crazycraig68
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Hey Y'all from Marietta, GA. I am not real good with explaining things so please don't think I am stupid, just try and help me out.
my washer used to be in the kitchen of my 50's ranch house. I have a large crawlspace under the house so things are real easy to work on. The washer is currently in the carport area storage room where it was when the house was built. So, it currently drains into 2" pvc pipe into concrete slab, then goes through the block foundation and into the main drain line just before the kitchen sink. No p trap obviously and it drains just fine with no problems. there is a small vent thing off the side of the drain pipe and i think they call it a studor vent? There is a big cast iron vent pipe right at the kitchen area so that could be the reason it all drains so perfectly. Now, here is what I am wanting to do.....again.
I want the washer back in the kitchen as it's just so nice to have it in the house. When it was moved from kitchen to outside a couple years ago, i remember the plumber telling me that he capped off the supply lines in the crawlspace, and where the drain line went into the main drain line, he capped that off as well. Are y'all with me so far? GOOD! I never looked at how it was once the 2" pvc was after it went through the kitchen floor. I mean from the washer box mounted on the wall to the floor is a bit less than 4'. If you allow the thickness of subflooring then once the pipe was into the crawlspace, we are looking at 4.5'. My BIG question is, once the pipe gets into the crawlspace, is that where I should put a p trap? I know how to do a lot of plumbing stuff and I just dont remember where or if the plumber used a p trap before. There is about 4' of pipe that would be going from p trap to where it ties into the main line and I know I will have to use some pipe and elbows and such to get the angle just right. From where the washer will tie into the main drain, the vent is less than 2' away. So, please tell me if its ok to have ptrap 4.5' down, then just angle the pipe to where it connects to the main. If I don't need a p trap, tell me that too.
I am very excited about getting this done, so please feel free to give me any advice y'all have. I know it's hard to understand the way I described it, but I hope someone can.
Thank you so much.
Craig
my washer used to be in the kitchen of my 50's ranch house. I have a large crawlspace under the house so things are real easy to work on. The washer is currently in the carport area storage room where it was when the house was built. So, it currently drains into 2" pvc pipe into concrete slab, then goes through the block foundation and into the main drain line just before the kitchen sink. No p trap obviously and it drains just fine with no problems. there is a small vent thing off the side of the drain pipe and i think they call it a studor vent? There is a big cast iron vent pipe right at the kitchen area so that could be the reason it all drains so perfectly. Now, here is what I am wanting to do.....again.
I want the washer back in the kitchen as it's just so nice to have it in the house. When it was moved from kitchen to outside a couple years ago, i remember the plumber telling me that he capped off the supply lines in the crawlspace, and where the drain line went into the main drain line, he capped that off as well. Are y'all with me so far? GOOD! I never looked at how it was once the 2" pvc was after it went through the kitchen floor. I mean from the washer box mounted on the wall to the floor is a bit less than 4'. If you allow the thickness of subflooring then once the pipe was into the crawlspace, we are looking at 4.5'. My BIG question is, once the pipe gets into the crawlspace, is that where I should put a p trap? I know how to do a lot of plumbing stuff and I just dont remember where or if the plumber used a p trap before. There is about 4' of pipe that would be going from p trap to where it ties into the main line and I know I will have to use some pipe and elbows and such to get the angle just right. From where the washer will tie into the main drain, the vent is less than 2' away. So, please tell me if its ok to have ptrap 4.5' down, then just angle the pipe to where it connects to the main. If I don't need a p trap, tell me that too.
I am very excited about getting this done, so please feel free to give me any advice y'all have. I know it's hard to understand the way I described it, but I hope someone can.
Thank you so much.
Craig