How To Use Plumb In A Sentence

Push the panel into the glued surface and use a level to make certain it is plumb before you tack it into position and glue it down permanently.
The Bedroom In The Sky is three-quarters windowed and the last window blocked off with a hardboard offcut insulated, floored, plasterboarded, plumbed and wired. April 1st, 2007
The utility room is plumbed for a dishwasher and washing machine with a tiled splash back.
We need to keep these plumbers and carpenters in business. Times, Sunday Times
The animating idea remains curiously unplumbed. The Times Literary Supplement

They are mounted through the holes in the sink using plumber's putty.
There is space for a four-seater breakfast table as well as plumbing for a dishwasher.
But now we can't even use the plumbing because the drains are all backed up.
If the cylinder does not line up with the bore vertically, you are plumb out of luck since the base pin frame holes could be drilled crooked or the frame warped from heat treatment or stress.
Now I'm flirting madly with the plumber who is installing our new bathroom. The Sun
Often treated as a separate craft in the open shop, welders are supplied by several unions in the organized sector, such as the boilermakers, plumbers and pipefitters' and ironworkers' unions.
After a night of no sleep and mopping the flat, I had a delightful day of dealing with various squads of plumbers.
feckless attempts to repair the plumbing
Swing doors give access to a utility room plumbed for a dishwasher, washing machine and tumble dryer.
The planter behind is filled with fragrant vines; two ‘Royal Cape’ plumbagos in red pots flank the front posts.
Mix your own concrete, do your own plumbing, and wire your own electricity.
Police are now on the verge of allowing painters, plumbers, decorators and joiners into the house to begin clearing up and repairing fittings damaged during the extensive examination of the house.
They're all in it together, since none of them can get a proper job, such as brickie or plumber, or CADCAM designer/builder of turbines, for example. One Big Happy Family
SpearmintFur is around. bozino > i'm not a plumber, but I play one in Mario Kart Wii Linkfilter.net - fresh links
The room is also plumbed for a washing machine and is vented for a dryer.
They hope to turn the 105 ft boat into a practical training zone where youngsters learn skills such as plumbing, gas fitting, carpentry, electronics and mechanics.
An emergency squad of 600 plumbers and electricians has been drafted in to repair the shambles. The Sun
One dishonest plumber does more harm than a hundred poetasters.
The major advantage of flanged windows is that they are one integral unit that is easy for the contractor or homeowner to install plumb and square within a framed opening.
Centum mille perdrices plumbo confecit;" [4] that is, indeed, too often the sum of the life of an English lord; much questionable now, if _indeed_ of more value than that of many sparrows. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds
I think we can plumb the new bath into the existing pipes.
Check the wiring and the plumbing too, as these are the most expensive and disruptive jobs to take on. The Sun
This is why plumbers, electricians, carpenters and roofers might also consider setting up similar enterprises.
He was learning plumbing, carpentry and tradesmen's skills. The Sun
The next step up is a more comprehensive compact kitchen that is fully plumbed in. The Sun
Plumbers and electricians working on construction sites in Queensland will strike for two weeks starting February 26.
Shopkeepers, professional men, painters, plumbers and mechanics must have been counting down the last lingering seconds of the forenoon. MOONDROP TO MURDER
And spaying for females is the same: they remove the whole plumbing system to keep the animal from going into heat and attracting toms and annoying its owner.
I will probably write while the plumber is here and maybe stay home from Eric's ultimate frisbee game and write. Mixed Bag
Suppose that hourly wage offers for plumbers are distributed uniformly between $15 and $30. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
His own dexterity in catching the phrase plumb in the middle gave him a thrill of excitement. The Years
Either way, the trick was to contain the leak and wait until the plumber could arrive the next morning.
His almost unimaginable guilt from two consecutive suicides, too, is largely unplumbed, though probably not unfelt.
Tucker Bounds, a McCain spokesman, could barely utter two consecutive sentences without mentioning the plumber.
Install a small electric water heater for heat and plumb it into the existing heater core, or use a small ceramic electric space heater.
It seems to me that those of us who are trying to conserve the depleting water supply are being outfoxed by the old, inefficient plumbing that serves most buildings in the city.
Edison didn't invent the light bulb -- he invented one * type* of light bulb. the bulb had been already invented. indoor plumbing is over 2000 years old. electricity came along long before Ben Franklin and gang -- it just didn't get used much. and so on. perhaps the biggest mistake people make is to equate "invention" with "progress" or "improvement". A Priori (Jack Bog's Blog)
The prize winner will also receive one FREE plumbing or drainage job from a qualified plumber. The Sun
It is not of primary importance to the profession of plumbers, for example, what the public thinks of them.
