TerryT
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I am installing a Gerber overflow/drain on my new tub. The pic. is in the link.My question is it comes with a brass tailpiece that has fine threads on it. I know it can screw up into the T. On the T itself are larger threads where the tailpiece goes in. What are these for? I am planning to go into a plastic P trap. If I use a plastic tailpiece, does a plastic nut and washer go onto these larger threads on the brass T? Or if I use the brass one supplied,do I dope those fine threads and use a plastic washer and nut to connect the other end to the plastic P trap? Does this also get taped or doped?
Also, Is it OK to have the tailpiece/p trap connection lower than where the P traps exit? I am concerned that there will always be water trapped where the joint is, potentially becoming a problem. I had to make my own trap out of elbows that run thru a joist.
It is set up this way because the old tub had a drum trap.The old tailpiece came down along a joist and turned thru it, into the bottom of the drumtrap. The exit of the drum was up at the top of the next joist. I replaced the waste lines with plastic using the same holes they made.This is why I made a P on my own. It has to go thru the joist and up along side it to align with the tubs drain. Hope you understand this. Help and/or suggestions greatly appreciated!
Also, Is it OK to have the tailpiece/p trap connection lower than where the P traps exit? I am concerned that there will always be water trapped where the joint is, potentially becoming a problem. I had to make my own trap out of elbows that run thru a joist.
It is set up this way because the old tub had a drum trap.The old tailpiece came down along a joist and turned thru it, into the bottom of the drumtrap. The exit of the drum was up at the top of the next joist. I replaced the waste lines with plastic using the same holes they made.This is why I made a P on my own. It has to go thru the joist and up along side it to align with the tubs drain. Hope you understand this. Help and/or suggestions greatly appreciated!
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