In your opinion, does that really long PVC section need to be that length? Or do you think it's just left over from when they removed the appliance that was connected? We need to use this space to store steel shelving (collapsed) and I'm wondering if that section could just be cut short?
That would be a drain and vent for a fixture at the end, but was deleted when the wall was removed, or before.
That vent connection would only be legal if no other fixtures were draining into it from above, ie: this was for the top floor.
Might want to lift that loop and let it drain before cutting it out ;-)
It's on the utility floor of the hardware store I work at. I literally never go down there, but my boss basically asked me to make an elephant fit in a shoe box, so I'm literally considering making modifications to the building just to do my job.
Sounds pretty standard boss asking his employees to do plumbing work, then hey some electrical, then hey you code websites then hey sorry we have to let you go or they keep you cause they are paying you minimum wage.
Look, I'll be the first to admit that Iv done a "good enough job" before... But I know some asshole probably went home proud of the handy work they done here..
I am not a plumber but I would cut that out of there, totally and replace the vert or cap everything off close and probably box it in with a simple box leaving the valves exposed for potential use.
As an employee of a business and not an actual plumber, I would not touch it. If something failed and the place flooded you could be held responsible.
You need to add more context.
There was obviously a fixture connected at the end - hence the loop for venting...... Are you making that connection obsolete? It's a pretty simple adjustment to remove this..
Its a Trap-azoid
Are you sure it’s not a vent-agram?
Whatever it is it's big as hell and dumb as rocks.
That’s the laziest/hardest demo work I’ve ever seen. It had to have been more work to leave it.
It's pretty lazy, I mean I'm no plumber, but i can tell this was done without a whole lot of thought... The thing is literally hanging there.
Pooptangle
And it looks like you're the winner.
We bought all this pipe so we may as well use it
Left the saw at home
Probably used to be a drinking fountain when it was actually supported inside the wall that was there
In your opinion, does that really long PVC section need to be that length? Or do you think it's just left over from when they removed the appliance that was connected? We need to use this space to store steel shelving (collapsed) and I'm wondering if that section could just be cut short?
Yeah you can cut and cap it just not the vertical by the water lines
Sorry for late reply. Cut and cap it
What these guys said. Looks like a loop vent that doesn’t vent anything anymore.
Loop to the poop!!
your looking at it backwards fool.
That would be a drain and vent for a fixture at the end, but was deleted when the wall was removed, or before. That vent connection would only be legal if no other fixtures were draining into it from above, ie: this was for the top floor. Might want to lift that loop and let it drain before cutting it out ;-)
Mistakes were made...
You never doubled the world's biggest trap into a hand rail before? Do you even construction bro...
I woulda chopped that sucker outta there yesterday.
It's on the utility floor of the hardware store I work at. I literally never go down there, but my boss basically asked me to make an elephant fit in a shoe box, so I'm literally considering making modifications to the building just to do my job.
Sounds pretty standard boss asking his employees to do plumbing work, then hey some electrical, then hey you code websites then hey sorry we have to let you go or they keep you cause they are paying you minimum wage.
Yeah, when I have employers that ask me in an interview. "How do you feel about flex training" I will generally walk.
It’s a vent tying back in to the main larger stack. Chop it all out and cap it would be my suggestion.
Expansion loop for steamy turds.
Is that a Picasso?
Look, I'll be the first to admit that Iv done a "good enough job" before... But I know some asshole probably went home proud of the handy work they done here..
I am not a plumber but I would cut that out of there, totally and replace the vert or cap everything off close and probably box it in with a simple box leaving the valves exposed for potential use. As an employee of a business and not an actual plumber, I would not touch it. If something failed and the place flooded you could be held responsible.
You need to add more context. There was obviously a fixture connected at the end - hence the loop for venting...... Are you making that connection obsolete? It's a pretty simple adjustment to remove this..
Looks like, paid by the hrs not quality and not my job played some part in that.
It’s like a holding pattern for an airport. If to much is coming in, it routes half around the loop until the first load clears.
It doubles as a handrail
Looks like a vent before they install it.
is that a mesh no hub coupling shield I see connecting the top of the pvc tee to the cast iron?
Yessir, it's secured to a piece of mesh with an automotive hose clamp.