Once an eruption is initiated, the seal ruptures, suddenly releasing massive amounts of gas, which have been accumulating within the plumbing system of the volcano.
Australia yesterday recalled its ambassador to Jakarta as relations between the two countries plumbed a new low. Times, Sunday Times
There were some suggested improvements, including building up the growing love between the plumber and the undine, mentioning earlier that undines are incurable romantics, and changing the plumber's ex (who shows up several times) into several separate exes to demonstrate the plumber's previous personal history. 6/18/08: Taos Toolbox, days 10-11: Some have broken under the strain of it
The adjoining utility room has further storage units and is plumbed for a washing machine and dryer.
I don't mind being the one who has to call the plumber, and sit with the plumber, and go scouting for soap dispensers for the kitchen to replace the ridiculous airgap that they make you put it, but I don't like everyone being crabby at me about the whole thing. Readersguide Diary Entry
Hot water can dissolve tiny amounts of lead from your plumbing system.
The necessary rewiring, replumbing and heating upgrades coupled with the age of the property suggest it would make sense to have all walls and ceilings replastered.
He bethought himself of his uncle, proprietor of a flourishing plumber and gasfitter's firm in the Broomielaw, Glasgow. THE LONELY SEA
The mythical plumber has been named Piotr and is very dangerous.
It became apparent there was too much water for the plumber to pump away, so the fire brigade was called in.
In carpenter's heaven, all surfaces would be flat and straight, all vertical elements would be plumb and horizontal ones level, and all corners would be exact right angles.
He was chauffeured from the train station to the college in the only Cadillac in town - owned by the local plumber. Peter Agre - Autobiography
Shucks, I done got plumb off from what I was tellin 'you jus' ravin ''bout my old furniture and things. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3
There were open niches on either side where she saw insulated duct work for the air-conditioning and PVC plumbing pipes. BLACKWATER SOUND
A lot of other businesses are also doing particularly well as a result of the housing boom, like construction, plumbers, joiners and builders.
For he is responsible for maintaining the sophisticated plumbing system inside the famous landmark.
I am always amazed that people (not you -- Claudia -- this is a general reply) who would not cut their own hair or try to replumb their house will risk their health by going to a farmacia armed with only internet information. Check for parasites
Set the new floor bolts in plumber's putty and insert them through the flange, adjusting the bolts so they line up with the center of the drainpipe.
Don't expect to get hot water here; the plumbing is about fifty years out of date.
The front of the property features a lawn area and parking for two to three cars in the driveway, while a garage is plumbed for utilities.
The beauty of remodeling a garage is that the shell of the building - often with both electricity and plumbing - already exists.
Unglamorous, usually unexciting and normally invisible , the world's financial plumbing is gummed up.
Apply the boards in a stair-step pattern and be sure they are plumb.
Engineers have now secured the hole with wooden boards and an emergency plumber managed to stop the water leak and get the heating back on.
I just want to go on record that I have never recorded a "plumbeous" anything. Grouse Diary Entry
Many had skills such as carpentry and plumbing, which could be used in military life, he added.
Mario is always reliable and thankfully this time the plumber does it again ... nearly the perfect pocket platformer. The Sun
Philip's gloom deepens when he finds a letter from Mr Plumb to his mother.
The foot-deep wall also holds a mirrored medicine cabinet and conceals a maze of plumbing, air ducts, and ventilation equipment.
Frequent use of a hand level will help keep the wall plumb and the courses level.
In fact, Lyle had a 79 to finish plumb last, the only player in the field to be above 300 for the 72 holes.
This is also the time of year to carry out maintenance on existing systems, to save having to call out an emergency plumber in the depths of winter.
The plumber, who has not been named, tried to put the fire out with water but it spread into the roof space.
For example, somebody whom you just plumb don't like is naturally likely to be just as hard to like on the Interwebnet.
Its plumb crazy at a time when we are trying to recruit more staff to cut the teaching profession's workload.
Bees hum in the plumbago.
The repairs should take two to three weeks, and include installing new air conditioning, new plumbing and repairing a leaky roof.
The boathouse is plumbed for running water and also has electric heating.
Are you a competent carpenter, plumber, welder, mechanic?
