techer
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Got a few questions for the experts. Is this following ok?
State is Pennsylvania. They are running new gas lines and in the process hit the sewer main sewer line in the street. The main sewer line I beleive is 8". The house lines that feed in is terra cotta pipe that is 4".
So they took the main line, put a fernco (I think) to connect it to 8" pvc, then used another fernco to go from 8" pvc to 4" pvc.
My questions are is that even code compliant?
Shouldn't it have to be 8" PVC the whole way like it was?
Aren't we just asking for the main line to get clogged where the 8" pvc line goes to 4" pvc via a fernco? Shouldn't they have to use a hard pvc reducer if they were even aloud to do the size change?
It goes back to the original main line via another fernco about 20' down. This line services probably atleast 50 houses above it, maybe twice that amount depending on how it runs.
Thanks for looking at this experts!
State is Pennsylvania. They are running new gas lines and in the process hit the sewer main sewer line in the street. The main sewer line I beleive is 8". The house lines that feed in is terra cotta pipe that is 4".
So they took the main line, put a fernco (I think) to connect it to 8" pvc, then used another fernco to go from 8" pvc to 4" pvc.
My questions are is that even code compliant?
Shouldn't it have to be 8" PVC the whole way like it was?
Aren't we just asking for the main line to get clogged where the 8" pvc line goes to 4" pvc via a fernco? Shouldn't they have to use a hard pvc reducer if they were even aloud to do the size change?
It goes back to the original main line via another fernco about 20' down. This line services probably atleast 50 houses above it, maybe twice that amount depending on how it runs.
Thanks for looking at this experts!