Session Details


The Importance of Maintaining Your DWV Plumbing System

Start Time:

3/27/2025 2:40:00 PM


End Time:

3/27/2025 3:30:00 PM

About this session:

Every building has a drain, waste, and vent plumbing system. The majority of DWV piping systems are hidden below floors, behind walls, and in ceilings. Out of sight, out of mind. That is until your previously fully functional plumbing system has a problem. Plumbing may be out of sight, but just like any other mechanical system, your DWV piping should be properly and regularly maintained. Developing a DWV maintenance plan will keep your plumbing system top of mind. This will help facility management to budget effectively for system maintenance and diminish the likelihood of plumbing emergencies that could send you and your building occupants reeling. This presentation will provide discussion of relevant topics that will bring the opportunity for thought provoking questions to help create a DWV maintenance plan or make an existing plan better. Proper evaluation, planning, and budgeting are all possible if we realize the importance of properly maintaining your drain, waste, and vent piping. There is no “good time” for your DWV system to have a problem.



1. Create a DWV maintenance plan or asses the readiness of a current one.
2. Identify best practices for your DWV system.
3. Eliminate practices that could be detrimental to you DWV system.
4. Coordinate with others regarding maintenance schedules, planning, and budgeting.


Session ID:

R4.39

Room Number:

339

Audience:

All

CEU:

0.1