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    Mar 11, 2007, 05:13 PM
    Is a vent pipe necessary?
    I'm sure conventional plumbing wisdom would say this is a dumb question, but I live up in the mountains and the guy who built the house just ran several of the drain lines out into the woods (kitchen, laundry, etc). They all have traps, but none are vented. I want to hook them all up to the existing septic system, but trying to put in vent pipes would be quite a challenge. They drain fine now, but would I be creating a problem if I didn't run vent pipes?
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    Mar 11, 2007, 09:00 PM
    Yes, you need venting on those fixtures.
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    Mar 12, 2007, 06:55 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by soqipoz
    I'm sure conventional plumbing wisdom would say this is a dumb question, but I live up in the mountains and the guy who built the house just ran several of the drain lines out into the woods (kitchen, laundry, etc). They all have traps, but none are vented. I want to hook them all up to the existing septic system, but trying to put in vent pipes would be quite a challenge. They drain fine now, but would I be creating a problem if I didn't run vent pipes?
    On a two bath house, as a rule you have three vents. One each on a bathroom lavatory that vents the group, and a kitchen sink vent. If you have a laundry room that could be another vent. Sometimes we tie them all togather in the attic so that we only have one pipe coming out the roof. This is called reventing. . A vent that does not terminate through the roof is called a local vent. There is only one way to prevent sewer gas fron escaping from a local vent that terminates inside a wall. This is a mechanical vent that is spring loaded so that it lets air in to vent but stops sewer gas from getting out. This vent is called a AAV,(air admittance vent). A plumbing drainage system has traps on each fixture. These traps keep sewer gas from escaping into your house. On a unvented system the water draining sets up a suction that syphons the water out of the trap letting sewer gas out into your house. I have tried to explain how vents work and the different kinds. You asked how important venting is. Vents are necessary for a plumbing system to function. Regards, Tom
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