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Dec 06, 2024
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2022-2023 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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BCT 183 - Residential and Industrial Plumbing III 4 Credits, 6 Contact Hours 2 lecture periods 4 lab periods
Continuation of BCT 182 . Concepts and installation procedures for water service, fixtures, and appliances. Includes installing and testing water supply piping, fixtures, valves, and faucets; electrical applications; water heaters; fuel gas systems; and servicing of fixtures, valves, and faucets.
Prerequisite(s): BCT 182 or concurrent enrollment.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate the ability to safely size and install a water service line and provide for water hammer protection.
- Demonstrate the ability to install bathtubs, shower stalls, valves, faucets, water closets, urinals, lavatories, sinks, and pop-up drains.
- Demonstrate the use of proper electrical measuring equipment.
- Install an electric water and a gas heater.
- Design, size, purge, and test fuel gas systems.
- Identify the proper procedures for repairing and maintaining fixtures and faucets.
Outline:
- Installing and Testing Water Supply Piping
- Plans
- Main to meter water service
- Water heater, softener, and hose bibbs
- Locating the fixtures
- Installing pipe hangers and supports
- Modifying the structural members
- Main supply lines
- Completing the installation
- Testing
- Installing Fixtures, Valves, and Faucets
- Before you install the fixtures
- Installing bathtubs and shower stalls
- Installing valves and faucets
- Installing valves for water closets and urinals
- Installing lavatories, sinks, and pop-up drains
- Installing water closets
- Installing urinals
- Introduction to Electricity
- Voltage
- Current
- Resistance
- Ohms Law
- Circuits
- Installing Water Heaters
- Basic operation of water heaters
- Types of water heaters
- Indirect water heaters
- Selecting water heaters
- Installing water heaters
- Fuel Gas Systems
- Types of oil and gas used as fuels
- Common factors in fuel systems
- Factors specific to gas, LPG, and fuel oil systems
- Servicing of Fixtures, Valves and Faucets
- Servicing of fixtures, valves and faucets
- Types of valves
- Problems caused by installation and water
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