A FEW FUN PLUMBING FACTS

BEFORE GETTING INTO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, OZZY

OSBOURNE THE CONTROVERSIAL ROCK STAR WAS A PLUMBER’S

APPRENTICE

THE WORD ‘PLUMBER’ ORIGINATED FROM THE ROMAN EMPIRE WHEN PIPES WERE MADE OF LEAD OR

‘PLUMBUM’. PEOPLE WORKING WITH LEAD WERE TERMED PLUMBARIUS

THAT LEAD TO THE TERM ‘PLUMBER’ NOW

WATER HEATING SYSTEMS SHOULD BE ADJUSTED TO NO MORE THAN 120 DEGREES. IT TAKES ONLY 5 SECONDS TO BURN SKIN AT 140

DEGREES AND ONLY ½ A SECOND TO BURN SKIN AT 160 DEGREES.

SOME URINALS IN JAPAN HAVE VOICE-ACTIVATED FLUSHING

SYSTEMS THAT RESPOND THROUGH SEVERAL COMMANDS

IN 1956 SIR JOHN HARINGTON CREATED THE FIRST FLUSHABLE TOILETS, HENCE THE AMERICAN

SLANG WORD FOR TOILETS IS ‘JOHN’

FOR PLUMBING HELP AND INSTALLATIONS, CONSULT THIS

PLUMBING REPAIR SERVICE