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Asking plumbers on lemmy: is this ok? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by Ulvain@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Contractor installed this convoluted p-trap + elbow for the washer, and I'm not sure if it's up to code. Can you confirm and more importantly explain why or why not it's compliant?

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[-] humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works 24 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Lol. No. Gonna get syphoned out ever time a toilet flushes past that or every time it pumps. No air gap/ directly connected prohibited by codes in most places. I mean it'll work until it doesn't. The proper way to do this is with a laundry tub dumped into a proper vented container/basin pump. Or run a drain over from that other pit and put a 48" stand pipe with a 2" trap.

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