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Sorry, let me clarify... When I say our local building inspector told me this, I mean our city's Only inspector. Small town, he is the inspector that needs to come out and do the inspection to pass...

Had a water softener installed by a plumber. And a permit was pulled afterwards, (plumber failed to tell me that a permit was needed) the local building inspector for our small town is saying we...

thanks for your help.

I just placed an order for the Hach 5B. Why not, I've already invested this much... might as well not skimp on the testing.

Hey Gary, I'm not ure if yor mixing me up w/ someone else but we haven't talked about my softener size or programming....yet

Once I get the hard facts on my hardness I'll post some questions on...

thanks dittohead!

Is the Hach kits something that can be purchased at any stores you know of? would prefer to get locally and not have to pay for shipping and wait. I already checked the big box...

Where is the best place to get a tet kit that will show me exactly what my water hardness is?

Are the strips test kits more/less accurate than the drops? I took my water to Sears to try and find...

oh I see. Yeah on the p-trap I agree with you. That was just the plumbers work. I did ask him what happens when that p-trap freezes and he wrapped it up.

Like I said, I am not a plumber and...

I'm no plumber and my plumber installed that, but isn't that what pipe insulation is supposed to do? prevent from freezing? of course it doesn't creat heat, but would it not protect against...

What happens if the drain line freezes? Will it damage my softener when it tries to regenerate? or will it just not do it?

Thanks!!

Thanks for your help Chad. I'll look into it a little more and ask those guys. I think from searching more it's called "wet venting" which is defined as "a waste pipe that also serves as a vent...

The pipe insulation where? on the bottom of the p-trap? This is in the attic, so it's prevention for the water in the p-trap to keep from freezing. The plumber put insulation all around the p-trap...

Thanks Chad. I understand what you are saying. Sorry I know there are just do many different ways to do the same thing. It's just frustrating to me because I find a lot of contradictions on this...

Understandable. Thanks. I was aware of the physical water contamination but wasn't thinking of the gases. So since my design would cause the trap to siphon out and be useless, if I were to put a...

Now for where the drain exits into the vent stack... I just had this plumber do this whole install a couple of weeks ago and I was talked into the air break instead of an air gap so I need to get...

Ok, I have included some more pictures for clarification.
As for the softener drain using the PEX 1/2 ID (5/8 OD) it goes up from the softener about 6 feet, but then as you can see in the pictures...

Gary,

The filter is a Whirlpool whole house filter that does a backwash every couple of weeks. The reason there are two drain lines is because I called the manufacturer of the filter "Whirlpool"...

Sorry, the system is not in the attic. In the garage, but the drain line goes up and across the attic to the vent to drain down. I'll try to get more pictures.

Because it is not an air gap? Since when can you not use a Vent as a drain. I agree this may not be code, even though he said it was, but please let me know how to get it to code using an air gap.

I'm in a climate that gets cold, but not for long periods. Since this is a drain line for the softener, this foam insulation should be the only place water is collecting. So during a freeze...

That's what I was told as well about the air gap. My plumber, however, said this is fine because the water will never back up that far into the attic to reach the drain. If it did, he said I would...

It is the vent stack that is used for the washing machine. There are many plumbers, DIY'ers on here, and even most of my neigborhood that has an air gap in the attic that is attached to the top vent...

Check the picture out. My plumber said that this is an air break and will work just as good if not better than an air gap because it won't splash out. He said this is code and ok for my...

I have a plumber coming to install a water softener and will be looping in the flower bed where the shut off valve is located. Currently this main water line is all 3/4" PEX and travels under the...

Well, I got them to throw the gravel in the order.

They insisted that it is not needed. That the manufacurer of the resin claims they don't need gravel, but to make me happy he threw in 15 pounds...

Plumber is coming to install a PRV and loop fom this shut off valve in the flower bed to go through the brick wall located just behind that shrub and goes into the garage where the water softener...