The Home Ownership Thread

[Medwed]



Also, caught my eye, but it appears to be venting? If that is the case, why use copper for venting?

Had to look again , I am really bored today. I see hot and cold on each side of that pipe , it must be a drain pipe coming from the upper floor. Still extravagant to have drain pipe in copper.

P.S. I bet Piobaire does not have copper ****-pipes in his house.

 

[Piobaire]



Had to look again , I am really bored today. I see hot and cold on each side of that pipe , it must be a drain pipe coming from the upper floor. Still extravagant to have drain pipe in copper.

P.S. I bet Piobaire does not have copper ****-pipes in his house.

Does anyone else think Med is a little jealous of me?

 

[ramuman]



Does anyone else think Med is a little jealous of me?

Had to look again , I am really bored today. I see hot and cold on each side of that pipe , it must be a drain pipe coming from the upper floor. Still extravagant to have drain pipe in copper.

P.S. I bet Piobaire does not have copper ****-pipes in his house.

Lol - that is the definition of extravagance, isn't it?

 

[emptym]

Thanks guys. The bathtub is new. The contractor is just keeping the protective cover on till the bathroom is finished. I think the large copper pipe is for venting and I have no idea why it's copper. I'll ask. By "half bath" I just meant a sink and toilet.

JB, I agree on the toilet drain pipe having that drain hole nearby. I asked about that, but the contractor said it will drain w/o problems. I hope that's true.

 

[Numbernine]

Looks good! Only worry I would have would be the toilet drain. The water in the p-trap helps keep the waste lines smells at bay but they look like they will come back through that drain.

That one threw me a bit too. It is hard to scale in that pic but the wye/santee arrangement must be 3" as that's the min for a wc . Sewer gases are trapped by the weir in the toilet so no problem there. Copper DWV systems are not the norm but are still fairly common . A lot of times they are used to reduce the butchering of studs when long horizontal vent runs are required. Nice work, San Francisco holds their plumbers to high standards.
edit: that floor drain has a trap under it you can't see it but it's there trust me

 

[jcman311]

Took a bunch of pics of the house the past few days.



Any idea what the wavy lines are on the fan switch? Humidity sensor? The electirician said building code required motion sensors, since people often leave the light on all the time. I'm all for saving energy. Interesting how he lined the screw slots vertically.

Heat lamp?

 

[sugarbutch]

Our kitchen sink has a copper drain line. It's the only copper drain in the house, though. No idea why.

 

[Ataturk]

I had one, but I broke it when I took it off. For some reason, a mystery really, I think copper drains tend to be made really thin.

 

[Numbernine]

It was probably moved or replaced at some point. Before plastic and no-hub your only other choices were lead and oakum or durham(galvanized steel threaded pipe with special cast iron threaded fittings) either of which are a ***** to work with in tight quarters ,like under a sink. Fwiw

waste lines carry material from the toilets ,drains carry gray water from showers, sinks, washing machines,etc and sewers are those lines downstream ot the point at which they tie together. Vents are the lines a specified distance above the overflow of the fixtures they service and through the roof

 

[Numbernine]

I had one, but I broke it when I took it off. For some reason, a mystery really, I think copper drains tend to be made really thin.

Copper pipe comes in 4 wall thickness Type K marked with a green line the heaviest and rarely see outside industrial applications ,type L ,blue line, usually required in commercial work, type M,red line, most commonly used in residential domestic water systems, type DWV,yellow line, drain, waste and vent.

 

[brokencycle]

I've learned so much about plumbing in the past few days!

 

[Ataturk]

Interesting. Do they actually enforce those standards on, say, drains and traps that come with sinks and faucets? Or is it just for pipes?

 

[Numbernine]

Interesting. Do they actually enforce those standards on, say, drains and traps that come with sinks and faucets? Or is it just for pipes?

Absolutely ,any plumbing fixture installed in the US must be UPC/IAPMO approved . These standards are clearly stated

 

[Numbernine]

I've learned so much about plumbing in the past few days!

**** rolls downhill and payday is on friday

 

[Piobaire]



I've learned so much about plumbing in the past few days!

You and GF while he was in Iceland.