Interesting P Traps

[Ron Tipton]

I am always amused by the plumbing I find under kitchen sinks.

[John Arnold]

Those are outstanding.

[Jerry Peck]

I'm partial to the trombone one myself. ;)

[Lee Nettnin]

Nice trap on the first one, it really doesn't matter if the trap is on it's side, it'll still work.

[Jerry Peck]

Lee,

Not following you there.

A trap must be vertical.

Or did I miss the smiley face you intended?

[Rick Maday]

The first one is a new "Z" trap!
:)

[Jerry McCarthy]

Then there's the "trap-not" or, "I don't have to show you no stinkin traps!" :(

[Dom D'Agostino]

And the shop-vac trap...

[Jerry Peck]

Then there's the "trap-not" or, "I don't have to show you no stinkin traps!" :(

Jerry Mc.,

Made with radiator hoses no less!

Wonder what they are trying to 'radiate'? :D

[Jerry Peck]

And the shop-vac trap...

Dom,

Oh the ingenuity of the American People, no wonder we are so far along as a developing nation ... :confused:

[Lee Nettnin]

Jerry,
Yeah, I forgot my smiley, I was just being sarcastic.

[Rick Bunzel]

Red neck ingineeering at is finest.


Great stuff,

//Rick

[Nick Ostrowski]

You don't need a trap when you're just running the utility tub drain straight into your basement water control system. ;) Let the sump pump take care of it.

[Joseph P. Hagarty]

You don't need a trap when you're just running the utility tub drain straight into your basement water control system. ;) Let the sump pump take care of it.

While likely an Approved Installation for much of the State of PA, I would Not Agree. :)

[Tom Rees]

What would concern me more is the exposed splices in second picture.:)

[Michael Thomas]

Not a material common in my area, any issues when you "mix-and-match" like this?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2315/2217726580_f210c7c978_m.jpg

[Jerry Peck]

Not a material common in my area, any issues when you "mix-and-match" like this?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2315/2217726580_f210c7c978_m.jpg

Not an issue with mixing different materials, but that drain installed with that tee like it is, the disposer is going to try to pump water back up into the sink before it ever thinks of going down, and, water from the sink, if drained rapidly, could readily back up into the disposer before it goes down the bottom leg of the tee.

That tee should have been installed with the inlet/outlet on the vertical, with the disposer (or the sink) entering on the side inlet.

[Richard Rushing]

Yup... that dishwasher will try and back-up the sink almost every time. That set-up is a like having a crystal ball-- easy to tell the future. ;)

Rich

[Richard Rushing]

Then there is this pretty little beauty (drum) I just found under a home two days ago. Kinda gets you all happy under the home when you see one of these because they are just too far between sightings...

Rich

[David Banks]

Then there is this pretty little beauty (drum) I just found under a home two days ago. Kinda gets you all happy under the home when you see one of these because they are just too far between sightings...

Rich

Seen about once a week around old New England.

[Blaine Illingworth]

I like the anti-rodent pie tins on the water pipes myself.
Blaine

[Jerry Peck]

Blaine,

I believe those would be termite shields, assuming the pipes come up out of the ground.

[Billy Stephens]

I believe those would be termite shields, assuming the pipes come up out of the ground.
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From the looks of the floor joist they found another way in. :D

[Jack Ahern]

I see a few a month in the Boston area.
I've seen lead, brass, and PVC drum traps
May be a code (?) requirement in the State of Maine. I have five of them in Bridgton. I have a seminar in Augusta next week regarding "Maines new internal plumbing code". This should be interesting!
Go Pats

[Michael Thomas]

How we do it in Chicago - there were a dozen more like these at this morning's inspection:

[Richard Rushing]

Over the years, I'll bet I've found at least 20 of those leveling jacks under homes...

I guess that's what keeps the manufacturers in business;)

RR

[Michael Thomas]

Over the years, I'll bet I've found at least 20 of those leveling jacks under homes...I guess that's what keeps the manufacturers in business;)

RR

Well, these guys had a jones for jacks, thats for sure:

[Billy Stephens]

Ooou Spare Jacks, :)

[Mike Schulz]

Since this is evolving in great novice moments.
Here is the new floating coil box system designed to let you know if the primary gets obstructed by blowing water mist out of your registers.

[Michael Thomas]

Don't know if it's clear in the picture, but that jack is supported by the table.

[Jerry McCarthy]

Sparky the electrician invents new trap: If there should ever be a clogged drain the spark plug ignites the methane gas build-up blowing the drain line clear.
Looks like a winner to me? ;)

[Tony Mount]

Sorry Jerry your wrong about Michael's p-trap tee. It has a divider built into the tee that stops the flow of water through the tee. The water has no place to go but down.