Plumbing services are considered to be one of the most sought after services of all time. From the process of laying out the piping to the installation of hot water systems in a building, a plumber could actually choose to specialize in different fields. Some of the tasks that are being carried out by plumbers would be clean water supply systems, kitchen plumbing systems, gas systems and drainage systems. There are different aspects in kitchen plumbing systems that needs to be there in order for the kitchen to function efficiently.
Our kitchen is fitted with pipes that will supply clean water and other pipes that will be the one to get rid of the waste water. There also are other pipes of which supplies gas to the kitchen and gas valves are mostly being installed on the floor or on the wall. The hot and cold water valves are mostly being placed under sinks. From the supply valves, the supply tubes then will be connected to the faucet.
Saddle valves may be attached to cold water valves to give additional water connections that supplies water to appliances like water filters. Added connections can in fact be made from copper or from plastic tubes. Gas valves are most often placed under appliances that uses gas and you can actually turn this off if you are not using it for safety purposes.
Pipes that are actually placed under the kitchen sink usually are curved and also are known as P-traps. The compression fittings will actually connect the curved pipes to the drainage pipe of the sink and you may unscrew them sometimes without having to use any tool. If you are ever going to replace kitchen sink pipes, the plumber needs to carefully take the measurements of the pipes for the new pipes to be cut just right.
Water valves also are turned off in order to cut off the supply of water when the repair work is still undergoing. P-trap connections also are unscrewed from the tailpieces of the sink through hand or through the use of pliers. The traps also are removed from the connections and the drain tailpieces also are going to be removed. New tailpieces are in fact screwed in and new pipes also are cut and fixed into place with the compression fittings by hand.
For you to keep your kitchen plumbing working efficiently, there actually are some things which you could do. The first thing is that you must make sure that you will not pour grease and fatty substances into your kitchen sink. Also try to avoid throwing leftover foods which are hard to grind and instead throw it in the garbage disposal.
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