tmw
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I am having two bathrooms remodeled as part of an addition--I've done some plumbing myself, but decided to leave this to the contractor who can work on it all day long without my wife telling me I did things wrong :0.
Anyway, we had lots of inpsections (framing, electrical, insulation, zoning, gas pressure, etc), but evidently we didn't have the plumbing rough inspection, and all the plumbing stuff is covered up (e.g. tile in shower, drywall, floors, etc). The final inspector stopped by today, and informed us we didn't do that inspection.
Anyway, the final inspector looked at the accessible joints (e.g. PVC drains to sinks) and noticed there wasn't any purple primer. He didn't like that.
He wanted to see more, and fortunately there is a place where we haven't installed new carpet (part of the footprint of the old bathroom), and we pulled up the plywood to look. He found another joint missing primer, although some did have it.
My contractor/plumber told me that the joints that are accessible don't need primer--only the joints in the wall need primer. He showed me some existing drains (e.g. the kitchen sink) where you couldn't see the primer.
I have read the debate about using primer (and how people survived in tthe 60's before the days of primer), but I don't understand why plumbers would use it on some joints but not the accessible ones. I had always just used plenty of it everywhere.
Any thoughts about when to use purple primer? Do you not use it on drains closests to the sinks, or that are accessible?
Thanks,
Tim
Anyway, we had lots of inpsections (framing, electrical, insulation, zoning, gas pressure, etc), but evidently we didn't have the plumbing rough inspection, and all the plumbing stuff is covered up (e.g. tile in shower, drywall, floors, etc). The final inspector stopped by today, and informed us we didn't do that inspection.
Anyway, the final inspector looked at the accessible joints (e.g. PVC drains to sinks) and noticed there wasn't any purple primer. He didn't like that.
He wanted to see more, and fortunately there is a place where we haven't installed new carpet (part of the footprint of the old bathroom), and we pulled up the plywood to look. He found another joint missing primer, although some did have it.
My contractor/plumber told me that the joints that are accessible don't need primer--only the joints in the wall need primer. He showed me some existing drains (e.g. the kitchen sink) where you couldn't see the primer.
I have read the debate about using primer (and how people survived in tthe 60's before the days of primer), but I don't understand why plumbers would use it on some joints but not the accessible ones. I had always just used plenty of it everywhere.
Any thoughts about when to use purple primer? Do you not use it on drains closests to the sinks, or that are accessible?
Thanks,
Tim
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