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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 10:39, 14 November 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&minus;</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Collins Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual was published in 1986</del>. It <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was created </del>for <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">William Collins Sons &amp;amp; Co. Ltd. by Jackson Day and conceived by Jackson Day Jennings Ltd.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A &amp;quot;rising main&amp;quot; is a vertical pipeline or pipework that carries water or other fluids under pressure upwards from a lower to a higher level</ins>. It <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">might be used </ins>for<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&minus;</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It defines </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">rising </del>main <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as ‘the pipe which supplies water under mains pressure, </del>usually to a water cistern in the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">roof’</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Water supply, in multi-story buildings, transporting potable water from </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ground-level pump or </ins>main <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">supply up to higher floors </ins>usually to a water cistern in the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">roof</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This ensures that water pressure is maintained across all levels of the building.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Pumping wastewater or sewage uphill from a low-lying area to a treatment facility or sewer system. This is particularly useful where gravity-based systems are not feasible due to topography.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* Fire protection, (sometimes called a dry riser or wet riser) where a vertical pipe allows water to be quickly delivered to various floors in case of fire. Dry risers are kept empty but can be charged with water by the fire brigade, while wet risers are kept full of water for immediate use.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/planning-and-fire-safety/planning-gateway-one-glossary/planning-gateway-one-glossary Planning Gateway One - Glossary], published on the Planning Portal, defines a rising main/falling main as a: ‘Vertical pipe installed in high buildings for the supply of water for firefighting’</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>= Related articles on Designing Buildings =</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>= Related articles on Designing Buildings =</div></td></tr> </table>

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