizations have evolved.
▪ Plumbing
originated
during
ancient
civilizations, including the Greek, Roman,
Persian, Indian and Chinese. As cities in
these areas developed they each created ways
to irrigate their crops and provide public
baths,
wastewater
removal
and
portable
water.
➢ History of Plumbing
Timeline of the major historical events that have
shaped the modern plumbing systems that we know
today (reddiplumbingwichita.com):
▪
▪
The earliest plumbing pipes were made of baked clay
and straw and the first copper pipes were made by the
Egyptians. They dug wells as deep as 300 feet and
invented the water wheel. We know this because
bathrooms and plumbing features have been found in the
pyramids for the dead;
The Greeks mastered the science of hot and cold
running water. They made shower technology for
athletes to bathe in after their Olympic games;
➢ History of Plumbing
▪ John Harington gifted Queen Elizabeth I with the
first flushable toilet. She was too scared to
use it because it made terrible rushing water
sounds;
▪ In America, Boston pioneered the first water
system in the mid-1600’s;
▪ The first valve-type flush toilet was invented
in 1738 by J.F. Brondel;
▪ Alexander Cumming patented the flush toilet in
1775, the beginning of the modern toilet;
➢ History of Plumbing
▪ The first public water main was installed under
New York streets in 1830. Multiple fires meant
there was a need for an adequate water supply
for fire-fighting;
▪ America built its first integrated sewer system
in Chicago in 1856 because waste was being
dumped into Lake Michigan, which also supplied
the city’s drinking water. It caused a deadly
outbreak and claimed nearly 75,000 lives; and
▪ World War II restricted the use of iron, steel
and copper and forced the plumbing industry to
start using new materials like plastics.
➢ Origin of the word Plumbing
▪
▪
▪
More than 1000 years ago, the Romans built water
channels that carried water from mountains into
the city, which distributed it through uderground
supply lines made of lead. That is where the term
“plumbing” orginated.
comes from the Latin word “plumbum” meaning lead
(as in lead pipes); which is why the symbol for
lead on the periodic table of elements is “Pb”.
the science and art of installing fixtures,
pipes, and other equipment to transmit and supply
water in building; disposing and discharging
waste water, (liquids) and gas.
➢ Common Uses and Importance of Plumbing
✓ Use to convey fluids or gas lines. Heating and Cooling
(HVAC), vents, sanitation or waste removal, and
potable water delivery are among the most common uses
for plumbing, but it is not limited to these
application;
✓ Responsible for bringing clean water into the home and
carrying wastewater out;
✓ To bring an adequate and potable supply of hot and
cold water to the inhabitants of a house, and to drain
all waste water and sewage discharge from fixtures
into the public sewer or private disposal system; and
✓ Connecting and repairing things such as water and
drainage pipes, baths, and toilets.