Rao
New Member
Friends,
I have a second floor utility room in my condo that I am working on bringing up to code.
I am trying to deal with the floor drain and it has following five items to go to it:
1) Air handler primary drain pan
2) Air handler secondary drain pan
3) (electric) Water heater T&P
4) Water heater drain pan
5) Washing Machine drain pan
I am putting in new vinyl flooring tonight. I have new stacked washer dryer and new 12 year 50 gallon electric water heater waiting in the next room. I have had a plumber come and place new proper valves on my water heater supply and out lines, and a new laundry drain tub and new washer supply (two plumbers told me I could not place standpipe as I had originally planned). I have burst proof hoses also.
My problem I would like to ask about is the floor drain and getting five items in. In the past I had fit them by tying Washer and Water heater Pan drains lines together before floor drain. So I had:
- one 3/4" pvc (a/c primary) going down into center of the opening drain;
- one 3/4" pvc from both washer and WH pans going down into center opening of drain
- one 3/4 copper (T&P) sligtly above center opening in the drain;
These three barely fit the center opening
and
- one secondary air handler pan 3/4" pvc going to the outer area of the drain (Which is fin since that would be slow flow if needed).
I can replicate this and fit. But as I intend to sell shortly I sure would not like to all all this work and new equipment and get called on code.
1) can washer and WH pans be tied together before the floor drain?
2) If not what do I do? I have seen funnels that sit above and give a wider area, but they seem designed for T&P only as leave at the terminal point higher than the drain pans.
3) my old pans were 3/4 fittings but the new ones are 1". Is that a new code requirement? (I am in Wash DC)
i4) One plumber had said T&P can go to laundry tub. But googling I see home inspector forums that say violation due to scalding hazard
I know I cannot fit
two separate 1" pvc from pans (if 1" for pans is new code and I cant tie them); plus
one 3/4 a/c primary;
and have room for the t&P over an 3/4" open space all in that center area
Suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
By the way I was happy to pay the plumber but I am tapped out!
I have a second floor utility room in my condo that I am working on bringing up to code.
I am trying to deal with the floor drain and it has following five items to go to it:
1) Air handler primary drain pan
2) Air handler secondary drain pan
3) (electric) Water heater T&P
4) Water heater drain pan
5) Washing Machine drain pan
I am putting in new vinyl flooring tonight. I have new stacked washer dryer and new 12 year 50 gallon electric water heater waiting in the next room. I have had a plumber come and place new proper valves on my water heater supply and out lines, and a new laundry drain tub and new washer supply (two plumbers told me I could not place standpipe as I had originally planned). I have burst proof hoses also.
My problem I would like to ask about is the floor drain and getting five items in. In the past I had fit them by tying Washer and Water heater Pan drains lines together before floor drain. So I had:
- one 3/4" pvc (a/c primary) going down into center of the opening drain;
- one 3/4" pvc from both washer and WH pans going down into center opening of drain
- one 3/4 copper (T&P) sligtly above center opening in the drain;
These three barely fit the center opening
and
- one secondary air handler pan 3/4" pvc going to the outer area of the drain (Which is fin since that would be slow flow if needed).
I can replicate this and fit. But as I intend to sell shortly I sure would not like to all all this work and new equipment and get called on code.
1) can washer and WH pans be tied together before the floor drain?
2) If not what do I do? I have seen funnels that sit above and give a wider area, but they seem designed for T&P only as leave at the terminal point higher than the drain pans.
3) my old pans were 3/4 fittings but the new ones are 1". Is that a new code requirement? (I am in Wash DC)
i4) One plumber had said T&P can go to laundry tub. But googling I see home inspector forums that say violation due to scalding hazard
I know I cannot fit
two separate 1" pvc from pans (if 1" for pans is new code and I cant tie them); plus
one 3/4 a/c primary;
and have room for the t&P over an 3/4" open space all in that center area
Suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
By the way I was happy to pay the plumber but I am tapped out!
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