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A group of fixtures, including or excluding a bidet, and consisting of a water closet, lavatory, and bathtub or shower. Such fixtures are located together on the same floor level.

A fixture utilized for scalding bedpans or urinals by direct application of steam or boiling water.

A fixture designed to wash bedpans and to flush the contents into the sanitary drainage system. Included are fixtures of this type that provide for disinfecting utensils by scalding with steam or hot water.

A device supplied with hot and cold water and located adjacent to a water closet or clinical sink to be utilized for cleansing bedpans.

A self-containing gas burning appliance for supplying hot water or low pressure steam, primarily intended for domestic and commercial space heating application.

Any part of the piping system except a riser, main or stack.

A distance along a soil or waste stack corresponding in general to a story height, but not less than 8 feet (2438 mm), within which the horizontal branches from one floor or story of a structure are connected to the stack.

Gas piping which conveys gas from a supply line to the appliance.

A vent connecting one or more individual vents with a vent stack or stack vent.

A metal joining process wherein coalescence is produced by the use of a nonferrous filler metal having a melting point above 1,000¦ F (538 C) but lower than that of the base metal being joined. The filler material is distributed between the closely fitted surfaces of the joint by capillary attraction.

British thermal unit which is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound (454 g) of water 1 degree (0.55 C) Fahrenheit (1 BTU = 1055 J).

A separate appliance, a general term including broilers, salamanders, barbecues, and other devices cooking primarily by radiated heat, excepting toasters.

Any structure occupied or intended for supporting or sheltering any occupancy.

That part of the lowest piping of a drainage system that receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside and that extends 30 inches (762 mm) beyond the walls of the building and conveys the drainage to the building sewer.

A building drain that conveys both sewage and storm water or other drainage.

A building drain that conveys sewage only.

A building drain that conveys storm water or other drainage, but not sewage.

The gas piping from the point where it enters the building or foundation to and including the outlets. This is applicable where the gas meter is located some distance from the building or LP gas is delivered without a meter. The gas piping from the gas meter to and including the outlets. This is applicable where the gas meter is located in or immediately adjacent to the building.

That part of the drainage system that extends from the end of the building drain and conveys the discharge to a public sewer, private sewer, individual sewage disposal system or other point of disposal.

That portion of a drainage system that does not drain by gravity into the building sewer.