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Installing kitchen sink question

galute

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I'm working on installing a kitchen sink in my shop. Basically what I plan to do is run the drain down from the trap thru the floor and out under the building on the outside. Will I need to install an air vent pipe up thru the ceiling for this or will it work fine without?
 
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Steevo

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. . .Its just to prevent siphoning the water out of the p-trap


This is the primary issue with a "no-vent" sink. Is there any other plumbing in the shop that has a vent riser in the attic you could tap into?

And where is it going to go to once it is outside?
 

kbs2244

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Is it just going to drain out onto the surface?
If so, you don't need a trap(no swer gas to block) or a vent.
 

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Its not right but if your just gonna let it dump on the ground then it will prob work without a vent.

If its the only drain just use a cheater vent. It will drain fine.

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If you want to use a vent system you can get a schreider(sp) valve. It does not require a through roof pipe. They use it alot in kitchen island plumbing. It's like a flapper/ check valve.
 
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galute

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There currently in nothing else in the shop to vent to. I am planning on putting in a bathroom sometime later on tho. As far as where it will drain to, I will prolly just run it out into the woods. Its a common practise in this area to run gray water like that if you have enough property for it not to be a nucience to any other neighbors. No problem for me as it's a several hundred feet in any direction to my property line and 1/2 mile to the next house. When I get the bathroom installed I can always hook it into the sewer at that time if I decide I don't like it running into the woods. However, that is unlikely that I will as I work away for several months at a time and have had the water evaporate out of the trap before and allow sewer gas into the building. Not fun.

By cheater vent I assume yall mean a short vent stubbed up into the wall? If so, that is what I will do.
 
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DIC

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If your just draining it out side you don't need a trap or a vent..
 
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galute

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The sink I'm using is already installed in a metal cabinet and has a trap already installed. I'm gonna leave it and go with the cheater vent idea.

Thanks everyone for the help.
 

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Check out the Oatey Sure-Vent® Air Admittance Valve.

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Several sizes.
 

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Air admittance valve. Common plumbing item. I have one on one of my two vents in the house due to a pipe being in the way during remodeling. Find a place that really sells plumbing, not the big box store that clearances $28 4" Y pipes for $0.51.
 
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