tnpappas Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 This is directly under the kitchen sink. What is the purpose of the extra pipe material? Click to Enlarge 41.16 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 A homeowners attempt at a trap or island vent? Honestly, I've never seen anything like that before. Is there a P trap and vent for that drain pipe? Somethings definitely screwed up there. I've been sitting here pondering the reason why that extra? piping should not be there. All I can come up with is that some crud may not scour out of the pipe, so bacteria growth will probably occur. If that pipe is above the trap, which is appears to be, then it'll probably stink up that room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Some one had a bunch of extra fittings laying around, but none of them were what they needed. No problem, just burn up $20 bucks worth of fittings instead of going to get a $8 trap set. More of the benefits of HGTV. Tom PS. Brandon types really fast. He's jumped ahead of me on all three of these posts. I...can't...catch...my....breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 PPS: Tom, quite followin' me [:-slaphap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Kubs Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Great place to hang wet rags so they don't mess up the bottom of your cabinet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 It's a Hurricane Trap. Designed to work if the house ever gets blown over, 90°, onto it's side. Around here we only have earthquakes, so we install traps with a little extra flexibilty... Click to Enlarge 63.63 KB [] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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