take a tour of your house and check the water pipes and fixtures. write two sentences what you observed
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Answer:
Two main types of plumbing serve a house: water supply pipes and drain-waste-vent pipes. The water supply pipes are under pressure, but the drain-waste-vent pipes operate via gravity. Other more specialized plumbing systems include natural gas piping and central vacuum systems.
Explanation:
A main water supply pipe connected to the water company’s main or to a well on your property supplies water to your house. If you’ve ever seen water gushing from a fire hydrant, you have some idea of the pressure moving the water along.Once the water arrives at your house, the main supply divides into one system of pipes for cold water and another—connected to the water heater—for hot water. The hot and cold water pipes often parallel each other.
Waste drainage systems take advantage of gravity to channel waste to the sewer line. The soil stack, a vertical run of pipe 3 to 4 inches in diameter, carries waste to a main drain, usually underneath the house, which empties to a sewer or septic tank.