plumbing is a leaky roller coaster!
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 1:33 pm
Just happened to be finishing up an access door for my new skirting install....and heard water dripping. Ugh! (that's not what I said - but hey...)
The drainage line from the kitchen sink goes through the P-trap then down through the floor. From there, a hard elbow to run parallel to the joists. It goes over a couple feet slanting slightly downward, then 45's into a turned 90, then to a hard 90 elbow straight down. From there is a stack of different couplings/fittings down to the clean out which is installed the wrong way (you could fish up to the sink...but not on down the line towards septic tank - which leaves me wondering why there is also a clean-out under the sink!). From the clean out Tee, it is finally straight pipe for 20 feet until it joins into the main sewer line.
So my question is....is all that roller coaster of stacked and twisted fittings necessary for some reason?
I'm envisioning a more direct approach of just an elbow, and the San Tee.
The drainage line from the kitchen sink goes through the P-trap then down through the floor. From there, a hard elbow to run parallel to the joists. It goes over a couple feet slanting slightly downward, then 45's into a turned 90, then to a hard 90 elbow straight down. From there is a stack of different couplings/fittings down to the clean out which is installed the wrong way (you could fish up to the sink...but not on down the line towards septic tank - which leaves me wondering why there is also a clean-out under the sink!). From the clean out Tee, it is finally straight pipe for 20 feet until it joins into the main sewer line.
So my question is....is all that roller coaster of stacked and twisted fittings necessary for some reason?
I'm envisioning a more direct approach of just an elbow, and the San Tee.