Modern-day, construction projects constitute the use of both electricity and plumbing. They have their specific roles in the projects but at the same time, they are at the edge of different catastrophes. These result from clashes between the two. But first, electrical and plumbing systems are made in the concerned construction projects. To make them the concerned details are needed; which can be attained through the concerned fabrication drawings such as plumbing shop drawings.
Electrical and plumbing systems and their roles
Both electrical and plumbing systems are vital for all sorts of functioning in these projects. Their respective roles include:
- Electrical systems provide passage for current around the building structures. This passage is isolated and controlled through different sorts of materials. This passage is then connected to all the devices installed or placed in the construction project. These include a long list of systems such as home security, building automation, electrical heating, entertainment, lighting, and others, that provide circuitry (passage) for different needs in projects
- Plumbing systems provide passage for water around the building structures. This passage is also isolated and is controlled through plumbing materials. Include fixtures and faucets to dispense or drain water from set locations in the structure. These systems include supply, gutter, drainage, and others that manage water flow in the concerned structure
Both of these are integral for construction projects. To understand their clash, their positioning and functioning are important.
Their locations and pathways
Both of these cover important positions all around the structure. While their role is vital so does their locations. These locations need to be in the best of conditions to operate otherwise there will be problems. To understand these problems, we need to understand their locations. These locations include:
- Wires, pipes, and wires in pipes are the primary materials for both types of systems. These are installed on walls, ceilings, and at times on the floors. Either of these locations is vital and in direct contact with damage and wear-out
- The passage even includes doors and conduits for wires, pipes, and other materials. These can break and damage the passage even just with usage over time
- These materials are installed in an isolated manner. This means completed isolation for materials of Both these types of systems and their materials are opposite of each other and thus kept separately. This is under constant threat of wearing out which could lead to problems
If these are in undesirable conditions or result in some clash between the two, it creates many problems.
Clashes result in
When two (one electrical and one plumbing) systems come in contact with each other, this is a clash. Clashes differ in their tensity, nature, and thus the outcome. Some of the common clashes and their outcome include:
- The least it can cause is material damage. Water and pipes usually used for water can damage wires and the pipes installed for wires. Water has a tendency to dissolve different things. For some things, this dissolution is quite fast, while for others it takes too long. Either way, they dissolve and affect the system. While the pipes used for wires are heavy and affect with weight
- Moisture or dampness is an important phenomenon of water. It makes wires inactive and useless to transfer current along the passage. The flow stops and sabotages the systems. It can have similar or the same effects on other electrical materials
- Water can get current. Although water is an insulator it can take current due to the presence of ions in it. These ions partially allow the current to flow through the water. This flow can make water unsafe and catastrophic for usage. This results in electrical shock, injuries, and even death
- Water in addition to wires becoming useless, can cause sparking and short circuits. The partial flow of current can cause the flow of charges back into the circuit without the required resistance. This flow leads to sparking and then to fires
These are some of the clashes of electrical and plumbing systems in construction projects.
Conclusion
Today, construction projects include electricity and plumbing systems as a fundamental part of their work. (To build them, the concerned drawings can be availed such as electrical shop drawings.) In addition to their roles, they can have clashes that could lead to disastrous outcomes. They are located close to each other in the building structure. A clash results in the two of them coming in contact. The outcome is different as per the nature and intensity of the clash.
