Interior Design. Piping Plan — Design Elements
Every apartment needs renovation from time to time, as some home systems such as wiring or plumbing may fall out. When developing the future design of a piping system, the engineer should take into account many aspects. Replacing the worn plumbing begins with the choice of materials and sizes of pipes for the new system. Each proposal has its own pros and cons that should be considered before purchasing. It is also relevant to draw attention to temperature changes that might effect pipes, such as freezing or thermal expansion. Let’s take a closer look at possible pipes materials.
Recently, steel pipes were the most common, and now they can still be purchased. The most important advantage of steel is that it is eco-friendly and the fact that they have passed the test of time and pipes of good quality can function for more than 50 years. Remaining pros: high operating pressure and temperature, as well as small thermal expansion. The negative sides of steel pipes include their big weight; inner diameter gradually decreases due to corrosion and the complexity of the system assembling and altering. It is also worth noting that even a temporary lack of water in the pipes causes their rapid rusting which gives water a metallic taste.
Plastic (Polypropylene) pipes are a good alternative to the steel and are characterized by ease of installation, low weight and price, durability and a complete absence of corrosion. Currently, it is the most used option. When connecting to the existing metal communications one should use fittings like unions or elbows. Due to thermal expansion, it is recommended to use a double-walled pipe system, which allows creating an interstitial space between the diameters of the two pipes.
Another option is PEX-AL-PEX pipes, which consist of three layers: the outer layer of high density polyethylene, a middle layer of aluminum foil and the inner layer of polyethylene.
Piping plan — Design elements libraries
Vector stencils libraries Piping 1, Piping 2 and Valves contain shapes of pipes and valves for drawing plumbing and piping building interior design plans, schematic diagrams, blueprints, or technical drawings of waste water disposal systems, hot and cold water supply systems using ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software.
These libraries are included in Plumbing and Piping Plans solution from Building Plans area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Sample 1. Interior Design Software. Piping Plan solution
The Pipes 1 library contains 28 symbols:
- General joint
- Butt weld
- Soldered / solvent
- Screwed joint
- Socket and spigot
- Sleeve joint
- Socket weld
- Flanged / bolted
- Swivel joint
- Electrically bonded
- Electrically insulated
- End caps
- Strainer
- Flame arrester
- Bursting disc
- Separator
- Drain silencer
- Exhaust silencer
- Y strainer
- Tundish
- Bell mouth
- Exhaust head
- Liquid seal open/closed
- Open vent
- Syphon drain
- Hydrant
The Pipes 2 library contains 42 symbols.
- Crossing
- Junction
- Cross
- Double branch
- Elbow 45
- Elbow 90
- Heated or cooled
- Pneumatic line
- Signal line
- Electric line
- Hydraulic line
- Capillary line
- Internal connection
- Route radiation
- Jacketed
- Lagged
- Pipe bore change
- Mechanical linkage
- Electrical device
- Vibratory device
- Weight device
- Spray device
- Rotary motion
- Stirring / fan
- Basic support
- Guide
- Stopper
- Anchor
- Support / anchor
- Hunger
- Access points
- Trap
- Flexibility provision
- Bellows
- Expansion loop
- Sleeve extension
- Flow restrictor
- Guide
- Sleeved
- Sleeve joint
- Expansion sleeve joint
- Flow indication
- Reducer
- Arrow
- Flexible hose
The Valves library contains 37 symbols.
- Flanged
- In-line valve
- 3-way valve
- 4-way valve
- Screw-down valve
- Lock-shield valve
- Reel valve
- Lock-shield valve
- Screw-down valve
- Relief valve
- Angle valve
- Check valve
- Screwdown valve
- Float operated valve
- Flanged valve
- Butterfly valve
- Globe valve
- Needle valve
- Diaphragm valve
- Wedge gate valve
- Parallel side valve
- Gate valve
- Ball valve
- Powered control valve
- Relief angle valve
- Reducing valve
- Plug valve
- Straight through
- 3-way plug valve
- Plug valve, T-port
- Plug valve, L-port
- 3-way plug valve
- Mixing valve
- Characterized port valve
- Manual isolation
- Power signal
- Statically loaded
- Actuating method
- Spring loaded
- Remote control
- Diaphragm
- Positioner
- Chain operated
- Gear operated
- Solenoid
- Weight loaded
- Float operated
- Dash-pot
- Piston
- Quick opening
- Quick closing
- Connecting unit
- Motor element
- Safe direction
- Retains position on fail
- Regulating
- Method of control
Sample 3. Interior Design Software. Design Elements — Piping Plan
for Mac OS X and Windows
Solution Building Plans from ConceptDraw Solution Park provides 4 vector stencils libraries with 128 design elements as pipes, valves and other sanitary equipment for drawing Plumbing & Piping Plans.
Use ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software enhanced with Building Plans solution to draw your own plumbing & piping plans, annotated diagrams or schematics of waste water disposal systems, hot and cold water supply systems, water lines, plumbing systems and waste water engineering using plumbing floor plan, plumbing layout plan, half pipe plans, pipe bender plans and plumbing plan symbols.
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