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BUILDING SEWER [1 record]

Record 1 2010-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
DEF

That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer (house sewer), the pipe that begins five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
DEF

Tuyau horizontal le plus bas d'un réseau de plomberie, qui reçoit le contenu des tuyaux de descente, de drainage du sol et des autres canalisations à l'intérieur d'un bâtiment pour les déverser dans un branchement de l'égout de rue.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alcantarillas y drenaje
DEF

Tubo conectado al drenaje principal de un edificio, a 900 mm de la pared del mismo para conducir aguas negras, aguas grises o aguas pluviales a un alcantarillado público o privado.

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