plumb/plumbing

However, they don’t have a crawlspace which makes plumbing repairs much more challenging.

The urinary system’s plumbing is made of several organs, including the bladder, which stores urine—the fluid that carries the waste products— until it’s a convenient time to pee.

You might think this is a good thing, but plumbing pipes and appliances are only rated to certain pressures, so exceeding those ratings can cause serious damage.

By that time, the building had settled another inch and was out-of-plumb by more than a foot or 30 centimeters.

One time, the brain was a system of plumbing.

Just one degree off of level will put a 16-foot or 5-meter column out of plumb by more than 3 inches or 80 millimeters.

Obviously you wouldn’t be able to pump all the water, and anyway that would be a pretty complicated setup for something the ramp pump can do with a few very simple off-the-shelf plumbing parts.