Thin, flexible length of spiral-wound metal, which is inserted into a drain and rotated to clear anything that is clogged in the pipes.
Plumbing tree
Prefabricated set of drain waste, vent, and supply lines.
Plumbing y-branch
Y-shaped fitting, also called a wye, which has one straight side and a branch joining at an angle and is used to join a branch line and a main run.
Plumbing, rough in
Plumbing system installation which prepares for but does not include the installation of fixtures.
Plunge router
While they can be used like a standard router, plunge routers are ideal for accurate starting of mortising, inlay work, freehand lettering and internal surface cuts. Plunge routers tend to have more power to drive the initial plunge and subsequent routing, greater depth adjustment and the capacity to accept both 1/4 and 1/2 inch shank bits.
Plunger
A rubber suction cup approx 6" in diameter attached to a wooden dowel handle used to free drain clogs.
Plunging
The placing of a pot up to its rim outdoors in soil, peat or ashes.
Plus carpet
A smooth, dense, cut pile carpet in which individual tufts are only minimally visible, and the overall visual effect is a single level of fiber ends.
Plush carpet
A smooth, dense, cut pile carpet in which individual tufts are only minimally visible, and the overall visual effect is a single level of fiber ends.
Ply
A single thickness, fold or layer of a multi-layered substance.
