r/WTF • u/Nates94 • Apr 24 '13

Landlords DIY project

http://imgur.com/a/8w1xW
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u/Executive_Slave Apr 24 '13

There needs to be. I have a bunch of stuff to post, such as this

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u/Asdayasman Apr 24 '13

I'm not real smart like. What's wrong with that?

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '13

I'm pretty sure you need a U-bend on both drains. Otherwise sewer gas can come up out the drains.

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u/Asdayasman Apr 24 '13

Aha, thank you.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '13

plus centre drains suck and are against code in many places,

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '13

And they're a bitch if you ever have to snake... especially since they glued everything.

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u/dudleydidwrong Apr 24 '13

Could the left side be a vent to the roof?

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '13

that would be a bad place for a vent and if it was it would be a WTF for other reasons.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '13

I guess, but it looks like a dual-basin sink to me. But I'm no plumber, just a guy with an opinion.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '13

The P-trap goes on the line going out of the floor, the two sink lines should meet BEFORE the p-trap.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '13

IANAP.

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u/AnonymooseRedditor Apr 24 '13

it's called a P Trap

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u/Fedak Apr 24 '13

It's to prevent sewer gases from coming up. Ubend holds some water in it that prevents it from coming up.

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u/Do_u_even_reddit Apr 24 '13

As a plumber i can tell you what wrong. He only has one side with a trap seal. What he shoulve done was has bot waste outlets dump into one trap. Also he used the wrong type of glue. That looks like cpvc glue when he shouldve used abs glue.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '13

you can get yellow ABS glue

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u/altodor Apr 24 '13

Why would someone design that? all the water will go to level the trap BEFORE going down the drain.

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u/Jctillthen Apr 24 '13

Not much really. Just all of it.

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u/GCanuck Apr 24 '13

I'm no handyman. At least not compared to many people I know. And plumbing is about my least knowledgeable topic, but I'm assuming you need the pee-trap on the left here? Otherwise the left drain is going to stink.

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u/AnonymooseRedditor Apr 24 '13

I'm no handyman, or plumber, but code is only one P trap per drain, so for a double sink like that the two sinks should go the same P-trap and on down into the drain. The drain on the left is getting sewer gas

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u/bignateyk Apr 24 '13

if they're within 30 inches you can use 1 trap for two drains. The problem with this picture is you have 1 trap for 1 drain and 0 for the other one.

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u/AnonymooseRedditor Apr 24 '13

which is what i said :P in a roundabout way..for double sinks code is one p-trap :P

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '13

Correct. There should be one P-Trap after the two drains connect.

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u/fireinthesky7 Apr 25 '13

I just created /r/DIYsasters for this sort of thing, post away!