A wide timber deck provides an ideal spot for outdoor entertaining while a large garden shed is plumbed for a washing machine.
Some older houses were built without shutoff valves that connect the plumbing to their toilets or faucets.
When we open the valve from the tinaco to let water into our plumbing system, water comes spouting out of the top of this pipe like a fountain. Too much water pressure
As a nation we are crying out for plumbers, electricians, joiners and their ilk, useful people doing useful jobs - at a price!
We ( had to ) rewire the building, re - plumb it.
Once all the water and air systems have been plumbed in and the exhaust system and electronic and electrical connectors added, the engine is fired up.
We had no indoor plumbing and no electricity until I was 7 or 8 years old.
We'll have to get a workman in to fix the plumbing/window/roof.
Scoffing at the suggestion that an undertaker is a "professional man," Chambers said any good plumber could learn how to embalm in sixty days. The Undertaker's Racket
Anyway, I scoured a few bookshops to find good books on how to do your own plumbing.
Then they could afford plumbers, builders and electricians. The Sun
Perhaps he plumbed a depth beyond human sensitivity.
However, the attempted character assassination of Margo plumbs new depths and raises wider questions.
The next step up is a more comprehensive compact kitchen that is fully plumbed in. The Sun
As to plumbing, the rough-in was substantially complete but there was no finished plumbing for toilets, sinks, bidets, kitchen sink or dishwasher.
Now Joe the plumber -- and Herman the pieman -- pretend they know how to lead the nation. Harlow Giles Unger: When Statesmen Led the Nation
Is advertising for an electrician discriminatory against plumbers? The Sun
URAYASU, Japan—More than a month after the devastating earthquake hit northern Japan, hundreds of residents in an upscale bedroom community near Tokyo still don't have functioning plumbing, causing the city's mayor to lash out at the national and prefectural governments for not responding quickly enough. Quake Bogs Down a Tokyo Suburb
The muck then sticks to the insides of such things as water heaters, teakettles, and plumbing pipes.
If any walls appear to lean, check by going back to the nearest upper window and drop a plumb line down.
Others have suggested that "plumbism" among the Roman elite - whose fancy food and wine was laced with lead leached from cooking equipment Livescience.com
A man of many talents, Willie was instrumental in wiring many a house and plumbing when the rural electric scheme was introduced.
This is to be distinguished from typical plumbing such as a household having to have a drain unblocked or a hot water pipe mended.
The basket strainer should be packed with plumber's putty and pushed firmly down into place.
It is looking for 100 experienced plumbers and heating engineers over the next 12 months to meet demand. The Sun
Some of the most expensive policies cover plumbing and electrics too. Times, Sunday Times
Cite Soleil, the capital's front door, is a 27 sq mile slum where an estimated one million people live in shanties lacking plumbing, electricity or permanent roofs.
Let's choose Latin, the language of scholarship, and so iron became Fe for ferrum and lead became Pb for plumbum and gold is Au for aurum and so on.
It was properly plumbed, with pipes down to the sea. Times, Sunday Times
Then they could afford plumbers, builders and electricians. The Sun
Most of these projects require someone very knowledgeable in plumbing and laying of pipe.
Use a hand level frequently to keep the wall plumb and the rows of brick level.
This book attempts to demystify the male worlds of plumbing and carpentry.
Pipe wrenches are necessary to tighten plumbing pipes.
These songs plumb the depths of vocal technique and of human emotion, and Martel demonstrated a command of her instrument which one is hard put to compare with any other singer of her calibre.
While its approach is still fairly general, its articles plumb somewhat deeper depths.
The luggage was plumbed by the customs inspector.
Suppose that hourly wage offers for plumbers are distributed uniformly between $15 and $30. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
For the next two weeks, the fully autonomous robot, which bears an uncanny resemblance to a Volkswagen Beetle, will plumb the previously inaccessible microbial mysteries of the sinkhole -- or "cenote" -- El Zacat√≥n. NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: May 2007 Archives
Worked as a cab driver, plumber, and studio assistant to the sculptor, Richard Serrs.
We had new grease traps put in and new plumbing. Times, Sunday Times
A plumbing emergency will grab your attention.
He kept his eye on it and required adjustments to be made from time to time. He explained that the steel went up in two stages, firstly the first and second floors were erected and erected plumb.
