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So I'm installing a sink in my garage. I cut into another vent and put a T in it for my new sink. I just realized I intended to glue the T in the other way because of the sweep for flow. I'm not sure if this makes a difference. I do have a building permit so an inspector will be looking at it so if it needs to be redone I'd rather do it before I glue the rest of the lines. I've attached a pic. Do I need to put it the other way?

 

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If that truly is a vent then it wont really matter, air doesn't care.

 

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I know it will work but I'm not sure if there is a plumbing code that says if needs to be other way.

 

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Leave it!
Maybe it will be the thing he gigs you on that he needs to find....
Just to show he's doing his job...
But really it doesn't matter and a reasonable one would let it slide...

 

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It will function that way, but if your inspector is like ours, he will reject it.

 

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With all that extra primer it's going to be hard to miss

 

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shacko said:

With all that extra primer it's going to be hard to miss

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I remember watching this old house when I was very young and them saying building inspectors like to see that. but anyway I ended up just cutting it out and flipping it. The building inspector came by and passed it today. I asked him if it would have passed the other way and he said maybe whatever that means. He said something about condensation could form.

I was going to ask him more but the electric inspector showed up so I had to go show him the other stuff.

 

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oh and if anyone else is in the same position as me (installing a sink in a garage) and just tapping into a stack the inspector just wanted to make sure I had a shutoff valve that had drain in a space that was heated and fire rated sealant around the plumbing going through the wall. He didn’t make me do a gravity test I think they call it. It took him all of 5 minutes to look, sign the paper, and leave. Why not get a permit?