List of common abbreviations!

[larold]

That are addable to as a sticky would be really handy for us newcomers!

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

what are you stuck on?

 

[larold]

WR as in my thread on the main forum... Water rates??

 

[Howsie]

Water Regulations

 

[SimonG]

Water Regs

 

[larold]

Ah, staring me right in the mush!

 

[dontknowitall]

To be honest there aren't that many abbrieviations/acronyms in plumbing.

DHW is domestic hot water. CH is central heating.

PRV can be pressure reducing valve or pressure relief valve so these two are usually not abbreviated as they do different things. EV is expansion vessel. E/F is end feed. mm is millimeter. m is metre. cm is something amateurs and diyers use.

Bill is another word for invoice. Custard is another word for customer (but not all of us use this expression.)

E, L and N are usually Earth, Live and Neutral - please don't ask which colour does what though!

To be honest I'm fairly hard pushed to think of many others.

 

[SimonG]

AAV - Automatic air vent or Air admittance valve

 

[GQuigley67]

another one that people on this site use that i was stuck with when i joined was "imho" which is "in my honest opinion"

 

[dontknowitall]

I always thought it was humble! And it took me yonks until I learned that LOL wasn't lots of love

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

I always thought it was humble! And it took me yonks until I learned that LOL wasn't lots of love

it can be either now if i said raoflmao would that lose you?

 

[quality]

E, L and N are usually Earth, Live and Neutral - please don't ask which colour does what though!

black to red and blue to bits

 

[PlumbBobBob]

cwst-cold water storage tank
f&e-feed and expansion
hwc-hot water cylinder

 

[Bartdude]

TMV- thermostatic valve
T/C -Thermocouple
P/F-Pushfit
C/C-Close coupled
RS-Room sealed
BF-Balanced flue
OF-Open flue
F+R-Flow and return

 

[villa_tom]

What does "OP" mean I have seen it in a few threads?????

 

[quality]

opening post

 

[Bartdude]

What does "OP" mean I have seen it in a few threads?????

Original post

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

fga> flue gas aniliser
lgsc>landlords gas safety certificate
he>high efficiency
svp>soil and vent pipe
labc>local authority building control
fs>free standing(as in cooker or boiler)
wm>wall mounted
bbu>back boiler unit
chb> central heating boiler
ilfe>inset living flame effect
dfe>decorative flame effect
gsr>gas safe registered

i will stop there

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

What does "OP" mean I have seen it in a few threads?????

original poster

 

[pauls]

aps............ air pressure switch

that had me wondering for a bit lol

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

abbreviations make posting a lot easier one thing i have noticed some of you have wondered what imho or as pauls just said aps means one thing that eludes me why dont you just ask??????? all will be revealed

 

[GQuigley67]

What does "OP" mean I have seen it in a few threads?????

I always thought op was short for operative haha

 

[Dannypipe]

What does BS mean, only people are always telling me that?

 

[Puddle]

I get that as well.... presume BS = Brilliant Suggestion

 

[Dannypipe]

LOL! Ah thats it!

Totally BS reply Puddle, as usual mate.

 

[REDSAW]

nvq = non-vocational qualification

 

[GQuigley67]

or if your from scotland its an svq - scottish vocational qualification

 

[Puddle]

or if your from scotland its an svq - scottish vocational qualification

thought it would be stj ---- stitch this jimmy

 

[quality]

MCS = more certification stupid

Another government induced body with more funding claimed by the body than than anyone who is registered / certified

Its an absolute joke

imo

 

[Azzerus]

Isn't BS British standard?

 

[Puddle]

Isn't BS British standard?

you are correct Azzerus,it does really

 

[WHPES]

BF -balanced flue
HLBF -high level balanced flue
CF - conventional flue

EF - end feed
SR - solder ring
CF - compression fitting
BSPT British Standard Pipe Taper thread
BSP - British Standard Pipe (parallell thread)

CC - closed coupled (wc cistern)
LL - low level
HL - High level

 

[stevetheplumber]

not many for plumbing but hundreds for gas its one thing that drives me mad i often have to re read articles in the gas mags to make head or tail of the abbreviations

 

[Plumbstar Tom]

Sorry if these have already been mentioned

A/F - across flats (on a spanner)
BTU - British Thermal Unit
HP - High Pressure (Tap/Shower)
LP - Low Pressure (Tap/Shower)
W - Watts
V - Volts


ASAP - As soon as Possible
FYI - For your information
GOSH - Good Sense Of Humour and dyslexic

 

[vaughan]

TD- temperature difference.
HLC heat loss calculations.
CWSC- cold water storage cistern.