CNN, I don't want to see you plumbing the depths of your counterintuition on your website, or lending credence to the notion that the gutless mopes in their cars, shrieking racial slurs at the images of children have an interesting point of view that we should "hear out" because of the need to be "balanced. Arizona Elementary School Will Whiten The Faces Of Its Own Students On A Mural Because Some Racists Yelled At It
The problem is that the corners are seldom true plumb or vertical, and this is where the difficulty lies.
The massive demand for tradesmen means self-employed plumbers can now earn more than many graduate high-flyers, with some in Edinburgh earning £50,000 a year.
Make sure that VNICs are unplumbed (ifconfig vnic6 unplumb) and not assigned to a zone (delete the zone first) before you can delete them. Planet Sun
My products are items like metal casting, ball valve and other plumb fitting accessories widely used by all residential properties.
It's important to forgive yourself if you're just too plumb tired to get in a workout.
I know some carpentry, but I know nothing about electrics or plumbing or roofing.
The floor is laid in terracotta tiles, the room is plumbed for a dishwasher and there are a number of fitted wall and floor units.
In 1991 the state adopted an update of the Uniform Plumbing Code to prevent such a disaster from happening.
The heating, plumbing and wiring and part of the roof have been replaced.
Plumb-line breaking accident of dam safety monitoring system of Feilaixia Hydro Project is analyzed in this paper.
Despite qualifications in plumbing and gas engineering, he is unable to work due to his injuries. The Sun
The plumber splayed the end of the pipe before fitting it over the next section.
Channel 4 is plumbing new depths in broadcasting. Times, Sunday Times
Each was made from a long rectangular piece of cloth, hemmed on each long side to allow a cord to be inserted at the top, and a light plastic plumbing tube at the bottom.
Equally, no plumb line can fathom the depths of my misery at sitting through this overlong, mediocre serial. Times, Sunday Times
Think about it this way: pretend for a moment that you are a beer-bellied, slope-faced, slack-jawed, thick-necked, trailer-park-dwelling hominid from the jungles of Appalachia, with a high-school equivalency degree and career skills chiefly in plumbing and siring children. Think Progress » Fifteen States Have Polluter-Driven Resolutions To Deny Climate Threat
The company lets out its vans to small traders such as electricians and plumbers. Times, Sunday Times
This meant that used water was not directly plumbed into the outside drain but linked into the sink waste.
A couple of slogs by Sami then happened and he was caught plumb in front by Kumble.
Sterling is within a whisker of a value it last plumbed during the depths of the 2008 financial crisis. Times, Sunday Times
But if you wish to effect the cure by suppositories, take the shell of the part fish a third part of plumbago, bitumen, alum, a little of the flos aeris, galls, a little verdigris; having poured a small quantity of boiled honey on these, and formed an oblong suppository, apply until you remove them. On Hemorrhoids
Houses come with a genuine corrugated metal roof, clapboard siding and an outhouse (with modern plumbing, of course).
Joe the plumber is a decent American patriot who will vote for me, not for that Obama. Who is Joe the Plumber? - Swampland - TIME.com
Their tank and plumbing system collects water from showers, sinks, washing machines, dishwashers and other household appliances.
We'll have to get a workman in to fix the plumbing/window/roof.
This means less spending on carpets, fridges, decorators and plumbers. Times, Sunday Times
Remove the plumbing fixtures, faucet, handles, shower diverter, drain lever, and water valves.
There are the pains in the stomach, the colic, and then on the gums is that characteristic line of plumbic sulphide, the distinctive mark produced by lead. The War Terror
JUST when Derby fans feel their team has reached rock bottom they plumb new depths. The Sun
Next thing you know, my bathtub drain clogged and, being an unhandy single head of household with a knack for networking with all manner of service pros, I picked up the phone to call my plumber, who'd previously told me never to use Draino on antique pipes in an old house. Janet Carlson: Popular Mechanics: A Modern Woman's Heartthrob
Like a wingless albatross I plummeted two storeys into an overgrown plumbago.
Use a carbide bit and a ring of plumber's putty in the spot you will be drilling.
The inner paper layer of plasterboard encourages mold growth when inner walls become damp from inadequate venting of moisture or from leaks from walls, roofs, or plumbing.
That's a perfectly good wish plumb wasted," said Penfield, refilling both glasses, his features twisted in the wriest of grimaces. The Day of Days An Extravaganza
A dispute between the former cricketer and the society plumbed new depths in a row over the mysterious disappearance of three rare hen harriers. Times, Sunday Times
The thaw after heavy snowfall meant that plumbers were inundated with calls to repair burst pipes.
