In my basement I have an old cast iron sink that is properly drained and vented to cast iron pipe.
I will be replacing this rusty old sink with a new utility sink. No problems there.
Currently, my washing machine drains into the sink, and one possibility is to continue draining it into the new sink.
But I am thinking about possible ways to make the set-up look neater.
I would like to install a standpipe. I understand that I would need to vent this. I have seen Terry's diagram about how I could do this and vent it. However, I do not really want to do it this way, given that I have iron pipe. Rather than go to that trouble I would opt to continue draining into the sink.
But I have also just read about Air Admittance Valves.
So here is my question.
If I plumbed in a stand pipe, with a p-trap and an AAV and then joined this to before the P-trap on the utility sink (which is normally vented) would this be OK?
I will be replacing this rusty old sink with a new utility sink. No problems there.
Currently, my washing machine drains into the sink, and one possibility is to continue draining it into the new sink.
But I am thinking about possible ways to make the set-up look neater.
I would like to install a standpipe. I understand that I would need to vent this. I have seen Terry's diagram about how I could do this and vent it. However, I do not really want to do it this way, given that I have iron pipe. Rather than go to that trouble I would opt to continue draining into the sink.
But I have also just read about Air Admittance Valves.
So here is my question.
If I plumbed in a stand pipe, with a p-trap and an AAV and then joined this to before the P-trap on the utility sink (which is normally vented) would this be OK?
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