Vent pipe Cap???

[Rick Bunzel]

Anyone ever seen one of these? I found it on a single wide in a rural area. I can't imagine why they would want a carbon filter on a rural home.......

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[Garry Sorrells]

Environmental wacko is still a wacko no matter where you find them. It is about feeling good about your self. The need for warm fuzzys.

[Jerry Peck]

So they can reduce the venting potential of the plumbing vents and instead force some of their own sewer gas back into their trailer ... oops ... double wide.

[Billy Stephens]

I can't imagine why they would want a carbon filter on a rural home.......

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Reduces Odor on Septic Systems made by This Company Orenco Systems, Inc. Residential Onsite Wastewater Systems (http://www.orenco.com/sales/)

Product info https://www.rcworst.com/content/docs/orenco/OrencoCarbonFilterApplication_APS-CF-1.pdf

[Rick Bunzel]

These folks must of had some nasty eating habits to need filters on there vent stacks. There nearest neighbor was a 1/4 mile away!!!

//Rick

[John Kogel]

Are they supposed to replace that thing at any time or just move out before the filter clogs up?

[Jerry Peck]

From the installation instructions, that "sock" of activated charcoal is already basically blocking the vent at the time of its installation.

What happens when the "sock" material breaks and that slug of activated-but-clogged charcoal drops down the vent to the bottom of the stack and doesn't make that turn into the waste/sewer drain?