Pipe and fittings, water supply, backflow, traps, vents, slope, water heaters, fuel gas, the IPC and the UPC: the code throws it all at you at once. Here every topic fits on one page, with a drawing that does the explaining. 68 illustrated pages, from the basics of the trade to the practice questions.
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One topic per page, a drawing that carries it and short boxes with the rules and the code references. Take a look inside:
You read about fixture drains, trap arms, stacks, building drains, building sewers, vents... Every term has its own section in the code...
...and you still can't picture how they connect.
Here, the whole drain system fits on one page: the fixture drain from the trap to the stack, the stack and its vent above the top fixture, the building drain under the house and the building sewer out to the public sewer or a septic system.
Once you see the whole path, every code rule has a place to go.
First you understand how the system works. The code rules come with it.
The trade and the basics, pipe and fittings, water supply, drain, waste and vent, fixtures and water heaters, fuel gas and exam practice: 68 pages, all illustrated
Picture this:
Instead of rereading the venting chapter and still not knowing why a drain needs air at all...
...you see what happens without a vent: water falling down a drain leaves a vacuum behind it that can suck a trap dry, and air pushed ahead of the water can blow through a trap seal into the room.
And traps, slope, trap arms, backflow and the T&P valve become pictures you can redraw on the exam. You stop memorizing and start understanding.
That is exactly what Plumbing Made Visual does.
It is not “just another PDF”. It is 7 parts and 57 illustrated topics, with 30 original practice questions and explained answers, plus a two-page final review.
Because what your brain sees organized, it remembers.
The three systems in every building, the IPC and the UPC, apprentice to master, safety, hand tools and cutting tools, plumbing math, water pressure and head.
Copper tube types, soldering, PEX, PVC, CPVC and ABS, cast iron and galvanized, nominal versus real size, joining supply pipe, DWV fittings, dielectric fittings and pipe support.
From the street to the fixtures, valves, the PRV and expansion tank, water hammer, backflow and cross-connections, air gaps and backflow preventers, fixture flow limits and scald protection.
The parts of a DWV system, traps and trap seals, prohibited traps, drain slope, fixture units, why drains need vents, kinds of vents, trap arm length, AAVs, vent sizing, cleanouts and testing.
Toilet rough-in and clearances, lavatories and kitchen sinks, tubs and showers, the laundry standpipe, tank water heaters, the T&P valve, gas venting, tankless and heat pump heaters, and service.
Natural gas and propane, gas piping materials, the appliance connection, testing and leak checks, and what the law says about gas work.
How plumbing license exams work, three practice sets on the basics and supply, drainage and venting, fixtures, heaters, gas and math, and the answers explained.
At the end, a two-page final review: the numbers to know, and the IPC and UPC side by side with the safety rules that never change.
Free with the book
How to read and sketch isometric drawings of DWV and water supply risers, step by step, with practice drawings to work through on your own.
It comes with the book.
Free with the book
A timed mock exam on the topics of the book, with every answer explained, so you know why it is right and what to reread when you miss one.
It comes with the book.
One payment:
$27
Instant access: Plumbing Made Visual and the two free books arrive by email as PDFs. One payment, no subscription.
One topic per illustrated page to understand pipe and fittings, supply, drainage and venting, and review them before your classes and tests.
Trap seals, vents, slope, backflow and water heaters: the why behind the code rules you follow every day.
The IPC and the UPC side by side, the plumbing math and 30 practice questions with every answer explained.
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Yes. It starts from the three systems in every building and the basic tools, and builds up to venting, water heaters and fuel gas one page at a time.
Both model codes: the 2021 International Plumbing Code (IPC) and the 2021 Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC), side by side where they differ. The fuel gas pages refer to the International Fuel Gas Code, NFPA 54 or the gas chapter of the UPC, depending on where you work. Your exam uses the code and edition your state or city adopted, with its local amendments: always check yours.
By email, right after you buy: three PDFs you can read on your phone, tablet or computer.
No. One payment of $27, and the three PDFs are yours.
No. It is the illustrated material that goes with them: one topic per page, to understand it and review it. The code your jurisdiction adopted, your instructor and your inspector come first.
No. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by IAPMO, the ICC, any testing company or any state or local licensing board. The practice questions were written for this material.
Yes, as many times as you want, for yourself.
You have 30 days: if a file does not open, if the content is not what this page describes, if you were charged twice or the download never arrived, write to us and we refund you.
You do not have to reread the same code chapter a fourth time hoping it sticks.
You do not have to memorize code numbers you cannot connect.
And you definitely do not have to walk into the exam mixing up the IPC and the UPC.
There is an easier way. And it is one click away.
Your move.
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