PLUMBING SPECIFIC SLANG TERMS

[Ringo Moss]

People tend to lump all 'tradesmen' into one pot when it comes to how they talk but it strikes me that there must be some very specific terms when it comes to plumbing and heating engineers specifically.

One I have come across is 'Barrel' meaning any steel pipe to differentiate between that and plastic / HEP2O type stuff.

Are there any other slang terms in broad use that are specific to plumbers?*

*Full disclosure I work in marketing (specifically to trades) and this is a bit of research for me as well as general interest.

 

[Last Plumber]

Depends I don't know what pig muck is

Pig Muck was a name used for the asbestos they used to mix up and lag Boilers and pipes with.

 

[Ric2013]

Monkey wrench is just the US term for a Stillson wrench, as I understand it... although Wikipedia suggests that the Monkey Wrench, patented in 1941, and that the Stillson was a later improvement.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Pig Muck was a name used for the asbestos they used to mix up and lag Boilers and pipes with.

Same then

 

[thereisawizza]

Fairy s**t

(copper grease)

 

[zzzjim]

Are there any slang terms that aren't rude?!

.... There my be but they are soon forgotten....
(Seen the dry -trap , but had not paired it with correct name !)