Kinds of Plumbing-The Diverse Nature of Pipelines

All the modern day world sky high buildings we don’t seem to get the importance of the pipes which are the in the ground below us and run across the wall that surround us. Pipes are there in almost every aspect of life we see. The very first and the major use of pipes is roof supports, in many sky scrapers proper pillars are avoided and heavy duty pipes are used as these pipes are cost effective and use less space. The second major use of pipes is the movement of wires. In almost all of the domestic and commercial buildings all over the pipes are made part of a wall and all wires run thought those pipes. The purpose of doing so that the pipes keep the wires safe and incase of fire the fire dies out soon due to lack of oxygen. Feature of safety and cost effectiveness combined.

The third use of pipes is for the movement of water. Water moved across large distances using pipes as pipes are sealed so no water in evaporated from the heat. By moving water through pipes man has reduce large amount of manual and animal labor which was used to move water across distance. For example such pipelines are a blessing in mountains area where an even travelling a few miles with some amount of would consume half of it if it carried by a human or an animal. Water is essential of life almost all human being so pipes are also used to control the flow of water when feeding animals in zoo or shelter.

The fourth major use of plumbing is sewage. Pipes of length grossing over millions of kilometer are there beneath the surface of the earth to carry the human and industrial waste to disposal sites t ensure that the world doesn’t go back to the great stench of the industrial revolution, which surrounded the great cities of Europe and claimed lives of thousands of workers who paved the path of the modern world by working in inhuman conditions.

The pipes used all around us vary in sizes and shapes. The pipes used for supporting purposes are made from hard and durable alloys which are light weight but carry immense strength to hold up the great trading centers of the world. The pipes which are there in our walls to control the wires are some millimeters in diameter and ensure that wondrous electricity we use doesn’t harm us. The pipes used for moving water are some centimeters in size and are waterproof so that rusting doesn’t place. Plus these pipes are heavy duty so that immense pressure could be controlled if anything goes wrong on the backend. The pipes used in sewage start from a few centimeters and may extend to a diameter of a few feet. Most of these pipes are large enough so that fully grown man could get inside them in order clean them and maintain them.