I've attached a PDF showing the layout I'm working with. The items in red are what I would like to add (for a new bar sink). From what I've read online and with checking with local plumbers and since I'm more than 3-1/2' from the main 2" drain line (and I'm using 1 1/2" pipe), I have to vent the horizontal line that I'm adding (which is approx 65" from the bar sink to the 2" main drain).
At my local hardware store, I purchased a "Sure-Vent" which they told me I could install in the horizontal drain that I'm adding. The sure vent must be within the 3 1/2' of the trap and it must be at least 4" above the trap or the horizontal drain.
Does this sound correct? Anyone else ever use one of these sure vents? Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance!!
I've attached a PDF showing the layout I'm working with. The items in red are what I would like to add (for a new bar sink). From what I've read online and with checking with local plumbers and since I'm more than 3-1/2' from the main 2" drain line (and I'm using 1 1/2" pipe), I have to vent the horizontal line that I'm adding (which is approx 65" from the bar sink to the 2" main drain).
At my local hardware store, I purchased a "Sure-Vent" which they told me I could install in the horizontal drain that I'm adding. The sure vent must be within the 3 1/2' of the trap and it must be at least 4" above the trap or the horizontal drain.
Does this sound correct? Anyone else ever use one of these sure vents? Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance!!!
Your layout looks fine to me. Do it yourselfers use these vents all the time when running a outside vent is all but impossible. Good luck and Happy Easter, Tom
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I'm not a plumber. From what I understand, the purposes of vents are 1) to vent gasses & keep our houses smelling fresh and clean, and 2) to prevent traps from being sucked dry as a vacuum is created behind flowing water. In your drawing, I don't see any toilets on that line - as should be the case for a 2" line. It is my understanding that the larger rush of water from a toilet is the main culprit in drying out a trap. If my logic is correct, then it would support your plan of using the Sure vent even if they are not as effective as the one a plumber would put in on a new install. Just my two cents.
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Got home from the Brewer game this afternoon and noticed the house was warm(78). Outside was 91. I checked the T-stat and it was set correct. Noticed the air vents weren't blowing anything. Went outside and the condenser and fan was running fine. Then I went downstairs to the furnace unit to see...
Some lyrics as I hear them:
Windowsill, my elbow's numb
As I heard the door go and saw your car
As it glides onto the road
Double wasted dumbness
Sodding off and I can't hear you go
And that's typical
There you sit in the driving seat
Okay, so picture this with me here... (sorry for the poor diagram)
I'm putting in a bathroom in my basement. The waste stack comes into the floor right next to the exterior wall.
#1) I'm going to put my toilet next to that. I can just join that to the main waste with a "Y" right? No vent...