Everyone does not know much about the plumbing in depth. In this presentation, check out 10 interesting and informative facts about plumbing that you may not have known.

1. 10 MOST INTERESTING
PLUMBING FACTSYOU
NEVER KNEW
BY VIPERJETDRAIN.COM

2. • Standardized plumbing is so
ancient ---around 3,000 B.C
old. when the Indus River
Valley civilization used
earthen plumbing pipes to
provide transportable water
and drain wastes.

3. • The origin of word ‘Plumber’ is from the
Latin word “plumbum” which means
‘lead’. This is why it is abbreviated to ‘Pb’
on the periodic table

4. • You won’t believe that The Super
Mario Brothers, Mario and Luigi, from
the infamous video game, are the most
famous plumbers!
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5. • John Harrington was invented the flushing
toilet in 1596, which is why it was given the
nickname, “the John”.
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6. • Plungers are of many types, We
usually know about two different
types of plungers – a toilet plunger
for unclogging the toilets and a
sink/shower plunger. Toilet plungers
narrow at the bottom while
sink/shower plungers are flat.

7. • Small but effective: If you have a
leaky faucet that drips just once per
second, you are wasting more than
3,000 gallons of water in a year.

8. • Try to flush half water. A low-
flush system can actually save
more than 17,000 gallons of in
water a year.

9. • OMG!! Since 1963, there has been
enough copper piping installed in
American homes to wrap around the
Earth 200 times. This is more than
5.3 million miles worth!

10. • In 1829, the Tremont Hotel in Boston
became the first hotel in the country
to incorporate indoor plumbing.

11. • Albert Einstein announced that if he
could live his life over again, he would
be a plumber!

12. • No matter the size or scope of your
dilemma, a good local plumbing company
always provide a great solutions.

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