lcrosswe
Jul 18, 2009, 06:31 PM
I am trying to help my mother fix her kitchen sink (her house was built in the 1950s). It seems to back up occasionally and she spoke to a plumber who recommended that she replace her 1.25'' pipes with 1.5'' pipes and add a Studer vent.
1) Do most new sinks use 1.5'' pipes by default?
2) Isn't there some sort of easy pipe converter that will fit on the 1.25'' sink drain and allow me to use 1.5'' pipes the rest of the way?
3) I am not clear on what a Studer vent would do here, although I don't see any sort of venting going on under the sink with this drain as it is currently (I also looked under the house today and didn't identify any sort of venting system). Can you clarify as to what a Studer vent would do here and where should it go (underneath the sink? Under the house?)
4) Is this a reasonable change to be undertaken by someone with novice/intermediate plumbing skills?
Thanks in advance.
1) Do most new sinks use 1.5'' pipes by default?
2) Isn't there some sort of easy pipe converter that will fit on the 1.25'' sink drain and allow me to use 1.5'' pipes the rest of the way?
3) I am not clear on what a Studer vent would do here, although I don't see any sort of venting going on under the sink with this drain as it is currently (I also looked under the house today and didn't identify any sort of venting system). Can you clarify as to what a Studer vent would do here and where should it go (underneath the sink? Under the house?)
4) Is this a reasonable change to be undertaken by someone with novice/intermediate plumbing skills?
Thanks in advance.