Building and Construction - Plumbing / Drain Tie-in

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Plumbing / Drain Tie-in

Grumman-581

2006-04-20, 5:21 am

I'm in the process of building an outside kitchen / BBQ area... One portion
of it consists of a bar sink... The main sewer drain for the house runs
fairly close to it and I've dug down and found it... I've done quite a bit
of PVC pipe work over the years with various projects around the various
houses that I've owned, but always on the smaller diameter pieces of pipe...
I know that I need to add a Y-fitting inline and it needs to point
downstream, but I'm not sure about how to install it since the pipe is not
as flexible as the small stuff that I have previously dealt with and the
fact that I don't want to have to dig up 50 ft of pipe to get it where it
can flex enough for me to put the fitting inline... Is there some trick to
this or some type of flexible coupling that I should be using instead?
Perhaps some sort of compression or saddle type fitting?

Alan

2006-04-20, 7:21 am

"Grumman-581" <grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm in the process of building an outside kitchen / BBQ area... One
> portion
> of it consists of a bar sink... The main sewer drain for the house runs
> fairly close to it and I've dug down and found it... I've done quite a bit
> of PVC pipe work over the years with various projects around the various
> houses that I've owned, but always on the smaller diameter pieces of
> pipe...
> I know that I need to add a Y-fitting inline and it needs to point
> downstream, but I'm not sure about how to install it since the pipe is not
> as flexible as the small stuff that I have previously dealt with and the
> fact that I don't want to have to dig up 50 ft of pipe to get it where it
> can flex enough for me to put the fitting inline... Is there some trick to
> this or some type of flexible coupling that I should be using instead?
> Perhaps some sort of compression or saddle type fitting?
>

You can buy a coupling with no ridge inside, cut the pipe to the exact size
as the new T with stubs already glued into it. Slide the couplings all the
way over the old pipe first, insert your new T, slide the coupling onto it.
Mark the pipe so you know how far to slide. You can also accomplish the same
thing with rubber couplings. A little lubricant will help with the rubber
boot setup.

Good luck...Alan

www.maplesconstruction.com

bill allemann

2006-04-20, 10:21 am

they are called "repair couplings"

"Alan" <ajalanNOSPAMMAIL@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> You can buy a coupling with no ridge inside, cut the pipe to the exact
> size as the new T with stubs already glued into it. Slide the couplings
> all the way over the old pipe first, insert your new T, slide the coupling
> onto it. Mark the pipe so you know how far to slide. You can also
> accomplish the same thing with rubber couplings. A little lubricant will
> help with the rubber boot setup.
>
> Good luck...Alan
>
> www.maplesconstruction.com
>
>

Verizon

2006-04-20, 9:21 pm

I'm not certain if a strap-on saddle connection is legal in your area, but
it would certainly be the easiest to install. (Their commonly used to make
the connection at the city sewer in the street.)
Place the PVC saddle over the sewer, mark the opening with a pencil, remove
it & cut the opening with a hole saw & clamp the saddle over the pipe.
Probably 10-15 minutes and no mess. (I used a saddle to connect a bath vent
to an existing roof vent about 27 years ago and it was still tight and dry
when I checked it 3-4 years ago.
You can use Romac "CB" style saddles, or PVC which meet ASTM D3033 or 3033.
Some AHJ require concrete be poured around the connection.

Dennis

One source:
http://www.harcofittings.com/docume...wer%20SDR35.pdf

> I'm in the process of building an outside kitchen / BBQ area... One
> portion
> of it consists of a bar sink... The main sewer drain for the house runs
> fairly close to it and I've dug down and found it... I've done quite a bit
> of PVC pipe work over the years with various projects around the various
> houses that I've owned, but always on the smaller diameter pieces of
> pipe...
> I know that I need to add a Y-fitting inline and it needs to point
> downstream, but I'm not sure about how to install it since the pipe is not
> as flexible as the small stuff that I have previously dealt with and the
> fact that I don't want to have to dig up 50 ft of pipe to get it where it
> can flex enough for me to put the fitting inline... Is there some trick to
> this or some type of flexible coupling that I should be using instead?
> Perhaps some sort of compression or saddle type fitting?
>
>

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