I recently took a trip to New York City.

I saw this washing machine plumbing in a basement. I find the washing machine drains interesting. Each washing machine discharge hose is directly connected to a 3" horizontal pipe via a 2" combo TY. The 3" then drains into a laundry tub whose drain is only 1.5". Seems like this would work as long as the discharge is not so much that it will overflow the laundry tub. I have seen this done before but I think it was with a smaller discharge pipe than 3". Is this legal?





There is a new skyscraper called Summit One Vanderbilt right next to Grand Central Station. On the 91th floor observation deck there is a bathroom where the end stall has the best view of any high rise bathroom I have been to.



In that same bathroom, I saw a different kind of faucet, made by Dyson, it is a faucet in the middle, but also has two horizontal tubings coming off the sides, and if I put my hand near it, is a blow dryer. So it's a faucet with a twin blow dryer, and it can sense your hand if it's in the middle it opens the faucet, if it's to the right it blows right, if it's to the left it blows left.



Oh and this is the downspout of the Trinity Church. How is this done? Did they solder/weld the copper sections together then hand smooth the joints? Because it looks perfect.

there's alot of extra time and material but that is an indirect waste and there isn't much in th code about it..
dwv codes worry more about traps and vents rather than things on the inlet side of the trap.

what is illegal is the hose attached to the faucet that is dangling into the sink.

BTW.. nice view of the hudson river from the 91st floor.

Welcome back Packy! Hope you're on the mend! That is a great stall view, I wonder if the ladies' room has similar? Soldered copper downspouts are a lost art, kind of packing and leading joints on cast iron waste pipe. Hope you enjoyed your trip to NYC, the greatest city in the world!