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Correct, no vent, just one pipe that discharges the water out of the house and into sewer. and the cover of the crock is bolted and silicone sealed shut, so when it fills with water there has to be a lot of compression of the air in the crock.

Hi, I had a radon system installed and they sealed my sump pump crock, it seems to work well, but there is no vent pipe, it just goes straight out . How is it able to function being sealed? When it fills with water isn't the air the crock compressed? I have been reading other threads about...

Sounds like the wires where loose on the working outlet that fed the next ones down the circuit. They just don't stop working out of the blue. 850 seems a bit high but in NY who knows :-) You should really contact the electric company and see what the deal is.

I did talk to the inspector and they are required for lighting circuits. This is a fairly new requirement in WISC from what I can gather as my house was built in 2012 and there is a couple of light circuits that do not have AFCI which the inspector said are grandfathered in unless I want to...

no trick, it's super easy to work with until you get to the really big pipe sizes. You don't even have to have the ends perfectly square. After you put the glue on both the fitting and the pipe just push in as far as it will go and hold for about 15 seconds and that should do it. If you just...

Does anyone know if arc fault breakers are required on dedicated light circuits in Wiscconsin? Reason I ask is my house was built in 2012 and none of the dedicated light circuits have AFCI breakers but al the outlets that are not GFCI protected do. I have a can light circuit in the basement that...

Been doing a bit of research and everyone seems to say not to use PT lumber for the shower curb over concrete(in a basement) however after having several very heavy and wet PT pieces sit for a couple of months along with standard KD lumber (has the KD stamp) the standard KD has warped and...

Just a fyi, I don't think Wisc goes by this but: the IPC is one of the few plumbing codes that recognizes the use of short pattern 90-degree fittings for a horizontal change in direction on fixture drains 2 inches in diameter and smaller.

ok, so if my flow is going from horz to down vertical I can use the medium sweep 90, but if the flow is going straight down vertical then horizontal I can't use the medium sweep 90. (yes I meant a medium sweep not a vent 90) Is a long sweep 90 with the street end ok to use? Only reason...

I have a 2inch pipe dropping vertical down wall to basement and I need to run it horizontal after the vertical drop is a short sweep allowed in this case as gravity gives the elbow a bit more velocity? It will go horizontal through a joist to a 3 inch pipe with a wye.

Won't I get zapped if I use the saw wet? I was thinking the grinder as I have a dust shroud for that.

Good news it all passed. The inspector said as long as I never finish the walls in the utility room I was good to go.

Hi, My builder put the rough in for the shower and they didn't put a small square form around the pipe when they poured the basement floor, Why on earth they didn't take the 5 minutes to do that I will never know, but anyways I need to cut out around it so I can install the PVC shower drain...

I have a wall framed under a glulam beam and in order to get wire to the outlet box I ran wire from breaker panel through floor joists and then down the unfinished side and into the wall. So it runs from the first floor joists down the unfinshied face of the beam in the unfinished utility area...

I emailed the building inspector and he siad I would have to prove the light from the adjoining area would reach the area, my reply was the code does not specify a distance or state that the adjoining area must meet the 8% rule. We shall see, if he says no, then I am just going to call it a...

it should be OK as the form a drain seems to work really well even during super heavy rains, spring of 2013 we go 7+ inches of rain in a few days and never had a drop of water, sump pump ran almost all the time though :-)

Thanks Dana. Here is the wisc code, it does not have the exceptions the IRC has: SPS 321.05  Natural light and natural ventilation. (1)  Natural light. All habitable rooms shall be provided with natural light by means of glazed openings. The area of the glazed openings shall be at least 8% of...

"If you use open cell foam against the foundation you risk saturating the foam with ground moisture, unless there was a metal or EPDM capillary break installed between the footing & foundtation wall." I don't think I will have that issue as the vapor barrior under the slab extends over the...

I am framing my basement and my building inspector approved my permit but said my existing egress windows the builder installed must provide 8% of the square footage of the bedroom for the natural light requirement. Since the windows are already in place and I think they are 48x36 sliders, and...

Dana, Do you mean sealing under the cap where the concrete meets the treated 2x8? There is a sill seal on the 2x6 stud wall that sits on the concrete 1/2 wall. I asked the building inspector if sill seal was required for the 3 inches of concrete covered by the 2x8 but he said it's not needed...