Some odd plumbing

Couple of thing i have not seen and wanted to double check. First this mason jar trap, I dont see how it could count as a bottle trap. Next is the washer standpipe. P trap is mostly behind the washer. The top of that vent pipe is open, no AAV, there is a check valve lower on the pipe.

Are these both improper?


I would say no to both conditions, although the washer is a bit more harder to see and basically an AAV is a check valve so I’m not sure about the condition you have there.

1 Like

Is that the top of the standpipe at the ceiling?
Standpipes should be between 18 and 30 above the p-trap.

The bottle trap is not proper, (but funny) But it’s an easy fix.

The bottle isn’t even a trap. It merely seals the end of the tailpiece from the sink. It doesn’t stop any sewer gases.

Odd plumbing is right. It is all wrong!

Generally amazing how much less effort it would take simply to do it right.

2 Likes

Creative ignorance.

1 Like

Kenny, NO they are not proper plumbing anything!
Refer laundry tub drainage to a licensed plumbing contractor. Looks like the clothes washer requires a proper drainage referral as well.

Not even a bottle trap. It is a sediment jar.
:thinking:It would be akin to, but not exactly like, natural gas piping sediment trap. :grinning:

The 2 ABS DWV atmospheric vent risers make no sense.
The plastic pipe union is perplexing as well.

Thank you everyone for your responses! Daniel, no the washer standpipe sort of had two vents.

1 Like