Plumbing Materials Drain Waste & Vent Pipe: range from 1 ½ “ - 4 dia.

Plumbing Pipes 1. ABS - black/gray color

● Approved Materials - marked for - Schedule 40 (used above or below
identification ground/joined by solvent-weld
● Embossed/Stamped - Brass/copper fittings cement)
● Molded - plastic fittings 2. Aluminum Tubing - above-ground use
● Indelible Marking - colored/stripe/indelible only/joined by mechanical joints/coated to
letters prevent corrosive action
● Red Stripe - Type M Copper (Rigid) 3. Borosilicate Glass - used above or below
● Blue Stripe - Type L Copper (Flexible/Rigid) ground/underground/heavy pipe schedule
● Green Stripe - Type K Copper 4. Brass Pipe - rarely used
● Yellow Stripe - Drain, Waste, & Vent (DWV) 5. Cast Iron Pipe (CIP) - hub and spigot style
Copper (joined by oakum/molten lead); hubless
Water Services Materials: (Pipe - 160 psi/73.4 F) (mechanical joints - rubber coupling)
1. ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) - referred as SOIL PIPE service weight pipe
for pressure-rated potable water use extra heavy pipe
2. Asbestos Cement Pipe - water mains 6. Copper Pipe - thin-walled; w/ yellow
3. Brass Pipe - metallic, threaded pipe (Water marking; time-consuming to install/use
Service & Water Distribution) above/below ground
4. Cast Iron Pipe - not used for individual 7. Galvanized Steel Pipe - not to be installed
water supplies, “ductile pipe” for water closer than 6” into the earth
mains 8. Lead Pipe - limited to above-grade
5. Copper Pipe - copper pipe with or without installations
threads. Gray color code for water service 9. Polyvinyl Chloride - while rating of Sch.40
use solvent weld joint becomes brittle in cold
6. Copper Tubing - soft copper/rolls (water weather for building sewer (ABS, CI, Vitrified
service); rigid (water distribution) Clay, PVC, Concrete, Asbestos Cement)
3 Types: Type M thinnest Storm Drainage Materials
Type L middle(water service) - interior/underground (for stormwater)
Type K thickest 1. Inside Storm Drainage - ABS, DWV
7. cPVC (Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride) - Copper, Type L Copper, Asbestos Cement,
white/cream colored plastic pipe for water Cast Iron, Vitrified Clay Brass, Galvanized,
distribution PVC, Type M Copper, Aluminum, Lead,
8. Galvanized Steel Pipe - with threaded Black Steel
fittings for water distribution; problem: rust 2. Subsoil Drains - collect/drain water
9. PB (Polybutylene) - rolled coils/straight entering the soil (Asbestos Cement, Vitrified
lengths Clay, Cast Iron Bituminized Fiber, PVC, PE)
Water service - water distribution pipe
Plumbing Pipes
Blue color - water service use
Gray color - water service/distribution
10. PE (Polyethylene) - black/bluish for water
services
11. PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) - drain/vent pipe –
orange; CWL (Cold Water Line) only – white
ABS Aluminum Borosilicate
Water Distribution Pipe
- Minimum working pressure of 100 psi/temp.
180 F
- pressure-reducing valve at the water
service to reduce the pressure to no more
than 80 psi
Brass Cast Iron Copper
1. Brass Pipe - once popular
2. Copper Pipe/Tubing (more common
choice)
3. Galvanized Steel Pipe - rust-related
problems
4. Polybutylene (PB) - ease of
Lead
installation/resistance due to freezing
GI PVC
conditions/low cost
 Plastic Pipes

TYPES APPLICATION

uPVC Unplasticized; electrical and telephone

cables, sewer pipes & portable water
supply

PVC Polyvinyl chloride: third most widely

Black Welded Ductile Iron Pipe Galvanized produced after PE & PPR, PVc is widely
Steel Pipe Welded Steel used in construction because it is cheap,
durable, easy to assemble

cPVC Chlorinated: thermoplastic produced bt

chlorination of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
resin: hot & cold water pipe, and
Galvanized Steel industrial liquid handling.
Conduit Pipe HDPE Pipe HDPE Double
LDPE used in sprinkler and drip irrigation
for Cable Pipe Corrugated Wall
systems, drainage systems, laboratories,
for Sewer Pipe
industrial processs lines, agricultural
piping, irrigation, and many other public
utilities.

HDPE used water main schemes, potable water

HDPE Pipe
house connections, sprinkler and drip
for water supply Wall Pipe Mid Steel Cement irrigation systems, drainage systems,
for drainage pipe Line Pipe laboratories, industrial processs lines,
agricultural piping, irrigation

PP-R used in manufacturing piping systems;

both ones concerned with high-purity
and ones designed for strength and
rigidity (use in potable plumbing,
UPVC Socket Plain UPVC Pipe UPVC SWV Pipe hydronic heating and cooling, and
End Pipe - Grey – white reclaimed water); joined by heat fusion
rather than gluing

PE-X Cross-linked polyethylene; PEX or XLPE,

is a form of polyethylene with cross-links;
hydronic radiant heating systems,
domestic water piping and insulation for
UPVC UPVC Underground Seamless Steel high tension (high voltage) electrical
Underground Cable Pipe - Black Pipe cables; used for natural gas and offshore
Pipe - Brown oil applications, chemical transportation,
and transportation of sewage and
slurries.

PB used in pressure piping, flexible

packaging,water heaters, compounding
and hot melt adhesives.

Hubless Cast Authentic Welded Stainless Steel

Iron Pipe Stainless Steel Tubing Pipe