Plumbing through History

Plumbing is known to have started with the Indu Valley Civilizations by 2700 B.C; they developed a system of standardized world ware plumbing conduits with broad flanges making use of asphalt to prevent leakages.

Others defend the theory that Plumbing originated during the ancient civilizations such as Roman, Greek, Persian and Chinese, drainage of wastes, and these civilizations developed the public baths and needed to supply potable water.

Over the centuries innovations and advancement in plumbing were quite slow, not much progress was made to the lead conduits of the 19th century from the time of the Roman system of Aqueducts. Worth noting that open sewage ditches were eliminated by the development of sewage systems and different underground water and cesspools.

When plumbing evolved during the past century was; before water systems relied on gravity for the supply of water, using conduits or channels, today water systems are a system of high pressure pumps providing water to all of the house of a city or village.

Was the stuff used to make the pipes, early civilizations used to make them with clay, lead or rock. With the entrance of the high pressure pumps these pipes were replaced by pipes made from brass, copper or plastic.

With all these brand new inventions and developments a brand new career emerged, the plumbing career.

Nowadays to become a professional plumber you may need particular qualifications and classes according to the region you live in. Nowadays there are lots of schools and private associations that provide Professional Plumbing Classes.

What you have to pay attention is in case the pipes course cover all the legal requirements needed to work as plumber in your town, particularly in the US where laws can differ from one state to another.