Explore the nuances of plumbing legends and notes, where standards, symbols, and various types of piping are intricately detailed. This article underscores the importance of understanding these elements for anyone new to the plumbing industry or those reviewing plumbing diagrams.
Key Insights
- The article explains plumbing diagrams, focusing on legends and notes, parallel to graphical standards observed in other engineering disciplines.
- Different types of piping, such as domestic cold water, sanitary piping, and storm piping, have unique symbols. These symbols, while commonly used in the industry, may require frequent referencing for rookies in the field.
- The piece serves as a preliminary guide to understand and review plumbing drawings, setting the stage for more detailed discussions in the course.
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Let's spend a few minutes looking at the plumbing legends and notes. You can see that overall the format is similar to that of the other engineering disciplines, where we have graphical standards—in this case, a plumbing legend—general notes, fire protection notes, and the plumbing sheet index. Let's look at the plumbing legend.
As we get into the drawing, you will start to notice that different kinds of piping have different symbols presented. In the immediate future, you will be going back and forth between the drawing and this particular legend to determine whether you're looking at domestic cold water, domestic hot water, fire protection piping, sanitary piping, storm piping, and what each of these specific symbols represents. The symbols are used throughout the plumbing industry, but if you are new to this, you will likely have to go back and forth between the sheet you are reviewing and this legend to ensure that you understand what is going on.
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So let's wrap up our time on this sheet and get into the core content of the course for plumbing drawings.
