Adding a utility Sink
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Okay you should have enough room at the bottom to cut the pipe below the sani-tee for the washer standpipe. Calculate where you want the utility sink drain to come in and make the cut. You can run a dogleg on the sink drain after the vent on the drain side...
Cut up above for the vent and if you don't have enough wiggle to connect using the socket on the vent sani-tee then use a banded coupling such as a Fernco Pro-Flex...
Cut up above for the vent and if you don't have enough wiggle to connect using the socket on the vent sani-tee then use a banded coupling such as a Fernco Pro-Flex...
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O.k. I was out of town all week so I didn't make any progress, but I did knock out the drain side plumbing this afternoon. I'll take care of the water side tomorrow and hook up the sink to make sure everything works and then I'll be back onto the drywall. Thanks for all the help. I'll post completed pictures.
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Okay, a couple of notes, not too bad though...
You installed a sani-tee on its back on the sink waste line vs a wye and 45 or, combo.
The sani-tee connecting the vent at the top is reversed.
You installed a drop in the drain after the trap and before the vent causing an s-trap to be created.
You used rubber Fernco Couplings vs the banded couplings I suggested like the Fernco Proflex series.
You installed a sani-tee on its back on the sink waste line vs a wye and 45 or, combo.
The sani-tee connecting the vent at the top is reversed.
You installed a drop in the drain after the trap and before the vent causing an s-trap to be created.
You used rubber Fernco Couplings vs the banded couplings I suggested like the Fernco Proflex series.
nealtw
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You may want to move elec. plug too.
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That's where it's been relative to the washer drain since the house was built. Any real reason it may be necessary?
nealtw
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Now it close to the sink and wet hands.
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Thanks. I learned quite a bit on this job, which is one reason I tackle these sort of things.
As a side note, how many of you and is it common to plumb gray water out of the house for irrigation purposes?
Yes. Could resolute in a electrical shock. Might want to look into a WET cover for that, since it will not be GFCI protected.
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It is protected with GFCI on another circuit. House only has 3 outlets with switches and the rest are tied into them. That was new to me and really a pain the first time one blew after a power surge.
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A washing machine or any appliance that's not temperarly plugged in should not be on a GFI.
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There are some rather specific code requirements regarding gray water systems. I have not installed any yet, but have done some work on one at an outlet mall nearby. All of the toilets and urinals there are fed with gray water.
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Why not?
From the 2008 NEC:
210.8 Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter Protection for Personnel.
(A) Dwelling Units. All 125-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere receptacles installed in the locations specified in (1) through (8) shall have ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection for personnel.
(7) Laundry, utility, and wet bar sinks where the receptacles are installed within 1.8 m (6 ft) of the outside edge of the sink.
There is no exceptions listed for washing machines and appliances temporarily plugged in...
GFCI Protection does not work based on load, it works on current leakage escaping from the hot to neutral loop. If an appliance is tripping the GFCI then there is current leakage which coud present a shock hazard so it should be repaired...
