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  • Mar 16, 2007, 09:21 AM
    alilhope
    Kitchen drain tied into sewer line
    My husband and I bought a house in July of 2006 and our home has a crawl space. Just recently we noticed a water problem in our crawlspace. While my husband was searching for the problem we noticed that the previous owners had punched a hole into the sewer line and laid the kitchen sink drain over top of the whole. Because this was done this way it caused a big mess when the crawl space flooded. Is this normal for drianage to be done this way? I thank you very much for your time. Jen
  • Mar 16, 2007, 08:02 PM
    iamgrowler
    No, this is not normal at all.
  • Mar 16, 2007, 08:18 PM
    Lowtax4eva
    Perhaps he made a bad connection but water from the sink and from the toilet both go to the same place, they are both waste water. I would have the connection checked and make sure it was done correctly but in the end both of these pipes would connect somewhere
  • Mar 16, 2007, 09:23 PM
    doug238
    You will need no hub couplings, combination, elbows [45 degree] glue, pipe, and a mask.
  • Mar 17, 2007, 07:06 AM
    iamgrowler
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Lowtax4eva
    Perhaps he made a bad connection but water from the sink and from the toilet both go to the same place, they are both waste water. I would have the connection checked and make sure it was done correctly but in the end both of these pipes would connect somewhere

    There is nothing correct about punching a hole into a waste line and then dropping another waste line into the hole.
  • Mar 18, 2007, 07:35 AM
    speedball1
    Doug and Growler are bang on. This connection's illegal and should be corrected at once. Regards, Tom

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