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05-16-2007, 11:39 AM
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p-trap
Does someone have a nice , understandable explanation of what is the function of a p-trap? I stumbled over my thoughts this morning when asked! No one has ever asked that before!!
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05-16-2007, 11:56 AM
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Re: p-trap
The trap holds the water which keeps sewer gas out of the house. That is why (among other reasons) there is water in the toilet.
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05-16-2007, 01:01 PM
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Re: p-trap
John,
What Jim said.
This may be helpful for an elementaryunderstanding of how it all fits together.
Plumbing your new home - How does that work?
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05-16-2007, 01:50 PM
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Re: p-trap
Good diagrams and explanation Thom, but I used less words.
What do I win? 
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05-16-2007, 02:41 PM
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Re: p-trap
I agree. And I'm sure that if you could have found your crayons you would have included drawings. 
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05-16-2007, 03:41 PM
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Re: p-trap
Anyone notice in that link that the clothes washer drain did not have a trap, and the height looks such that it is too high to have a trap under the floor? Or is that just my eyes acting up again?
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05-16-2007, 04:09 PM
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Re: p-trap
It's not your eyes. I wrote one up last year. The AHJ came about an hour after I left and green tagged the plumbing rough in.
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05-16-2007, 04:28 PM
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Re: p-trap
Marshall's elementary diagrams of an plumbing drainage system are elementary incorrect.  |
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