PLB 104 - Bathroom Installation

Institution:

Delaware County Community College

Subject:

Plumbing

Description:

This course explains the manifold rules and regulations regarding shop safety. It demonstrates the right ways to lay out a job by the department of Labor and Industry, as well as, discuss job site hazards. In addition, it places emphasis on the power threader, soldering, brazing and safety. Students are taught how to create a detailed tool and material list as well as how to complete the manifold drawing to scale. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: Understand job site hazards and apply safety regulations; Design and create a manifold drawing; Identify appropriate symbols; Demonstrate the power threader, soldering and brazing; Create a detailed tool and material list; Complete a manifold project; Interpret the fitting allowance chart; Rough in the waste for the bathrooms Design a bathroom according to a given plumbing code; Create a tool and material lists for said bathroom; Describe siphonage and its effect on various types of traps; Describe backpressure and how to prevent it; Discuss capillary attraction and evaporation; Describe the types of fixture traps and where they are used.

Credits:

1.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

New students should complete Placement Testing prior to registration; Visiting students may submit college transcript

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.dccc.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 359-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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