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01-09-2008, 01:48 PM
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Interesting P Traps
I am always amused by the plumbing I find under kitchen sinks.
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01-09-2008, 02:21 PM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
Those are outstanding.
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01-09-2008, 02:24 PM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
I'm partial to the trombone one myself.  |
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01-09-2008, 02:26 PM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
Nice trap on the first one, it really doesn't matter if the trap is on it's side, it'll still work.
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01-09-2008, 02:32 PM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
Lee,
Not following you there.
A trap must be vertical.
Or did I miss the smiley face you intended?
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01-12-2008, 04:46 PM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
The first one is a new "Z" trap!
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01-12-2008, 05:23 PM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
Then there's the "trap-not" or, "I don't have to show you no stinkin traps!"  |
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01-12-2008, 06:15 PM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
And the shop-vac trap...
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01-12-2008, 06:56 PM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
Originally Posted by Jerry McCarthy
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'?  |
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01-12-2008, 06:58 PM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
Originally Posted by Dom D'Agostino
And the shop-vac trap...
Dom,
Oh the ingenuity of the American People, no wonder we are so far along as a developing nation ...  |
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01-13-2008, 12:16 PM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
Jerry,
Yeah, I forgot my smiley, I was just being sarcastic.
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01-14-2008, 11:27 AM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
Red neck ingineeering at is finest.
Great stuff,
//Rick
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01-14-2008, 11:33 AM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
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. |
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01-14-2008, 12:41 PM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
Originally Posted by 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.
While likely an Approved Installation for much of the State of PA, I would Not Agree. |
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01-14-2008, 07:01 PM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
What would concern me more is the exposed splices in second picture. |
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01-25-2008, 07:18 AM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
Not a material common in my area, any issues when you "mix-and-match" like this?
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01-25-2008, 07:22 AM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
Originally Posted by Michael Thomas
Not a material common in my area, any issues when you "mix-and-match" like this?
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. |
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01-25-2008, 07:43 AM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
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
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01-25-2008, 07:52 AM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
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
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01-25-2008, 03:54 PM
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Re: Interesting P Traps
Originally Posted by 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
Seen about once a week around old New England.
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