plumbing drawings required for study

[Ramana]

Hello members,

Greetings,

I want to have some sample plumbing drawings to under stand the concepts of Plumbing drawings, I have little knowledge about plumbing.

If any one have simple drawing which makes easy to understand the concept of Plumbing through drawing and with my little knowledge.

thanks and regards
Ramana

[f700es]

Depending on what version you have access to there should be a few in the samples folder. Have a look there. Look at "8th floor plumbing.dwg" if you have either AutoCAD 2004 or 2005.

[acadtutor]

hi,
I new newbie here too,
I want to learn something here too, include plumbing.
who can give more advice about this,

Thanks in advance.

[CarlB]

I'll pass on some sewer plumbing ("sanitary engineering") tips I was taught:

-Sewage flows downhill
-If you need it to flow uphill, provide a pumping station
-Never lick your fingers at the job site
-It may be s*** to you, but it's bread and butter to me

And you might want to know a little about pipes, very critical to plumbing; here are some typical government specs -all in fun now :)

Government purchasing specifications


1. All pipe is to be made of a long hole, surrounded by metal or plastic centered around the hole.
2. All pipe is to be hollow throughout the entire length - do not use holes of different length than the pipe.
3. The I.D. (inside diameter) of all pipe must not exceed the O.D. (outside diameter) - otherwise the hole will be on the outside.
4. All pipe is to be supplied with nothing in the hole so that water, steam or other stuff can be put inside at a later date.
5. All pipe should be supplied without rust - this can be more readily applied at the job site.
N.B. Some Vendors are now able to supply pre-rusted pipe. If available in your area, this product is recommended as it will save a lot of time on the job site.
6. All pipe over 500ft (153m) in length should have the words "long pipe" clearly painted on each end, so the Contractor will know it is a long pipe.
7. Pipe over 2 miles (3.2km) in length must have the words "long pipe" painted in the middle, so the Contractor will not have to walk the entire length of the pipe to determine whether or not it is a long pipe.
8. All pipe over 6" (152mm) in diameter must have the words "large pipe" painted on it, so the Contractor will not mistake it for small pipe.
9. All pipe fittings are to be made of the same stuff as the pipe.
10. No fittings are to be put on pipe unless specified. If you do so,
straight pipe will become crooked pipe.
11. Flanges must be used on all pipe. Flanges must have holes for bolts quite separate from the big hole in the middle.
12. When ordering 90 degrees, 45 degrees or 30 degrees elbow, be sure to specify right hand or left hand; otherwise you will end up going the wrong way.
13. Be sure to specify to your vendor whether you want level, uphill or downhill pipe. If you use downhill pipe for going uphill, the water will flow the wrong way. 14. All couplings should have either right hand or left hand thread, but do not mix the threads - otherwise, as the coupling is being screwed on one pipe, it is unscrewed from the other.