Originally Posted By: mboyett
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Originally Posted By: tallen
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I don’t see the problem
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30 Oct 2003-- 29 Nov2005
Originally Posted By: mboyett
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Maybe there’s not, I didn’t think there was either but wanted to see if anyone else did. It’s just a different configuration of a p-trap than I have ever seen.
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Originally Posted By: jbehling
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| mboyett wrote: |
| Maybe there's not, I didn't think there was either but wanted to see if anyone else did. It's just a different configuration of a p-trap than I have ever seen. |
I think Todd was kidding. "Home owner installed plumbing should be repaired by a qualified plumber"
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Originally Posted By: tallen
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| jbehling wrote: | ||
I think Todd was kidding. "Home owner installed plumbing should be repaired by a qualified plumber" |
Yes, I was kidding.
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Originally Posted By: mboyett
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OK, so I’m gullible, what can I say. Anyway, without digging into the textbooks I didn’t think this was considered an S-trap but maybe it is. I’ll go check the dimensions of each leg to see if it conforms to a P-trap design.
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Originally Posted By: tallen
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It makes no difference what the dimentions are. That trap wont hold water
(so to speak) So it can’t possibly preform it’s intended function.
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Originally Posted By: tallen
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Well, looking at it again, I guess it would hold water, but even so it is not right.
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30 Oct 2003-- 29 Nov2005
Originally Posted By: mboyett
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See…that was my 1st thought too. Then after looking at it, well, I wasn’t so sure it was really, formally, officially, technically wrong.
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Originally Posted By: tallen
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If it looks wrong it probably is.
Call for a plumber.
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Originally Posted By: phinsperger
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I do not see a problem with the the configuration. And no, I am not kidding. In a vertical plane it is a p trap.
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Originally Posted By: John Clayton
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improper use of manufactured fittings.
P-traps are designed the way they are because they are supose to be self scouring. The improper use of these fittings may affect this property of the p-trap. The sharper 90 degree bend inside the trap seal also creates a slightly shallower trap seal, does the trap seal still meet the required minumum depth.
Originally Posted By: mboyett
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| phinsperger wrote: |
| In a vertical plane it is a p trap. |
Paul, just wanted to make sure you knew that the photo is not rotated, it's just the way the trap was in real life.
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Originally Posted By: cbuell
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Traps are designed to be “self-cleaning” by their shape and position. This trap while it may trap water it won’t function as designed.
Originally Posted By: dedwards
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This trap looks a Rube Goldberg drawing. A few of the connections look to be reversed to what is normal thereby creating a “catch” or lip for hair, string, slime, sludge etc. to catch on and create a blockage. I looked at it several times and don’t see why there was any need for all the extra pieces and turns. Looks like they took the “long route”.