Sani-tees horizontal all over the place on house lift project NJ

[Houptee]

This house is a few blocks away from mine and was lifted after sandy. I peeked under the house and saw many horizontal sani-tees where he tied in the drains to the main 4" line. They even put a 4" one at the turn where the clean out is. NJ is under the NSPC but isnt this a violation under all the codes? Sani-tees are only supposed to be used vertically due to the short radius of the bend correct? They also put a double san tee with clean out horizontal tied into the low heel under the water closet bend. No idea if this has been inspected yet there has been no activity at this house in months and it was lifted April 2014 over a year ago.

 

[hj]

Since they have violated the code in so many other ways, why would they worry about a few sanitary tees.

 

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[Houptee]

That upside down wye by the trap i think is for the vent. But strange thing is his 2" drain ties in to the main 4" then the vent ties in to the 4" also.

 

[CountryBumkin]

Probably being done by homeowner trying to save a few bucks - who has know idea what the codes are.

 

[Houptee]

The main job is being done by a general contractor that has been involved all over town with house lifts. He must have subbed out this job to a so called plumber that doesn't know the proper fittings. I think some of the piping was pre existing before the house lift that's why some glued joints have clear primer because it was before the purple primer existed. These house lifts on older homes are very challenging projects for everyone involved since the homeowners cant afford to totally replace everything in the house and the various grant programs and flood insurance wont pay to "upgrade" existing parts of the house that were not directly damaged by flood water contact. So the electricians and plumbers and carpenters have to tie into the old framing and wiring and piping and try to stay within the budget of the insurance settlement and if they got any grant but do it without tearing apart the entire house inside. There are so many horror stories of contractors disappearing halfway into the project and leaving the houses half done with red failed stickers all over the place.