Clarksville Home Inspections » plumbing http://www.clarksvillehomeinspection.com Residential Home Inspection and Commercial Inspection in Clarksville TN. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:01:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 S Trap Under a Bathroom Sink http://www.clarksvillehomeinspection.com/s-trap-under-a-bathroom-sink/ http://www.clarksvillehomeinspection.com/s-trap-under-a-bathroom-sink/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:01:37 +0000 Garry Conn http://www.clarksvillehomeinspection.com/?p=221 Today I was doing an inspection on a house and quickly noticed that all the sinks in the home were plumbed with S traps. This is actually no longer allowed and something that should be corrected. If you have S traps under your sinks and been noticing a stinky smell in your house, that’s probably the reason why.

The reason why S traps are not allowed is because water filling in the downstream vertical portion will create siphoning and loss of the trap seal. The trap seal is what prevents sewer gases from entering the home. You can see an example of a bathroom sink with an S trap in the picture below:

S Trap Under a Bathroom Sink

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I can’t find good information on this and you seem to know more than anyone I’ve seen on here… I appreciate any help you can give me…

Open up the hot side at one of the sink or tub faucets, the valve at the water heater may or may not be turned off, if it is turned off turn it on & begin to fill it up, having one of the sink or tub fixtures hot water side turned on will allow the air out of the water heater & you will know the water heater is full when the water starts coming out of the faucet. I usually go around & let the air out of the other lines at this time as well. Now you can tyrn on power to the water heater if it is electric, if you turn on the power to an empty water heater it will blow the elements & they will have to be replaced.

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