Kitchen sink drain cleanout Rough in Height

[isotope]

I've checked IPC codes and cannot find any height location requirement for a kitchen sink drain cleanout. I was just wondering what heights other people are roughing in the cleanout for a kitchen sink drain.

Generally, I will use a Sanitary Tee that will serve as the stub out from the wall cavity for the kitchen sink drain. For the cleanout, I would also use another Sanitary Tee directly above the Tee for the drain. However, I am concerned that the higher location of the cleanout will interfere with the deeper kitchen sinks that alot of people are now buying for their kitchens. What height do you guys rough in the sink drain tee and cleanout tee?

 

[Terry]

I normally install the cleanout below the santee for the kitchen stub out, which I now install at 16".
With a 10" deep sink you would still have room above though.

 

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[isotope]

I normally install the cleanout below the santee for the kitchen stub out, which I now install at 16".
With a 10" deep sink you would still have room above though.

Interesting. Thanks Terry. Just curious, why do you install the cleanout tee below the drain tee? I’ve always done it above with the thinking that the cleanout could push anything stuck at the drain tee.

 

[Terry]

Interesting. Thanks Terry. Just curious, why do you install the cleanout tee below the drain tee? I’ve always done it above with the thinking that the cleanout could push anything stuck at the drain tee.

I think you have a good point there. The longer I plumb the more I notice things that I question. A year ago I came across a fixture cross on a kitchen sink and I would have loved having the cleanout above it.

 

[hj]

quote; . A year ago I came across a fixture cross on a kitchen sink and I would have loved having the cleanout above it.
You obviously have never come across a "fixture cross" with "baffles" in it, that almost always preclude a snake for entering it from ANY side, unless it has a very, very small head.

 

[Terry]

quote; . A year ago I came across a fixture cross on a kitchen sink and I would have loved having the cleanout above it.
You obviously have never come across a "fixture cross" with "baffles" in it, that almost always preclude a snake for entering it from ANY side, unless it has a very, very small head.

Nope. Haven't seen those yet. Not really looking forward to it either.