Terms and abbreviations

Sewage and drainage water

Water that is conveyed from properties and roads. Divided up into waste water, storm water and drainage water.

Venting

Vertical piping that leads out at the attic and roof level.

BDL water

Waste water from bathing, dishwashing and laundry. Also called greywater.

Chiselling

Method for ripping out or making holes in hard material. For example, in bathrooms in order to replace drains in a traditional manner.

Abbreviation for drain.

Storm water system

Also called rainwater system, they are the pipes serving downpipes, roof drains, scuppers and farm drains in the property.

Abbreviation for washing basin.

Epoxy

The type of thermosetting material which is used for relining in certain methods. Solidifies with the aid of curing fluid.

Flexible liner

A relining method which involves inserting a "sock"/flexible liner saturated in epoxy which is held up by air pressure until it hardens. Also see sock.

Milling

When hard surfaces in the pipe are cut out using a tool. Can sometimes apply to roots that have grown into a pipe under the ground. In case of the latter a so-called root cutter is used.

Connection point

The connection between the pipes that are the responsibility of the property and those that the municipality is responsible for.

Distribution drain

This is where the sewage and drainage water is divided equally to two or more infiltration pipes out to the filtration bed.

Abbreviation for cast iron, the most common type of pipe for water and sewage systems. Increasingly being replaced by plastic pipes.

Branch pipe

A pipe connected to another pipe. Primarily applies to vertical waste water pipes.

Branch reinforcement

In the case of fragile branch pipes for relining a piece of flexible liner impregnated with either epoxy or polyester is used as reinforcement.

Groda

A general term for horizontal pipes in bathrooms, additional toilets, etc.

Hatt

Reinforcement with flexible liner in the joint to a branch pipe from the main pipe.

Corrosion

Dissolution of a material, usually metal, through a chemical reaction. Takes place in sewage and drainage.

MA-system®

Sleeve-resolved sewage and drainage system which is internally protected against corrosion using epoxy.

Abbreviation for plastic.

Polyester

Type of polymer that is usually produced in the forms of thermosetting resin and thermosetting plastic. The polyester that we use in the Proline method is glass fibre reinforced and does not belong to the thermosetting range.

Polyethene

Ethane-derived plastic which is used for drainpipes and new water and sewage pipes.

PP pipe

Pipe made of polypropylene. Polypropylene withstands temperature higher than PVC pipes.

Proline method

A new pipe is cast in several layers on the inside of the old one with polyester plastic.

PVC

Polyvinyl chloride Common kind of plastic which is used for water and sewage systems.

Abbreviation for inspection hatch, openable hatch on piping, used for cleaning and inspection.

Pipe inspection

An inspection of a piping system using a camera for examining the status of main pipes.

Collection pipe

The main pipe which is usually cast in the cellar floor and which serves other pipes in the system. This pipe connects to the municipality's piping network.

Sanitary units

A collective name for all units which connect to the sewage and drainage system e.g. washbasins, toilets and drains, etc.

Service piping

Is the part of the sewage and drainage piping system which lies outside the building and connects to municipal conduits. The pipe lies on the developed land and is the property owner's responsibility.

Lateral installation

Name of the part of a main pipe that turns by 90 degrees from a vertical to horizontal position e.g. in a floor or up at the roof and after at least 0.3 m turns by 90 degrees again to a vertical position.

Layout plan (water and sewage system)

A plan of the building which also shows where the water and sewage pipes go.

Sludge

The residue after cleaned sewage and drinking water.

SCP

Abbreviation for scupper

Waste water system

Also called sewage and drainage water, is the pipes that serve washbasins, toilets, slop basins, washing basins and drains in the property.

Injection casting

The type of relining where new pipes are cast in the old ones by injecting liquid plastic into the old pipe and is then allowed to harden.

Scupper

Hole for water drainage in dry and cold areas where a normal floor drain would dry out or freeze.

Main pipe

Standing (vertical) piping.

The Swedish Water Supply and Sewage Tribunal

Deals with disputes about water, sewage and heating supply.

Sock

A relining method which involves inserting a "sock"/flexible liner saturated in epoxy which is held up by air pressure until it hardens.

S-ing

Rather like lateral installations but turn with 45 degree bends instead of 90 degrees and changes the location laterally by 0-0.5 m to the vertical piping.

Abbreviation for washing sink e.g. in a laundry room.

Abbreviation for washbasin.

Abbreviation for slop drain e.g. in cleaning room.

Abbreviation for water and sewage.

Wet room

Bathroom, toilet, laundry room. The only things that may break sealed surfaces in walls and floors in a wet room are drains and sewage pipes.

Abbreviation for toilet (water closet).