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| Saddle Valve | A valve mounted on a pipe run by a clamping device, or fitting that taps into the side of a pipe, used to make quick connection to an existing line to provide a water supply for a low-demand device. |
| Sanitary Sewer | House drain that carries wastewater away from the house to a sewer system or septic tank. |
| Self-Rimming Sink | Sink with no metal ring that has a built-in lip of the same material which supports it in the vanity top. |
| Service Entrance | Pipe connecting the water company piping to the water meter. |
| Setting | Pumps' vertical distance in feet from the top of the well to the top of the pump. |
| Shroud | Color-matched component under a wall-mount lavatory that covers the drain outlet for aesthetic purposes. |
| Siphon-Vortex Water Closet | A toilet having a trapway at the rear of the bowl, integral flushing rim, and a water supply system with or without a jet, which does not feed directly into the trap. |
| Sleeve | Pipe which is passed through a wall for the purpose of inserting another pipe through it. |
| Slip Joint | A connection made with compression fittings. |
| Soil Stack | Largest vertical drain line to which all branch waste lines connect. This line carries waste to the sewer line. |
| Solder | Metal alloy that is melted to create a fused joint between metal pieces. Also the act of melting solder into the joint. |
| Spud | A threaded opening on the water heater tank. Also a tool for digging having characteristics of a shade and chisel. |
| Stack | The vertical main in the drain, waste, and vent system, extending one or more stories. |
| Stand Pipe | Open vertical pipe that receives water from a washing machine. Also the vertical pipe run supplying water to a fire sprinkler system; also large vertical pipe into which water is pumped in order to produce a desired pressure; a high vertical pipe or reservoir that is used to secure a uniform pressure in a water-supply system. |
| Static Lift | The vertical distance between source and discharge water levels in a pump installation. |
| Stop Valve | The shutoff valve under sinks and toilets. Allows water supply to be cut off to one fixture without affecting the water supply to other fixtures. |
| Straight Cross | Fitting that connects four pipes of the same diameter. |
| Sump | A pit or pool for draining, collecting, or storing water. A chamber which provides water to the pump. |
| Sweating | Slang term for soldering. Also formation of condensation on the outside of pipes or toilet tanks. |
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