Pipe and fittings, water supply, backflow, traps, venting, drain slope, toilets, water heaters and fuel gas: in the code book it's a wall of text. Here every topic fits on one page, with the drawing and what you need to remember. 72 illustrated pages.
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One topic per page, with a drawing that shows how it works and boxes with what you need to know:
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 8 parts and 68 topics.
You've read the venting section three times: trap arm, vent, fixture units, the IPC table and the UPC table. You close the code book...
...and the next day you can't say which length goes with which pipe, or why. It was just one table after another.
Here the trap arm is one page with the drawing: the trap, the arm, the vent and the length between them, with the IPC and UPC limits side by side.
And on the pages next to it, every part of the DWV gets its own: the trap seal, drain slope, fixture units, kinds of vents, AAVs, cleanouts and testing.
First you understand why it's piped that way. Then the order sticks on its own.
The trade and the basics, pipe and fittings, water supply, drain, waste and vent, fixtures and water heaters, fuel gas, exam practice and the final review: 72 pages, all illustrated
Imagine this:
Instead of rereading half a page on the drain, waste and vent system without being able to picture it...
...you open the page and find one house with the trap, fixture drain, stack, building drain and building sewer, all labeled.
And copper types, the supply path, backflow, the toilet rough-in and the T&P valve turn into drawings and tables you can read at a glance.
You stop repeating and start understanding.
That's exactly what Plumbing Made Visual does. It's not “just another manual.” It's 8 parts and 68 illustrated topics, and at the end 30 original practice questions with explained answers and the numbers to know in 12 tiles.
Because what your brain sees organized, it remembers.
The three systems in every building, the IPC and the UPC, apprentice to master, job-site safety, hand and cutting tools, plumbing math, and water pressure and head.
Copper K, L, M and DWV, soldering, PEX, PVC, CPVC and ABS, cast iron and galvanized, nominal vs. actual size, supply joints, DWV fittings, dielectric fittings and pipe support.
The path from the street to the fixtures, valves, the PRV and expansion tank, water hammer, backflow and cross-connections, air gaps and preventers, fixture flow limits and scald protection.
The DWV system from the trap to the building sewer, so you can picture every pipe before you size it: trap seal and prohibited traps, drain slope, fixture units, why drains need vents, kinds of vents, trap arm length in the IPC and UPC, AAVs, vent terminals, cleanouts and testing.
Toilet rough-in and clearances, lavatories and kitchen sinks, tubs and showers, the laundry standpipe, tank water heaters, the T&P valve and its discharge pipe, gas venting, tankless and heat pump units, and service.
Natural gas and propane, gas piping materials, what goes at the appliance, testing and leak checks, and what the law says about who can do gas work.
How plumbing license exams work, and 30 original practice questions in 3 sets, with every answer explained, so you find your weak spots before the real test.
The numbers to know on one page, and IPC vs. UPC differences plus safety on another.
At the end of the book: 30 original practice questions with explained answers and the numbers to know in 12 tiles.
How to read and sketch isometric drawings of DWV and water supply risers, step by step, with practice drawings to work through on your own.
A timed mock exam on the topics of the book, with every answer explained, so you know why it is right and what to reread when you miss one.
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Pipe and fittings, supply, drainage and venting, one topic per page, to review between class and the job site.
The whole book with the IPC and UPC side by side, so you study the code your state adopted, and 30 practice questions with explained answers at the end.
The why behind the rules you follow every day: traps, vents, slope, the T&P discharge and the numbers to know, one page each.
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Plumbing Made Visual comes as a high-resolution PDF by email, to the address you enter at checkout. You can read it on your phone or print it. The two bonus books, Isometric Drawing Workbook and Plumbing Practice Exam, also come by email.
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For plumbing apprentices, for anyone preparing for a journeyman or master license exam, and for people already in the trade (helpers, handymen, maintenance techs) who want the why behind the code. Part 1 covers the basics in a few pages (safety, tools, plumbing math) for apprentices. If you already do the work, you'll spend most of your time in parts 2 to 8: pipe, supply, DWV and venting, fixtures, water heaters, gas and the numbers to know.
The book follows the 2021 International Plumbing Code (ICC) and the 2021 Uniform Plumbing Code (IAPMO). Where they differ, the page shows both, so you study the one your state adopted. Gas follows the 2021 IFGC and NFPA 54, water-use limits follow 10 CFR 430 and job-site safety follows OSHA 29 CFR 1926. If your state is on a newer edition or uses a different plumbing code (like Massachusetts, Illinois or New Jersey), the drawings and the why still apply, but check every number against your code book. The code your state or city adopted, with its amendments, always rules.
No. It's an independent study guide. It isn't published by or affiliated with the ICC, IAPMO or any state licensing board, and it doesn't come with a certificate or CE hours. It doesn't replace the code book adopted where you work: it sits next to it. The code book gives you the section. This gives you the drawing and the why, one topic per page, with the IPC and UPC on the same page.
No. It's a study and review aid. It doesn't replace your apprenticeship, trade school, supervised hours on the job or the code book your exam allows.
No. The 30 questions in the book and the mock exam in the bonus were written for this book. They aren't official exam questions: they're for practice.
Yes. The PDF prints well page by page or as a whole book, so you can keep it in the truck or take it to the job.
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You don't have to reread the same page hoping it sticks this time.
You don't have to memorize code sections you can't picture.
And you definitely don't have to walk into the exam not knowing where to start.
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