Fine Beautiful Shower Drain Vent Pipe

As water goes down a drain air is needed to equalize the pressure in the drain line.

Shower drain vent pipe. The plumbing vent lets air above your roof enter the pipe. It also allows fresh air into the plumbing system to help water flow smoothly through the drain pipes. Plus a drain-cleaning snake can drill right through the side of the pipe or end up going up the vent instead of down the drain.

You can tie it into the main stack in the bathroom by cutting a 3 x 1 12 tee into the stack. This requires an air passageway behind the water. Vent pipes extend from the drainpipes up through the roof to provide that passage while also carrying odors out of the house.

I remodeled recently and moved the kitchen from one side of the house to the other. Water and waste will again freely flow down into your sewer line or septic system. The usual slope on the fixture drain piping is 14 of slope per 12 foot of horizontal distance or run of piping.

The same holds true for plumbing vent pipe. In this video I talk about a cheater vent that is sometimes used in plumbing systems. Such vent shall not be an island fixture vent as allowed by Section 913.

The center of the lavs drain is located 18 approximately above the finished floor. When a branch line connects to a main drain line the fitting should always be a wye. When water runs down your drains or toilets it can fill the pipe and create a vacuum.

There are a couple of ways to run a shower vent. When you think of clogged plumbing blockages in drain pipes are probably the first issue that comes to mind. The bathroom sinks water lines are roughed-in 3 inches above the drain.