P2718.1 of the 2003 IRC states “The discharge from a clothes washing machine shall be thru an air break.”
What does this mean?
Thanks,
Paul
P2718.1 of the 2003 IRC states “The discharge from a clothes washing machine shall be thru an air break.”
What does this mean?
Thanks,
Paul
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Can't be fixed connections. That's why the discharge hose is candy-cane shaped and fit down into a larger drain pipe. Prevents reverse suction of the discharge.
"Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
Well there's two things that a lot of people & plumbers just starting out get confused with.
Air gap verses an Air break.
Air break---- A physical seperation which may be a low inlet into the indirect waste receptor from the fixture, appliance, or device indirectly connected.
Air gap---- The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmoshere between the lowest opening from any pipe. plumbing fixture. appliance, or appurtenance conveying waste to the flood level rim of the receptor.
“A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts.” —James Madison
So an example of an air gap would be where the sink faucet is higher than the rim of the sink, right? Then what's an example of an air break?"Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
Like you said a clothes washer discharge hose into the standpipe.
The mislabled dish washer "airgap" on top of a sink.
Any indierect drain that pokes down below the flood level often seen in condensate disharge & pan drains going into a service sink.“A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts.” —James Madison