So the plumber has gone to the hardware store for supplies and will be returning soon.
I've said I'll attempt it, " he told reporters by telephone from his workplace at Pimlico Plumbers.
As you set each post, it is especially important that the posts remain plumb, regardless of how much the ground slopes.
So the Cap'n be still harpin 'on that?" he said, "Miss Jinny, he's just plumb crazy on a pilot's qualifications. The Crisis — Volume 05
Trees evenly spaced, at regulation height, and all plumb vertical, must be avoided like the plague.
The Little Plumber helps descale your existing system, leaving your water softer and kinder on the skin and hair. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
It's a film that plumbs the emotional depths of the women as they struggle to find meaning in their lives and stave off madness.
Jobs up for grabs range from managers and receptionists to plumbers and electricians. The Sun
Windows were replaced, air conditioners were installed, and plumbing was fixed to provide showers.
The plumber came to mend the burst pipe.
I suspect the plumber has fitted an arrestor. Times, Sunday Times
For inspiration, he often plumbs his own everyday experiences.
A plumber was stabbed in the chest and died within minutes when he tried to pacify an angry man armed with a knife outside a public house, a jury was told.
A small utility room is plumbed for a washer-dryer.
The choking, glugging boiling water twanged against the hollow unplumbed tub and the brass bungle of piping smeared and juddered.
Newly listed occupations included railroad workers and cotton brokers, as well as skilled craftsmen such as silversmiths, watchmakers, stonecutters, brick masons, and a plumber.
Inspectors generally specialize in one particular type of construction work or construction trade, such as electrical work or plumbing.
The food is often some concoction of lamb, frequently accompanied by rice, sweet potatoes, warm bread, and finished with a desert such as plumb cobbler with cream.
One hundred years ago the Harvard psychologist William James wrote that these experiences are ‘states of insight into depths of truth unplumbed by the discursive intellect.’
The small kitchen was at the top of the main stair case in Bruch House, in the section reserved for amenities like lifts, plumbing, and entrances. The Obald, Book 1: 1983. Chapter 1: Tuesday November 1 « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog
Dwayne Bravo (18) was frustrated into an injudicious heave straight to deep cover and Baugh (15) looked to have been trapped plumb in front by Shahid Afridi's googly before being given lbw to the same bowler despite a clear inside edge. Pakistan's Ahmed Shehzad scores century to subdue West Indies
The Hatters finished plumb last. The Sun
T Lobsang Rampa's account of how he grew up in a lamasery was proved to be a fraud when the Daily Mail discovered that ‘Rampa’ was the son of a Devon plumber, whose real name was Cyril Henry Hoskins.
It offers tuition to become a plumber, electrician or gas engineer in flexible packages in centres nationwide. The Sun
Caulk and seal gaps where plumbing, ducting, or electrical wiring penetrate through exterior walls, floors and ceilings.
Australia yesterday recalled its ambassador to Jakarta as relations between the two countries plumbed a new low. Times, Sunday Times
She is living in substandard rented accommodation where the cooker does not work and the bathroom plumbing is leaking.
We might be a day or so over schedule, if only because the boys took a day out to sort out the plumbing and the downpipe, which they hadn't bargained on having to do, and also because there is some question over when the sink, the oven and the dishwasher will be delivered. May 19th, 2009
In 1991 the state adopted an update of the Uniform Plumbing Code to prevent such a disaster from happening.
There is a huge market amongst people on the move, people like plumbers, electricians, journalists, indeed anyone who is not readily contactable on a landline.
A third of first-time buyers would replumb their new home and a quarter would consider putting in a new roof. Times, Sunday Times
My friend's son may have a future as a carpenter, plumber or electrician. The Sun
It needs to be rebuilt using materials in keeping with the original stone and slate building, and the 4, 000sq ft home must then be damp-proofed, wired, plumbed and decorated.
Until their ban in 1991, lead pipes and solder commonly were used in home plumbing systems.
One evening, plumb tuckered out – it had been a dreadful hard hot day, and the bread wouldn't raise and the churning had gone wrong, and I was all irritated and jerky – well, that evening I made mention to dad of this wanting to run of mine. The Night-Born
But they have yet to plumb its full depths. Times, Sunday Times
Arnold Schwarzenegger, apparently filling in for "Joe the Plumber," told a John McCain rally in Columbus, Ohio, this afternoon that Obama has "scrawny" legs, among other things. OpEdNews - Quicklink: Obama at Wicker Park - Gary, Indiana

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