Sometimes you just gotta make it work...

jfls45 · Jun 29, 2009

Plumb a shower drain into a floor drain that goes into a gray water system. Cutting that terracotta pipe was pretty hard. I tried using a carbide blade on my reciprocating saw with not much progress. I ended up notching the pipe with the air chisel and smoothing it out with a grinding wheel.

(I ran water using the garden hose into the p-trap for awhile without any problems before I poured the concrete.)

See attached pics

Obama the Plumber · Jun 29, 2009

And this is why Chrysler is in trouble.
Sometimes you need to retool and bring in the good machinery if you're going to compete.

A man is only as good as his tools.

I applaud your enthusiasm for the job.

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SewerRatz · Jun 29, 2009

*sheds a tear*

I am sorry.. I failed you. I do pray what you done works for you many years.

Doherty Plumbing · Jun 29, 2009

The biggest problem you're gonna is having saturation the rock pit and clogging it up with hair over a # of years.

Other then that I don't see why it won't work.

You're also gonna be getting some lovely gross smells coming outta the shower drain once you dump some warm water and bacteria into that rock pit because you have no trap on your shower.

Good work though!

SteveW · Jun 29, 2009

Actually he does have a trap -

Doherty Plumbing · Jun 29, 2009

SteveW said:
Actually he does have a trap -

Oh sorry my bad! It was hard to see in the picture but I looked closer and yep there it is!

Seaofnames · Jun 29, 2009

I hope you have a filter system for that gray water if you are using it to water your veggie garden!!

jfls45 · Jun 29, 2009

Why do you say there is no trap, didn't you see the pictures?

Doherty Plumbing said:
The biggest problem you're gonna is having saturation the rock pit and clogging it up with hair over a # of years.

Other then that I don't see why it won't work.

You're also gonna be getting some lovely gross smells coming outta the shower drain once you dump some warm water and bacteria into that rock pit because you have no trap on your shower.

Good work though!

jfls45 · Jun 29, 2009

I think the gray water pipes into the outlet side of the septic that runs downhill into a leach field. I do know the washer drains into this same system.

seaofnames said:
I hope you have a filter system for that gray water if you are using it to water your veggie garden!!

Seaofnames · Jun 29, 2009

jfls45 said:
I think the gray water pipes into the outlet side of the septic that runs downhill into a leach field. I do know the washer drains into this same system.

Sounds better than some of the people I've read about on here. Nothing wrong with just bypassing the septic tank.

I'd still be a tiny bit worried about all of the soap and such getting into the soil.

jfls45 · Jun 29, 2009

The grass over the leachfield is lush green and grows fast.

seaofnames said:
Sounds better than some of the people I've read about on here. Nothing wrong with just bypassing the septic tank.

I'd still be a tiny bit worried about all of the soap and such getting into the soil.

jfls45 · Jun 29, 2009

Heres a thought

Thinking about what you just said, would you rather have pee and poop percolating down into the ground or old soapy water?

Maybe the two offset each other...

seaofnames said:
Sounds better than some of the people I've read about on here. Nothing wrong with just bypassing the septic tank.

I'd still be a tiny bit worried about all of the soap and such getting into the soil.

jfls45 · Jun 29, 2009

This is my occupation...

I think I will stick to this... The plumbing work is hard work, my hats off to you guys.

NHmaster · Jun 29, 2009

So that 1 1/2, unvented? trap and drain runs into what?

IPC Appendix C - Grey Water Recycling.

You can't just drain showers or whatever into a cesspit or for that matter on the ground. People have a nasty habit of pissing in showers.

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Rich B · Jun 29, 2009

I think the Moose population in Maine all pee on the ground....

.......

hj · Jun 30, 2009

trap

Actually, from his initial description, I think he has two traps, the original floor drain trap and his new shower trap, and that should cause real drainage problems. Nothing wrong with bypassing the septic tank, UNTIL the soap and hair in the water coats the inside of the leach lines and seals them PERMANENTLY. It will take a while, but it will happen. That is why they USE septic tanks to remove that before it reaches the field.

Kingsotall · Jun 30, 2009

I don't even know if we ever found out if that floor drain had a trap, although one would make that assumtion. But you never know.

hj · Jun 30, 2009

drain

If it was really a floor drain, the assumption would be that it had a trap, otherwise they would have been complaining about the sewer gas odor in the area. It may be a case of a "little knowledge", i.e. knowing he needed a trap, but not knowing he could not have two traps, "was a dangerous thing". He only sipped at the Pierian spring.

Sometimes you just gotta make it work...

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