Plumber's and Pipefitters Calculations Manual - Softcover

Woodson, R. Dodge

9780070718579: Plumber's and Pipefitters Calculations Manual

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070718571 ISBN 13: 9780070718579

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 1998

Get results almost instantly without putting pencil to paper or fiddling with a calculator. Packed with charts and tables that let you simply look up the answers you need, this handy new tool for plumbers and pipe fitters gives you a ready source of commonly used calculations, formulas, and, best of all, solutions. In addition to easy-to-find answers, this guide also gives you a concise outline of trade mathematics; standard and handicapped fixture layouts; equipment weight load standards; friction tables; relevant electrical factors; guidelines for sizing water heaters; potable water standards; plastic pipe facts and figures; copper tubing and pipe facts and figures; welding and fabrication techniques; glossary of plumbing terms and abbreviations; lists of trade associations and current standards; and much, much more. For designing and estimating projects, this manual is unmatched. A great productivity booster, it will assist you in delivering prompt, on-target, and on-the-spot estimates. It could be the most valuable tool in your kit!

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From the Back Cover:

Quick-reference answers to common math problems. Get results almost instantly without putting pencil to paper or fiddling with a calculator. Packed with charts and tables that let you simply look up the answers you need, this handy new tool for plumbers and pipe fitters gives you a ready source of commonly used calculations, formulas, and, best of all, solutions. In addition to easy-to-find answers, this guide gives you: a concise outline of trade mathematics; plastic and copper pipe and copper tubing facts and figures; standard and handicapped fixture layouts; guidelines for sizing water heaters; potable water standards; welding and fabrication techniques; equipment weight load standards; friction tables; relevant electrical factors; glossoary of plumbing terms and abbreviations; lists of trade associations and current standards. For designing and estimating projects, this manual is unmatched. A great productivity booster, it will assist you in delivering prompt, on-target, and even on-the-spot estimates. It could be the most valuable tool in your kit!

About the Author:

R. Dodge Woodson is a general contractor, plumbing contractor, and licensed master plumber, who also teaches plumbing code and apprentice classes at Central Maine Technical College. He is the author of many best-selling McGraw-Hill books, including Home Plumbing Illustrated, The National Plumbing Codes Handbook, The Plumbing Apprentice Handbook, Plumbing Contractor: Start and Run a Money-Making Business, and Plumber's Troubleshooting Guide.

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