Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Library, Volume 1

Charles N. McConnell has been a member of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting, Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada for over 60 years and has trained many apprentices to the piping trades. He has supervised and installed gas and oil-fired steam and hot-water heating systems and air conditioning installations at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, and plumbing installations in schools, public buildings, and manufacturing facilities. He has supervised and installed process piping installations. He is the author of Home Plumbing Handbook (Delmar Education), the three volume Plumbers and Pipefitters Library (Macmillan), and other books related to the plumbing and pipefitting trades.

• Acknowledgements viii1. Materials Used by the Piping Trades 12. Basic Tools 113. Pipe Fitting and Valves 384. Cutting, Threading, and Installing Steel Pipe 855. Blueprints and Elevations 1106. Soil, Waste and Vent Piping 1277. Working with Cast-Iron Soil Pipe 1408. Roughing-in Plumbing 1599. Plumbing Fixtures 17910. Lead Work 216Index 233