I want to connect my sump pump discharge to the sanitary sewer and am wondering if it needs to be vented similar to other drains? Is this a project that I could handle? The main drain pipe is easily accessible as it goes out the lower basement (of a split level) about one foot above the basement floor. The pipe is PVC or something similar. Does also need an airlock similar to the goose neck from our kitchen sink?
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Our bylaws forbid attatching sump pumps to sewr but it is done anyway.
The plumbers on this site will tell you code numbers etc, but three things never to forget while doing DWV are
1, every drain needs a p-trap
2, every drain needs a vent
3, slope should be 1/4 inch per foot. Then discuss if this is minimum, and if fluids outrun solids if it is steeper.
Have a good day
Cliffy
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I cheat and look at the keys!
Are you doing the Scotiabank next Sunday for Bruce?
Have a good day
Cliffy
Right now I'm pretty busy with the mundane stuff and didn't even consider getting tickets for Springsteen but I like the concept. I'll have more time when I get the boulder to the top of the hill. ; ). How are things in Onaping? Here amalgamation was a schmozzle.
Edited 10/9/2007 5:14 pm ET by sisyphus
Hate to tell you, but at the top of that hill is just the bottom of another hill.
If your view never changes you're following the wrong leader
ROAR! Well as long as the view is different it will be an improvement.
Amalgamation wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Our taxes stayed steady and they still pick up our trash. The only thing I don't like is having to deal with the Greater Sudbury beauracracy when doing things like renting the ice at the higher rate in our local arena that has been paid for for 30 years. I'm teaching my kids to always say they are from Onaping, then explain where it is, instead of Sudbury, after all there is a world of diference.
We are driving to Kanata Sunday for the concert, first time in over 10 years I've been to Ottawa. Expecting big changes.
Have a good day
Cliffy
Enjoy the concert!
I'd want a trap to keep the sewer gases out of the house and then, of course, a vent. I would probably be more confident in a trap than just relying on a check valve alone, but is this setup legal? No doubt someone else will give you a more definitive answer.
Most codes prohibit connecting sump pump to sanitary sewers, and those that don't currently are likely to in the near future. You'd be well advised to come up with another scheme.
In theory, if connected to a sewer, the sump pump should dump into a vented standpipe, like a washing machine drain.
You have already gotten good answers on traps, vents, standpipes.
Will it work properly? Yes, like a champ.
Sewer gas into the house? - No, provided you trap appropriately.
Is it legal? That totally depends on your local laws - and they are probably in the process of changing. Check with your sewer department for a definitive answer.
Our locale used to require that sump pump discharge and roof run-off from downspouts be plumbed into the municipal sewer system which feeds to a waste water treatment plant.
Then the local officials finally figured out (only about 5 years ago) that maybe the rain water and sump pump water being dumped into the sewer system was the cause of the treatment plant being overwhelmed every time it rained!
Now they have prohibited new connections for rain / sump discharge -- but all of the existing are "grandfathered".
Jim
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