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Is This A Storm Water Waste Line?
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Well the bend will slow it down for sure -- but it's also a trap of sorts. If it really comes just from the roof, yes, storm water -- but I'll bet the line it ties into is a combined sewer. "Outside" plumbing is very common in older buildings -- it won't freeze in that climate, and it's so much easier than trying to snake things around in old masonry and heavy timber!Br. Jamie, osb
Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England1 -
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Hard for this layman to see why a trap would be required--the other lines in the far buildings don't have them. And how would that side bend stop any vent gases when it couldn't hold the water in it like a standard horizontal trap? The line would seem to be ideal to vent any gases up into the roof gutters if indeed the line combines with the sewer below. On the other hand slowing down the water with that side-bend could be very useful in a heavy downpour.0
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