Next week the renovation work will start at my place. I have already made a rough idea about the new design. There are many things that need to be changed and most important amongst them are the fittings for water and drainage system at different points in the house.

I talked to various plumbers to gather information about plumbing and various equipments that should be used. Plumbing is the skilled trade of working with tubes, pipes and other plumbing fixtures for drinking water systems and the drainage of the waste. A plumber is a person who is expert with installation and repair of different plumbing equipments. Plumbing works should be taken great care of in the home due to the need of clean water and proper channel for waste.

Pipes made up of copper, brass, plastic can be used. Toxic material like lead is avoided. Hogh pressure pumps are used. Vents and drains are made up of plastic, steel and cast iron.

The straight section of the plumbing system constitute of pipes and tubes. A pipe is typically formed via casting or welding, where as a tube is made through extrusion. Pipe normally has thicker walls and may be threaded or welded, where tubing is thinner-walled.

There are various other different plumbing equipments that are uses in buildings, huge factories etc. These are elbows, trees, unions, valves. These are used in a complicated setup.

Traps, drains, vents, Septic systems, Rainwater, surface, and subsurface water drainage, and Fuel gas piping,potable supply of hot and cold water are the various categories of the plumbing system.

One should not compromise with the quality of the plumbing equipments to be used as these can create problems in the home. New technologies are being used by the plumbers these days such as hidden cameras are used to detect the leaks and other defects.

Now I have enough information about the different plumbing methods and equipments that should be used. Plumbers had complete knowledge about their field and helped in understanding the procedure and various things that should be kept in mind. I have listed down the equipments that have to be bought for different places like taps and showers for the bathroom, water heaters etc. They have also given me a rough cost estimate.