Just because "it's Code" doesn't mean it's right
How sad looking, heh? Push Gaskets are cheaper than No-Hub Couplings!!! Mad Dog
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Very sad pipe. Code? Hmm.
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That looks like a gas pressure regulator vent next to it…
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good Catch
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I install so that drunken teenagers and drunken plumbers can't stomp out my fresh air inlets or Peck Vents, lavatory sink trim (especially in pubs) at 3 am. Mad Dog
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Two expansion shields, Kindorf and Kindorf strap. 5 mins $15 bucks...Locked in never moving. Mad Dog
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How does that first vent work with the trap of condensate at the bottom?
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This is from NJs code which says these are prohibited for the most part.
But I think it's because it's vented like any other trap.
Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.
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I speak of the 90 ell at the bottom of the riser, won't it fill with water?
Picture before the last one.
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Building traps are no longer required I think. Cleanout is good idea but I don't see them often. Usually sanitary drains are too deep to be accessible. I also line fresh air breather but I don't see them either. My opinion is that there can never be enough breathers. Codes require traps for A/C condensate regardless where pan drains to. These traps are troublemakers.
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Vents, Cleanouts, drains and shut off valves are a plumber's friend. Mad Dog
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Aren’t traps on condensate lines needed to keep air handler from pulling air through the drain causing the condensate to backup?
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Yes
But some air handlers and many if not most furnace setups are positive pressure so the trap isn't technically needed.
Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.
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What is meant by fresh air breather?
Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.
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Any pipe allowing outside air into drain and allowing stink to exit.
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Ah
So any vent that's not an AAV.
Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.
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It's a slang term..(Fresh Air Breather) I've never see that written in a Plumbing code. Mad Dog
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In NJ code I believe they call them vent terminals.
Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.
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Vent terminals are T.T.R (Through the Roof). The Vent just upstream of the Bldg house trap is the F.A.I.(Fresh air inlet). Mad Dog
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Ah,
I just saw it on the diaphragm I posted above.
Fresh air intake.
Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.
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