Over 698,000 strictly plumbing related posts
Plumbing education, information, advice, help and suggestions are provided by some of the most experienced plumbers who wish to "give back" to society. Since 1996 we have been the best online (strictly) PLUMBING advice site. If you have questions about plumbing, toilets, sinks, faucets, drains, sewers, water filters, venting, water heating, showers, pumps, and other strictly PLUMBING related issues then you've come to the right place. Please refrain from asking or discussing legal questions, or pricing, or where to purchase products, or any business issues, or for contractor referrals, or any other questions or issues not specifically related to plumbing. Keep all posts positive and absolutely no advertising. Our site is completely free, without ads or pop-ups and we don't tract you. We absolutely do not sell your personal information. We are made possible by:
Author:
exapprentice30 (MA)
None of them fittings can used legally in my state and the side inlet 90 can only be used for a dry vent but I have seen them used for a wet vent in other states or if your replacing a side inlet 90.The rubber fitting would be the worst fitting to snake too. The saddle fitting is not legal too. I have seen a lot of drains drilled and tapped in to cast iron pipe too. Bottle traps are illegal too. The tube in the water can rot and let in sewer gasses but you would see water in the trap. The flex traps are paper thin and stuff can build up in them and clog.
Edited 4 times.
|
Post Reply
|
Author:
PlumerDan (CA)
sum,back in the old days they made a 3 tee with 4 inlets then to top it off they 4 2in in between them .we called them octapuses.. somehow i just don't think there around any more.looking down on it you seen a 3x3x3x3 tee with a 2in.inlet between the 3in. take offs.
great for group bathrooms.
|
Post Reply
|
Author:
bernabeu (SC)
for the same reason they make kerosene space heaters
someone will buy it
==============================================
"Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638
Edited 1 times.
|
Post Reply
|
Author:
bsipps (PA)
The only legal fitting is the bottle trap it covers the 4” trap seal legality everything else is just an easy way out of a tight or not close installation
|
Post Reply
|
Author:
sum (FL)
four inlets to one fitting? I have never seen such a fitting. Is it like a sanitary cross with two additional inlets?
I have also seen a sanitary tee with two inlets facing the same direction, like the eyes of an owl.
But I still do not understand what the intent of the side inlet to the elbow is. Is it for a drain or vent? It has no sweep to it.
|
Post Reply
|
Author:
bernabeu (SC)
space - tight quarters
==============================================
"Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638
|
Post Reply
|
Author:
vic (CA)
Sum, maybe it could used in some codes upside down in attics for combining vents together such as when having only one vent going through the roof?
|
Post Reply
|
Author:
hj (AZ)
Actually EIGHT. The 2" openings were between the 3" ones. The modern "So-Vent" systems have fittings like that.
|
Post Reply
|
Author:
LI Guy (IN)
Sum you forgot the "low heel inlet":
Apparently these are still code-legal if you use them with the 2" facing up for a vent connection. I found one in my old where the plumber used it in place of a closet bend to connect the sink and tub to the drain, and vent the toilet.
I wound up using the same fitting in PVC because I couldn't figure another way to connect the drains given the fixture placement and framing constraints. Lived there 5 years and it never clogged.....
- - - - - - -
Not a plumber by trade but a fierce DIYer
Edited 2 times.
|
Post Reply
|
Author:
sum (FL)
so in that case the low heel inlet elbow was used to wet vent the toilet. I think I saw a variation of this fitting with the heel inlet is slightly higher I am not sure what it's called...high heel inlet?
|
Post Reply
|
Please note:
- Inappropriate messages or blatant advertising will be deleted. We cannot be held responsible for bad or inadequate advice.
- Plbg.com has no control over external content that may be linked to from messages posted here. Please follow external links with caution.
- Plbg.com is strictly for the exchange of plumbing related advice and NOT to ask about pricing/costs, nor where to find a product (try Google), nor how to operate or promote a business, nor for ethics (law) and the like questions.
- Plbg.com is also not a place to ask radiant heating (try HeatingHelp.com), electrical or even general construction type questions. We are exclusively for plumbing questions.
Search for plumbing parts on our sponsor's site:
Special thanks to our sponsor:
|