Audel Plumbers Pocket Manual, All New
10. Auflage September 2004
464 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Here's the real plumber's friend
This fully revised guide gives you plumbing essentials,
illustrations, tips, shortcuts - the lowdown on brazing, soldering,
pipe fittings, commercial water coolers, automatic bathroom
systems, and more.
All this and much more
* Includes tables, diagrams, and working drawings
* Provides necessary math and metric information
* Features a chapter on dental office plumbing
* Explains and identifies the right plumbing tools for each
job
* Illustrates appropriate vents and venting methods
* Covers the Sloan flush valve, Oasis water coolers, the Sovent
system, 1.6-gallon flush toilets, and solar system water
heaters
* Useful for homeowners as well as plumbing professionals
About the Author.
Introduction.
Part I: Techniques, Installation, and Repair.
1. Tips for the Beginning Plumber.
2. Plumbing Safety and Tricks for the Trade.
3. Plumbing Tools.
4. Dental Office.
5. Working Drawings.
6. Roughing and Repair Information.
7. Outside Sewage Lift Station.
8. Pipes and Pipelines.
9. Vents, Drain Lines, and Septic Systems.
10. Lead Work.
11. Lead and Oakum Joints.
12. Silver Brazing and Soft Soldering.
Part II: Plumbing Systems.
13. Plastic Pipe and Fittings.
14. Cast-Iron Pipe and Fittings.
15. Copper Pipe and Fittings.
16. Water Heaters.
17. Water Coolers and Fountains.
18. Automatic Bathroom Systems.
Part III: General Reference Information.
19. Abbreviations, Definitions, and Symbols.
20. Formulas.
21. Metric Information Helpful to the Piping Industry.
22. Knots Commonly Used.
23. Typical Hoisting Signals.
Index.
State University of New York, College at Buffalo, for more than 35
years. He has taught on the technical school, high school, and
college level for more than 40 years. He is the author or coauthor
of more than 100 textbooks ranging from electronics to carpentry
and sheet metal work. He has contributed to more than 50 magazine
articles over the years for technical publications. He is also the
author of seven Civil War regimental histories.
Mark Richard Miller finished his B.S. degree in New York
and moved on to Ball State University, where he obtained his
master's and went to work in San Antonio. He taught in high
school and went to graduate school in College Station, Texas,
finishing the doctorate. He took a position at Texas A&M
University in Kingsville, Texas, where he now teaches in the
Industrial Technology Department as a Professor and Department
Chairman. He has coauthored seven books and contributed many
articles to technical magazines. His hobbies include refinishing a
1970 Plymouth Super Bird and a 1971 Roadrunner.
Joseph P. Almond, Sr., is a professional plumber in the
trades and a long-time member of the United Association of
Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting
Industry of the United States and Canada.