canderson5
(Cameron Anderson)
July 27, 2012, 2:11pm
1
Let some new guys take a crack at this before the seasoned inspectors weigh in.
A small 2-3 ft. run of a bathroom sink drain (right) and a plumbing vent (left). How many issues can you identify? I called out 5, but looking at the photo again, there may be 6 and the inspector vets may even find more.
Homeowner plumbing is fun!
jjimenez
(Juan C. Jimenez)
July 27, 2012, 2:16pm
2
This is honestly my favorite part of the boards. If any seasoned guys answer I’m gonna lose it
canderson5
(Cameron Anderson)
July 27, 2012, 2:21pm
3
It’s Friday morning, like Juan said, let him and other newer inspectors have a crack at this until later tonight. These are fun things to find when there are so many mistakes in such a small section of a system.
jjimenez
(Juan C. Jimenez)
July 27, 2012, 2:24pm
4
Ok first when you say DWV are you talking about a stack because the DWV is the whole system isn’t it?
jpope
(Jeffrey Pope, CMI, CHI, CPI, ICC)
July 27, 2012, 2:33pm
5
I’m sorry, and I will leave the rest alone for awhile, but I just have to LOL at the backwards fitting! OMG!
tpappas
(Troy N. Pappas)
July 27, 2012, 2:38pm
6
I thought it was a tee fitting until I look at it again.
canderson5
(Cameron Anderson)
July 27, 2012, 2:40pm
7
Yes, I changed that, good call.
canderson5
(Cameron Anderson)
July 27, 2012, 2:44pm
8
That’s one…
…and you should be ashamed at yourself for your (understandable) lack of restraint.:p:D
Sometimes it is hard to not burst out laughing during the inspection.
jjimenez
(Juan C. Jimenez)
July 27, 2012, 2:44pm
9
Ok so the trap arm slopes down too much before reaching the vent, it’s not properly connected to the vent and the vent is too small. Still looking
jjimenez
(Juan C. Jimenez)
July 27, 2012, 2:47pm
10
I am pretty sure there needs to be a clean out since that’s the bottom of the vent
jjimenez
(Juan C. Jimenez)
July 27, 2012, 2:53pm
11
Took me entirely too long to figure out what Jeff was talking about. The sanitary tee is backwards.
Edit. The sanitary tee shouldn’t be there at all
jpope
(Jeffrey Pope, CMI, CHI, CPI, ICC)
July 27, 2012, 2:53pm
12
Yes, I’m ashamed, but I couldn’t control myself :D. At least I picked the most “obvious” one. Carry on…
jjimenez
(Juan C. Jimenez)
July 27, 2012, 2:55pm
13
Hmmm it wasn’t so obvious to me. I didn’t know what you were talking about for a while
jpope
(Jeffrey Pope, CMI, CHI, CPI, ICC)
July 27, 2012, 2:56pm
14
Ouch, you’re right Juan, that’s a sanitary tee, not a wye. In that case, there’s another issue :oops:
canderson5
(Cameron Anderson)
July 27, 2012, 3:38pm
15
jpope:
Ouch, you’re right Juan, that’s a sanitary tee, not a wye. In that case, there’s another issue :oops:
Nice catch Juan! I didn’t notice that either. Luckily the whole install is so screwed up that a plumber will address that by default.
Keep looking at the vent connection to the drain and you will find another issue.
jjimenez
(Juan C. Jimenez)
July 27, 2012, 3:51pm
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I have some re inspections to do and I need a haircut before I can show up. I’ll try to figure out what else is wrong. It would help if I knew what is downstream of the trap arm past the vent. Is another fixture?
canderson5
(Cameron Anderson)
July 27, 2012, 3:55pm
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No, it connects to the main waste stack.
Have to go do some work to but I’ll be back later to see what else others have posted.
jpope
(Jeffrey Pope, CMI, CHI, CPI, ICC)
July 27, 2012, 4:01pm
18
I’m on my way to the lake for an extended weekend. Seadoos are hitched up, and I’m off Maybe I’ll chime in this evening…
jjimenez
(Juan C. Jimenez)
July 27, 2012, 4:01pm
19
Ok what about slope? It looks perfectly level from the photo.
jjimenez
(Juan C. Jimenez)
July 27, 2012, 4:02pm
20
Jeff what we will do without you??