Question about these air admitance vents.
Hello:
As some may know I have been working on a gradual project over the last few weeks of upgrading my DWV system. The only thing I replaced last week was the main stack under the toilet to the sewer line. And it is vented using the original iron vent pipe through the wall.
Anyway, I have a lot of older lines that were here when I bought the place that were already PVC, (must have been upgraded only a few years ago)
Anyway, none of which was vented.
Anyway, now that I finally replaced that stack with all those various holes rusted out in it, Im noticing that my drain system seem to behave slightly different.
Nothing bad is happening, in fact, Im really just posting this question in the event I ever decide to sell, I don't want any plumbing issues coming up in an inspection.
I have read here that each fixture needs to be vented. I don't really want to rip the house apart to run vent stacks up in walls, plus I don't really care for getting in my roof, it's a very steep pitch over two stories where the vent stack pokes out and Im not going up there.
Also, I have S traps under my kitchen and bathroom sinks. (the plumbing runs to the floor, not the wall) and, I could run a vent stack behind the bathroom wall without a lot of fuss, but my kitchen sink is right in front of a big window and I don't see any feasible way to get a stack up that wall, unless you just run it right up the wall where you can see it in the window. That would be awfully tacky
I was wondering how well these AAV vents hold up, and are they legal for use in Pulaski Virginia? I keep thinking that they will stink up the house, but I really don't know.
How do they work? Can I stick one on each of my unvented fixtures are pass a home inspection? Or am I going to have to do this the hard way.
Like I said, Im not having a problem, everything is draining fine, nothing stinks, nothing is bubbling or gurgling, I just tend to be a perfectionist and if my name is to be attached to this job I want it done right.
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