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Water drain Roof vent?
I own a town house and have a small drain (for laundry) located in a
first floor utility room. I am trying to vent my dryer and noticed (while opening the drywall up to see what I had) the drain has a vent that goes to the roof (two stories). Its plastic probably about four-six inches in diameter. Is this for sewer gases or something? Is that why it goes to the roof? No other drains are hooked up to it,-- unless underneath they all flow into one-- and that is the vent?? I didnt want to run a seperate vent for the dryer but it looks that way huh? |
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well, I found out not to vent the dryer to that pipe. however, I as i
said before the washing machine is piped directly to that drain. is that allright? also should it be a direct connection? |
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"Stinger" writes:
I own a town house and have a small drain (for laundry) located in a first floor utility room. I am trying to vent my dryer and noticed (while opening the drywall up to see what I had) the drain has a vent that goes to the roof (two stories). Its plastic probably about four-six inches in diameter. Is this for sewer gases or something? Yup. Stack pipe. http://www.hometime.com/Howto/projec...um_1.htm#waste Is that why it goes to the roof? No other drains are hooked up to it,-- unless underneath they all flow into one-- and that is the vent?? You should find other connections to it somwhere along the line. It'd be odd to have a stack pipe for just one drain. I didnt want to run a seperate vent for the dryer but it looks that way huh? Yeah--I can't imagine venting hot moist dryer exhaust into the stack pipe would be a good thing. If I were a betting man I'd say it'd be a big steaming code violation, and possibly a fire hazard to the dryer as well. -- Todd H. http://www.toddh.net/ |
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Stinger wrote:
I own a town house and have a small drain (for laundry) located in a first floor utility room. I am trying to vent my dryer and noticed (while opening the drywall up to see what I had) the drain has a vent that goes to the roof (two stories). Its plastic probably about four-six inches in diameter. Is this for sewer gases or something? Is that why it goes to the roof? No other drains are hooked up to it,-- unless underneath they all flow into one-- and that is the vent?? I didnt want to run a seperate vent for the dryer but it looks that way huh? Yea it is for sewer gas. You don't want to vent anything else into it. -- Joseph Meehan Dia duit |
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The washing machine discharge should be connected to that pipe. I'm not sure
what you mean by directly. There must be a "trap". I have one of these http://www.oatey.com/quadtro.html that the hose hangs on then there is a standard trap below... See how it was installed http://www.peppel.com/newhouse/index0005.html Scroll to dscn0093_75.jpg See the trap, near the floor, then the vent going out the roof. "Stinger" wrote in message oups.com... well, I found out not to vent the dryer to that pipe. however, I as i said before the washing machine is piped directly to that drain. is that allright? also should it be a direct connection? |
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