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  2. Water heat recycling - Wikipedia

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    Installation of a double-walled copper-on-copper heat exchanger in a vertical section of the master drain line in a Canadian home (2007) Water heat recycling (also known as drain water heat recovery, waste water heat recovery, greywater heat recovery, [citation needed] or sometimes shower water heat recovery [citation needed]) is the use of a heat exchanger to recover energy and reuse heat ...

  3. Are the Cracks in Your Walls a Sign of a Serious Problem? - AOL

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    Learn how to spot the difference between harmless and serious cracks in your walls. We asked an expert to explain when and why you should be concerned.

  4. Legionella - Wikipedia

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    Legionella is a genus of gram-negative bacteria that can be seen using a silver stain or grown in a special media that contains cysteine, an amino acid.It is known to cause legionellosis [3] (all illnesses caused by Legionella) including a pneumonia-type illness called Legionnaires' disease and a mild flu-like illness called Pontiac fever. [3]

  5. Greywater - Wikipedia

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    Left: greywater sample from an office building. Right: Same greywater after treatment in membrane bioreactor. Greywater (or grey water, sullage, also spelled gray water in the United States) refers to domestic wastewater generated in households or office buildings from streams without fecal contamination, i.e., all streams except for the wastewater from toilets.

  6. Plumbing - Wikipedia

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    PVC/CPVC – rigid plastic pipes similar to PVC drain pipes but with thicker walls to deal with municipal water pressure, introduced around 1970. PVC stands for polyvinyl chloride, and it has become a common replacement for metal piping. PVC should be used only for cold water, or for venting. CPVC can be used for hot and cold potable water supply.

  7. Shower - Wikipedia

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    Navy shower, a method of showering that allows for significant conservation of water and energy. Power shower, a shower stall device that works similarly to a mixer shower by mixing existing hot and cold water feeds, but locally increases the water pressure available to the shower head by means of an electric booster pump.

  8. Damp (structural) - Wikipedia

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    [28] [29] The Roman architect Vitruvius referred to the problem of dampness rising up walls and advised on how to construct buildings to avoid the problem. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Rising damp is widely referred to in Victorian literature and the Public Health Act of 1875 introduced the requirement for a damp-proof course in walls to prevent rising damp ...

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