Time to understand
Something is illegal only if the authority having jurisprudence deems it to be illegal. In my town there are no ordinances regarding plumbing modifications by the homeowner, it is merely necessary to get a permit to allow the work to be done and a subsequent inspection. If my device or its connection to the drain fails inspection, I can work with the inspector to correct the discrepancy and/or apply for a waver. I am quite confident I can get it approved for use.
Quit using big words, at least learn how to spell waiver if you're going to approach me with any sympathy logic to your mouse trap antics.
That may be true but if the local authority permits a device to be used it does not matter. Wavers are often granted.
Great. Now you feel that you can change the plumbing codes and allow provisions to fit your personal needs. Who's time are you going to waste (besides anyone else) on this magnificent idea.
True but I cannot find a source for a sewer backflow alarm, Allen Engineering recommended by Tony does not advertise such a device so if you know of one, please provide a link.
Try E-ONE systems and ask if they'll sell you one.
Why would you think a mechanical device would be superior to a device having no moving parts? The pressure switch could use a solid state switch but it would be more expensive with little benefit. The strain gauge can be made immune to temperature variations and harsh environments. Its output can be digitized and the data sent to a computer. Software could be written to predict backups before they occur. But your circuit design skills may be better than mine, I don’t know.
Nope, no background in creative temperature variations or digitized data, harsh circuit superior output device. strain switch. backup. Why should I? I'm a plumber, one who works on systems and constantly correct these contraptions that homeowners build into thier plumbing systems, possibly leaving a burden on thier family and kids.
In my years as a plumber, I've come to understand why plumbing codes exist, why they're enforced, and why they were designed.
CASE HISTORIES Everyone wants to do things to thier home and that's fine. But when I see plumbing installed incorrectly or backwards, at a danger to innocent who have no idea what the **** is going on in the basement with dad and his soldering iron and a few tubes running into the toilet drain. Who knows. ???
How are these better designed and code approved devices connected to the waste line?
Most are submersible and either built-in to the pump system or incorporated into the operation to prevent damage or provide awareness of malfunction. I'm dealing with an E-ONE system that has just this device. Look it up as you have more time than me.
It would be a great help if you could provide the relevant text from the code book
Here, here's a
start, when you're done there, read
this and let us know if your homemade device satisfies the standards afforded to you for your personal agenda. Do you're own footwork to get the knowledge.
Choose to do whatever you like in your home, doesn't mean one iotta to me. But next time you say this
I had thought that the plumbing codes would be more restrictive. If family history is any guide, in 10 -15 years I'll be visiting the great plumbing store in the sky. I didn’t want the wife or kids to be burdened by code violations when trying to sell the house.
to a very simple stated reply from someone trying to help, expect the obvious and clearly stated fact that your idea is non-logical on many levels. With the possibility of failure being great. Plumbing systems run error-free for a long time when they are correctly functioning properly. Yours has problems you're not attempting to resolve. Proof: Property owners with septic systems that run literally without failure, years.
Here's the bottom line
A few months ago my sewer backed up (septic system) for the third time since I bought the home about 7 years ago. This was a surprise since the septic system had been ‘overhauled’ about a month before. The problem was a toilet tissue clog where the horizontal drain connects to the vertical pipe going to the storage tank.
3 times, overhauled. You know what that means to a plumber? That means you don't want to spend money to fix the problem, you're band-aiding it and total replacement which you feel is beneath you to do, to REMOVE that burden of future responsibility is what I made mention of.
You want to build a little gadget that no one will know how to operate but you in the basement so you can possibly avoid the obvious much needed resolution from the word contrast of
OVERHAULED
&
REPLACED
Take your spirited knowledge and invest it in a properly working plumbing system so when we meet up there someday in the plumbing supply house in the sky,
You'll walk up to me, shake my hand and thank me for the knowledgeable instruction to do it right and relieve the burden of what should of been resolved before you left this fine world made for you and I.
Find me 1/4" Tygon tubing in any plumbing code book in the united states, including PA with the associated ASTM# in accordance to such codes and applications. Code statute number would be helpful, but not required.
