E. Burns Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 There is a hole in the plumbing vent pipe in the attic space? You guys ever see this, first time for us. It appears that something should be connected, but what? 1960's duplex. Both sides the same. Download Attachment: P1010047.jpg 145.44 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Someone go up to the attic and run that carburetor thingy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobC Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 'Never seen the beat of it' and I don't see this as a future vent connection either. My guess would be that discarded or recycled plumbing materials were used inappropriately as a cost savings measure. Just an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a46geo Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 My money is on Rob's guess. Mike's comment is nothing more than some old police training film flash back. Give Chad enough time and he'll get it to start and drive it away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Well, it's obvious that something used to go in that hole from the remnants of adhesive or putty or whatever. Maybe there was a condensate line or something there..seems high on the stack, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobC Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 I don't know about Florida only been down there 3-4 times but up here where water freezes it generally runs downhill once it's melted. I know because that's a prequalifying questions for all aspiring plumbers. On a different note and not related to plumbing. Did you notice the absence of 'H' clips? Or is it the angle of the camera that's making them invisible. Is that light I see at the top of the stack where it penetrates the sheathing? Sorry Mike, Your recycling idea is really thousands of years old. The Chinese have been using methane for cooking and various other purposes in exacly the way you've described it. Our sewage treatment plant in Calgary uses methane to generate power and heat. Something to think about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E. Burns Posted February 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Could it be where at one time there was a backflow wash drain connected to there for a old water filter system? As far as the H-clips if they were not there and the roof sheathing was not buckled and no evidence of that on the roof I don't think Ron would have called it out. It's nice to know that nobody has seen this before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobC Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 As Chad alluded to, the high location of this opening rules out any chance of it being a drain for anything. Water drains downhill generally and I would suspect it wouldn't meet code in the first place. Are we saying that 'H' clips are not required in Florida. What is the edge support requirement in Florida or is there any? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Pritchard Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 Maybe someone got upset and decided to ventilate the pipe with a gunshot. Also don't know about other areas but H-clips were not being used down here in the 60's. Danny Pritchard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkoch Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 Just wondering.....Could you please confirm the vent material? Unable to tell for sure...may be my monitor. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swarga Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 The object in the photo is not an uncommon site here. While not proper, this is commonly how the backwash for a water softener system is installed when it is installed after the fact. If thought about during construction they run the drain next to the laundry drain line with a 1 " air gap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swarga Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 No, they are normally installed in the garage, however the backwash line is frequently run up into the attic and attached to a plumbing vent. I believe Chris posted a picture of this on the Candidate corner thread on the ASHI board a couple months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Stanley Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 Water softener theory - don't know. AC in the attic theory - I can buy that - except for the height difference - they could have used a condensate pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 Originally posted by hausdok, in part: Wish I still had access to the ASHI forum and archives. About a year ago I posted a detailed explanation of all of this on the ASHI forum. I'll see if I can find the notes I used at that time. I may have saved them in notepad or in a Word document someplace. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike I looked for you. Between the ridiculously poor archive feature of WebBoard, & the (currently) bottomed out speed of the ASHI board, finding anything more than 90 days old is essentially impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobC Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 'H' clips have been used here for a really long time. They provide the spacing requirement and edge support. I like to run things downhill, so much cheaper and more reliable. We could beat this thing to death but from my perspective I get the sense that the hole doesn't penetrate the stack itself by the way the light and shadow is reflecting in the hole.[:-smirk] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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