Brandon Weiss
New Member
Okay so I’m using PVC pipe for the drainage in our house and I’ve got this steam oven which gets plumbed in (it has a cold water line and needs drainage). The manual says the steam oven will discharge water at about 160°F.
When water exits the steam oven it’ll run through a provided drain hose that’s about 8 feet long, before it terminates in a standpipe inside a cabinet. For simplicity I’d like to use PVC, but that has a maximum operating temperature of 140°F.
Alternatively I suppose I could use ABS, which I think has a maximum operating temperature of 170°F, although the water is going to mostly drop straight down the stand pipe, hit a trap (where the water will probably be cooler), and then travel maybe another few feet before I’d still have to do a no-hub transition back to PVC.
Is the extra 20°F going to be problematic for PVC? Should I use ABS for that short run so the water cools down more first? Thanks!
When water exits the steam oven it’ll run through a provided drain hose that’s about 8 feet long, before it terminates in a standpipe inside a cabinet. For simplicity I’d like to use PVC, but that has a maximum operating temperature of 140°F.
Alternatively I suppose I could use ABS, which I think has a maximum operating temperature of 170°F, although the water is going to mostly drop straight down the stand pipe, hit a trap (where the water will probably be cooler), and then travel maybe another few feet before I’d still have to do a no-hub transition back to PVC.
Is the extra 20°F going to be problematic for PVC? Should I use ABS for that short run so the water cools down more first? Thanks!
