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No overflow - no problem?
On Jun 3, 9:45*am, Sam Takoy wrote:
Hi, I have a copper sink in the bathroom and because it doesn't have an overflow, the water drains very slowly. It is not too much of a problem, because as the sink begins to fill, it drains more quickly due to gravity, but as it drains down, the rate slows down dramatically. But my kitchen sink (as most kitchen sinks) also doesn't have an overflow, but doesn't have the same problem. How come? Is it because kitchen sinks have a larger drain? Thanks! Sam Where is the vent for this sink? The overflow is not supposed to serve as a vent. If the vent is too far away you might look at adding an inside vent. Lowes has them. Is there a cabinet under the sink? |
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No overflow - no problem?
jamesgangnc wrote in
: On Jun 3, 9:45*am, Sam Takoy wrote: Hi, I have a copper sink in the bathroom and because it doesn't have an overflow, the water drains very slowly. It is not too much of a problem, because as the sink begins to fill, it drains more quickly due to gravity, but as it drains down, the rate slows down dramatically. But my kitchen sink (as most kitchen sinks) also doesn't have an overflow, but doesn't have the same problem. How come? Is it because kitchen sinks have a larger drain? Thanks! Sam Where is the vent for this sink? The overflow is not supposed to serve as a vent. If the vent is too far away you might look at adding an inside vent. Lowes has them. Is there a cabinet under the sink? In the absence of a vent,wouldn't the sink drain very fast towards the end, because it is now siphoning? Perhaps more a problem with a lack of pitch of the line draining the sink, so towards the end the drain line is full, but doesn't get emptied easily. Sam, is the drain also getting to drain slowly if you keep the sink full (with some big buckets of water, or by keeping the tap wide open)? If not, that would perhaps suggest my guess is right. -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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No overflow - no problem?
On Jun 3, 10:37*am, Han wrote:
jamesgangnc wrote : On Jun 3, 9:45 am, Sam Takoy wrote: Hi, I have a copper sink in the bathroom and because it doesn't have an overflow, the water drains very slowly. It is not too much of a problem, because as the sink begins to fill, it drains more quickly due to gravity, but as it drains down, the rate slows down dramatically. But my kitchen sink (as most kitchen sinks) also doesn't have an overflow, but doesn't have the same problem. How come? Is it because kitchen sinks have a larger drain? Thanks! Sam Where is the vent for this sink? *The overflow is not supposed to serve as a vent. *If the vent is too far away you might look at adding an inside vent. *Lowes has them. *Is there a cabinet under the sink? In the absence of a vent,wouldn't the sink drain very fast towards the end, because it is now siphoning? Perhaps more a problem with a lack of pitch of the line draining the sink, so towards the end the drain line is full, but doesn't get emptied easily. *Sam, is the drain also getting to drain slowly if you keep the sink full (with some big buckets of water, or by keeping the tap wide open)? *If not, that would perhaps suggest my guess is right. -- Best regards Han email address is invalid- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Not always. The pipe can be too big to develope a siphon and instead air is coming up past the water as it goes down. That reslts in slow water flow. Like what happens if you turn a gallon milk container upside down. But I don't dsiagree that a partial clog could be to blame. Because it is a copper sink I was making the guess (perhaps wrong) that this is a hall bath and they don't get a lot of use. |
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