Ron, I would not totally do away with a trap before the sewer line leaves the house as we are hooked up to a town sewer line which has backed up before. many years ago . and I do have a cleanout , so to speak at a 90 degree elbow which I had a plumber install at a hefty price of $250 which gives me the ability snake straight to the street for about 43 feet. we have hd two reoccuring problems in my opinion. One is I think we made a mistake long ago when we totally redi the bathroom by installing a water saving toilet to a old sewer line. Now that I have read about no need to have both traps I can see where we could increase all flow to the main line by reducing that by just having one trap prior to leaving the house. thanks for any and all coments.Lee
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:24:21AM -0500, Ron Yearns wrote: > If you have a trap at each sink, shower or tub and stool, which is built in > why not eliminate both and make sure to add a clean out fitting at the same > time. > Ron > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lee A. Stone > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:31 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] home sewer lines > > > > thanks Dale. we need to make some changes and one of those now will > to delete one of the two traps. these have been installed since 1951. > thanks for the heads up.Lee > > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 06:30:21PM -0400, > Dale Leavens wrote: > > Hi Lee, > > > > I can think of no reason or advantage to having more than one trap in a > line. You might want one in each branch line but more usually at the end of a > branch right at the fixture. There could be some disadvantages, a trap > introduces a lot of turbulence which can cause debris to fall out of > suspension and thereby increase probability of blockage. > > > > The point of a trap is just to seal against sewer gasses passing back up > stream. The water in the bottom of the 'U' does that and two won't do it any > better. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Lee A. Stone > > To: Blind Handyman > > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:05 AM > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] home sewer lines > > > > > > > > > > Is there any reason why one might want to install more than one trap > > in a sewere line before it leaves the house. ? the existing set up > > here is pvc lines that feed into a cast iron line which then runs > > into two traps. maybe not more than a foot apart and within two more > > feet this line goes out thru the basement wall. Lee > > > > -- > > Do your otters do the shimmy? > > Do they like to shake their tails? > > Do your wombats sleep in tophats? > > Is your garden full of snails? > > Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.1/1470 - Release Date: > 5/28/2008 7:20 AM > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > -- > Do your otters do the shimmy? > Do they like to shake their tails? > Do your wombats sleep in tophats? > Is your garden full of snails? > Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -- Operator, please trace this call and tell me where I am. Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net
