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Asking plumbers on lemmy: is this ok? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Contractor installed this convoluted p-trap + elbow for the washer, and I'm not sure if it's up to code. Can you confirm and more importantly explain why or why not it's compliant?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's totally normal to use hose clamps in this situation. This a PVC to Cast Iron connection. That's the only way to do it.

The small clean-out is kinda fucking dumb though. And the big hose clamp looks like it's installed wrong. Can't possibly be tight enough and be at an angle like that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I stand corrected. I checked where my plumber had connected pvc to the iron stack, and it does use hose clamps but as part of something a little more convincing. It's basically a sleeve with 4 hose clamps mounted on it.