Review
"An essential reference for all plumbing professionals (as well as do-it-yourselfers)... " -- New Equipment Digest, 8/93
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Book Description
Thoroughly revised and updated version of the standard code book for the plumbing industry. The National Plumbing Codes Handbook covers the BOCA, UBC, and SPC codes, explaining the latest code specifications for procedures, installations, materials, and documentation. New features: eight new chapters and three new appendices...troubleshooting information...math calculations and business forms, and much more.
From the Back Cover
The Standard Code Book for the Plumbing Industry--with Great New Features. Here is a complete, convenient, easy-to-use reference for the three major plumbing codes in use today: BOCA, the Uniform Building Code, and the Standard Plumbing Code. This practical guide clearly explains the code specifications for procedures. . .installations. . .materials. . .and documentation. This second edition is a thorough revision of the Handbook. the revised edition has several helpful new features: Completely updated plumbing codes--BOCA, UBC, SPC; Troubleshooting information; Math calculations and sample business forms; Private sewage and water supply chapters; combination waste and vent system chapter; Job-site safety recommendations; and much more. Woodson has made the Handbook a plumbing contractor's encyclopedia. win more bids and ease the work for yourself in the field. Learn how to size a pump for a well. Understand your responsibilities for electrical wiring. Get familiar with the building codes you need to know. and find it all here, in the National Plumbing Codes Handbook.
About the Author
R. Dodge Woodson (Fort Fairfield, Maine) is a plumbing contractor and licensed master plumber with over 20 years' experience, and the author of several books on plumbing for McGraw-Hill. He currently teaches plumbing code and apprentice classes at Central Maine Technical College.
