Week 30 Day 2 Welding workshop

Bill Plett from ACC conducted a one-day welding workshop. 

Oxy-acetylene cutting, pipe welding and braze wedling

Week 30, Day 1

Prep for welding workshop.
Welding theory and Welding safety.

Week 29, Day 5. Last day of class work for Pipe 0012 and 0013.

Here is a link to one of the systems that recovers heat from DWV piping systems, Might be a thing in the not too distant

http://www.renewability.com/power_pipe/how_works.html

Roll your own! You have the technology.




Bidet toilet seats. https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.white-elongated-heated-bidet-toilet-seat-s900.1000726864.html

Week 29, Day 4

While we are talking about septic tanks it is a good time to review the requirements for confined space entry in the Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Regulations. See Section Section 15. 

Week 29, Day 3

Field trip to ACC!!
BBQ lunch,
Tour of facility shops and classrooms.
Meet with In
Meeting with apprenticeship instructors and
Ken Falloon the apprenticeship coordinator.

In the meantime watch this video on the issues around water borne wastes and the notion that there is no such thing as downstream. We are all downstream of something.

National Film Board presents Crapshoot: The Gamble with our Wastes

Week 29, Day 2

Onsite Wastewater Management systems Manitoba Regulations

Onsite Wastewater Management Installers Program
September 25 - 29, 2017 -- 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Fee: $1000.00 (No taxes)
Location:
Red River College
2055 Notre Dame Avenue

Homeowner’s Manual for Onsite Wastewater Management Systems

Week 29, Day 1.

Field trip, across the yard. Interlake Water Supply are working on new housing units setting holding tanks and setting up pumps.
Individual septic tanks will be used as holding tanks for the time being  but may eventually have the effluent chamber hooked up to the sewer main. A modified forced main system.

They were installing a 1 hp submersible pump down an adjacent 120ft well to supply all three units. The system will use a single 20 gallon pressure tank with a cycle stop valve. Check out the operation here.

Week 28, Day 5

Working up a price for the Peguis Infrastructure Building. Very basic plumbing with a WC, lav and KS.
Also want a section of radiant floor heating.

Designing radiant floor heating systems

Using the 30 day trial version of LoopCAD program

http://www.avenir-online.com/AvenirWeb/Store/Purchase.aspx




for an area 24 x 80 with 15" spacing for 1/2" pex pipe.

Week 28, Day 4

Programming the Fleck 5800 LXT Softener head
K45 Drain Gun


 

K50 Sectional Machine

 


Next size up drain cleaner for municipal systems.

Week 28, Day 3

A couple of videos about circuit venting and wet venting. These videos are more about commercial rather than residential settings but they provide a good summary of the general rules for applying, designing and sizing these piping arrangements. Refer to the NP C sections 2.5.2 Wet Venting and 2.5.3 Circuit Venting.

Circuit Venting Circuit Venting vs Wet Venting

Week 28, Day 2

After a lovely long week end. Two weeks left. Last week will be practical testing, then practicum.

Now on to drain cleaning tools.

Ridgid Drain cleaning tools and related equipment.