Plumbing Drawing

A plumbing drawing, a type of technical drawing, shows the system of piping for fresh water going into the building and waste going out, both solid and liquid. It also includes fuel gas drawings. Below is a list of Plumbing drawings

General Arrangement drawing
Detailed drawings
Plumbing Fixture detail drawings
Service water drawing
Waste water and vent drawing
Plumbing Schedule

Planning a construction, or making a building plan you have take into account the plumbing and piping factors. Making detailed Plumbing and Piping Plan will save time and costs. Also, drawing the Plumbing and Piping layout helps you to preview the project in detail, which may enable you to detect things that be probably missed. A clear, professional-looking Plumbing and Piping Plan also will make your communication with a building contractor more productive. Making a plumbing floor plan that shows the location and connection of pipers and plumbing equipment involves many plumbing plan symbols that can be managed using ConceptDraw PRO. The ability to design Plumbing and Piping plans is delivered by the Plumbing and Piping Plans solution. This solution supplied with four libraries that contains more than 100 vector stencils of plumbing and piping plan symbols.

A plan for new plumbing starts with a map of the existing plumbing. Use color codes and these universally recognized symbols on your drawings to clearly denote each component of your plan.

If you have architectural drawings, make several photocopies of them. Otherwise make several copies of an accurate scale drawing of the room. A gridded straightedge will help you draw parallel lines. You’ll also need color pencils, an eraser, and a 30-60-90-degree triangle. Use grid paper and establish a scale, such as 1/2 inch equals 1 foot. Drawing to scale makes it easy to note any problems with the layout. It also helps in estimating materials.

To make a plan drawing, first draw all fixtures to scale size and make sure they are not too close together. Put in the drain lines and vents for the fixtures, then add the supply lines. Make riser drawings to show vertical pipe runs as well.

Indicate pipe sizes and the exact type of every fitting so the inspector can approve them. Indicate locations for valves, including stops at fixtures, and specify the type of valve. Make a shopping list of materials based on the drawings.

It’s a good ideas to code your map. Show drainpipes with solid lines and supply lines with broken lines. Indicate vertical runs with notes on the overhead view. Mark hot and cold supply lines with color pencils and color-code drains and vents. Point to pipe sizes with a curved leader line to avoid mistaking the leader for a pipe. You’ll probably draw several versions of the plan before you get all the details right.

A drain-waste-vent (DWV) elevation describes the upward path of the stack, vents, and revents; the length of drainpipe runs; and traps. Its primary purpose is to show how the fixtures will be vented. It doesn’t have to be drawn over an architectural drawing.

Supply Drawing
A supply drawing indicates the estimated length of supply pipes. The main purpose is to determine the minimum size of the pipes.

Reveal the Plumbing and Piping Plans solution on the solutions panel.
Activate libraries from the Plumbing and Piping Plans section on the Libraries panel.
Set the measurement units for your document by clicking on the intersection of the vertical and horizontal rulers.

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Set the scale for your floor plan using Document Properties panel

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Add objects to the drawing by dragging them from the libraries panel to the document page
Use Line and Fill tools to show on your plan the piping and plumbing layout for different purposes.

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You can use a multiple layers when creating different parts of your Floor Plan. To move an object to another layer, simply drag and drop it from your document into the desired layer on the Layers palette.

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Result: With ConceptDraw PRO you can easily create and communicate residential plumbing plans of any complexity.