This manual is a guide for engineer personnel who are responsible for plumbing and pipefitting. The objective of this manual is to provide information on water, waste, and heating systems and basic plumbing techniques. Use this guide to help repair fixtures, leaky pipes, and valves; to make pipe joints; to install water, waste, and heating systems; and to test and service these systems. The plumber is a person who installs and repairs water systems, waste systems, and fixtures; cuts, reams, threads, and bends pipes; caulks, solders, and tests joints or systems for leaks. Users of this manual should be familiar with the tools used by the construction MOS in career management field (CMF) 51.
DesignationFM 5-420
EditionMay 1993
StatusSuperseded
Pages241
FunctionEngineering
CollectionRecent Archive