Nitrors4
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Hello!
I have a new building going in with a floor drain and three sinks. The only thing flowing out of this place will be grey water, so I don’t want to run it into my septic tank. Instead I have decided to run a separate leach line to disperse the grey water. We will be pushing 20-30 gallons of water out of the building every day. About 10-15 in the morning and 10-15 in the afternoon. This is a commercial kitchen where we will be cleaning equipment after bottling the milk we receive from our herd.
I was thinking of installing 100 foot of 8 inch gravelless pipe, but wanted to see what you all think. We have lots of red clay in the ground, so I get about 8-14 inches of dirt before hitting the clay. I know the line will not drain well in clay so I thought I could dig the trench down about 4 foot put in a couple foot of bank sand then lay the pipe on that and backfill with my dirt. I am worried about doing this now though as I read something about fine sand causing an issue with this pipe. I did not really understand what the guy was saying so I wanted to check with you all.
My other issue is the floor drain. I have the fall set and it drains out of the building great. It is 4 inch PCV that has a T which lets my 2†PVC connect for the sinks. It leaves the building as 4 inch PVC where I will connect a clean out. Should I also put in a P trap here? I am worried about smells from the leach line coming up through the floor drain.
Thanks for your help!
I have a new building going in with a floor drain and three sinks. The only thing flowing out of this place will be grey water, so I don’t want to run it into my septic tank. Instead I have decided to run a separate leach line to disperse the grey water. We will be pushing 20-30 gallons of water out of the building every day. About 10-15 in the morning and 10-15 in the afternoon. This is a commercial kitchen where we will be cleaning equipment after bottling the milk we receive from our herd.
I was thinking of installing 100 foot of 8 inch gravelless pipe, but wanted to see what you all think. We have lots of red clay in the ground, so I get about 8-14 inches of dirt before hitting the clay. I know the line will not drain well in clay so I thought I could dig the trench down about 4 foot put in a couple foot of bank sand then lay the pipe on that and backfill with my dirt. I am worried about doing this now though as I read something about fine sand causing an issue with this pipe. I did not really understand what the guy was saying so I wanted to check with you all.
My other issue is the floor drain. I have the fall set and it drains out of the building great. It is 4 inch PCV that has a T which lets my 2†PVC connect for the sinks. It leaves the building as 4 inch PVC where I will connect a clean out. Should I also put in a P trap here? I am worried about smells from the leach line coming up through the floor drain.
Thanks for your help!