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2. Drain-waste-vent system - Wikipedia

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   A drain-waste-vent system (or DWV) is the combination of pipes and plumbing fittings that captures sewage and greywater within a structure and routes it toward a water treatment system. It includes venting to the exterior environment to prevent a vacuum from forming and impeding fixtures such as sinks, showers, and toilets from draining freely ...

3. Your sink is a breeding ground for bacteria that cause ... - AOL

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   How to clean, sanitize, and disinfect household sinks. Assuming you wash your hands before each meal and after each bathroom break—not to mention food preparation and teeth brushing—the ...

4. Drain (plumbing) - Wikipedia

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   Drain (plumbing) A drain is the primary vessel or conduit for unwanted water or waste liquids to flow away, either to a more useful area, funnelled into a receptacle, or run into sewers or stormwater mains as waste discharge to be released or processed. In most systems, the drain is for discharge of waste fluids, such as the drain in a sink in ...

5. Old House Handyman: Rot and rust make plumbing a least ...

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   Alan D. Miller. August 10, 2024 at 3:02 AM. Plumbing stinks. And it’s rotten. Those are personal opinions based on years of experience. Of all old-house maintenance issues, those affecting ...

6. Glaze defects - Wikipedia

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   Crazing is a spider web pattern of cracks penetrating the glaze. It is caused by tensile stresses greater than the glaze is able to withstand. [1] [2] Common reasons for such stresses are: a mismatch between the thermal expansions of glaze and body; from moisture expansion of the body; and in the case of glazed tiles fixed to a wall, movement of the wall or of the bonding material used to fix ...

7. Psychodidae - Wikipedia

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   Phlebotomidae. Psychodidae, also called drain flies, sink flies, filter flies, [2] sewer flies, or sewer gnats, is a family of true flies. Some genera have short, hairy bodies and wings, giving them a "furry" moth-like appearance, hence one of their common names, moth flies. [2] Members of the sub-family Phlebotominae, which are hematophagous ...