[pure-silver] Re: New old home, new lab questions

  • From: harry kalish <hksvk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 08:31:16 -0400

Local plumbing codes specify a minimum grade that a drain line should
descend into the main soil line. This is to insure a sufficient rate of
drainage. But there are other factors too, I think, like drain line length,
diameters, (etc.?). My plumber told me that he would exceed the code a
little bit because of where I wanted my sink to be located in relation to
the main drain line below. Sure enough, my sink does not drain quite as
quickly as it ideally would, but still quite good enough.

This would be another factor to consider when designing a new darkroom in a
pre-existing situation. Ideally, the sink drain would be located directly
above the building¹s main drain line.

Harry


On 5/3/10 11:04 PM, "mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Well I have had both experiences, and sometimes from the same guy.  The guy
> that waited on me yesterday about a plumbing issue was a licensed retired
> plumber.  Gave me some good advise yesterday.  I listened.  Not that long ago
> when I did a rather unusual tie into a drain line the same guy said the water
> from the washer would back up into my darkroom sink.  The water from the
> washer went into the line straight down, the drain line to my sink goes a bit
> uphill and the last time I checked water doesn't roll up hill.  He was sure my
> sink would be full of water, but its never been anything but dry as a bone.
> 
> There are some very good guys working at all home improvement stores, and some
> very bad ones too.  If it doesn't seem right, there probably is a reason and
> its time to ask a few more questions and probably someone else too.  Then make
> a judgment.
> 
> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: New old home, new lab questions
>> From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Mon, May 03, 2010 4:26 pm
>> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 
>> On 5/3/2010 6:01 PM, harry kalish wrote:
>> <SNIP>
>> 
>>> > Someone has mentioned Home Depot. I suggest that you can go very wrong
>>> > there, not only expense-wise (unless you are buying one of their
>>> > loss-leaders of the week), but inferior products, and time, time, time.
>>> > A few of the orange aproned people may know a thing or two, but many
>>> > haven¹t a clue. Remember, these are the ones who are working at minimum
>>> > wage and getting jerked around by the corporate staff at every turn.
>>> > IMHO, specialty shops are the way to go for big benefits, especially in
>>> > the long run.
>>> > 
>>> > Good luck.
>>> > --Harry
>> 
>> This must vary greatly by store.  I spent a year working on various
>> home improvement projects, among which was the darkroom, and I had
>> consistently excellent service, advice, and pricing from HD.  It was the
>> specialty plumbing store that carefully instructed me to install the
>> backflow valves incorrectly and the specialty electrical store that
>> vastly overcharged for things like 4 gang switch boxes.  The HDs in
>> my area have tended to hire a lot of retired/unemployed tradesmen
>> in the past and these guys were a font of knowledge in answering my
>> dumb questions. 
>> 
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