S-Traps EXPLAINED In 10 Minutes - Everything You NEED To Know!

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• TS

  @tsl7881 · 5 months ago

  Every so often, I fill a sink with hot water and let it flush to clear the trap of most solids that settle there. &nbsp;Especially those like hand washing sinks that get just a little water each time. &nbsp;I&apos;ve always ran a little water afterward. &nbsp;I guess the trap refill and is not necessary at my house, but its a habit from dad&apos;s where it&apos;s S traps.<br>In my house, when I remember, I fill those traps in a hardly used shower and sinks..

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• WA

  @WatchWhatYouAskFor · 5 months ago

  Thank you. &nbsp;We do have an S trap on an old sink that drains straight down. &nbsp;I&apos;ll get a air break assembly to fix it.

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• IA

  @IanBynoe-it6ni · 12 days ago

  Nice. Very well explained ❤❤

• AN

  @anthonycordovano2438 · 5 months ago

  Great explanation of the difference between S and P traps and why it&apos;s important. However, you make the assumption that if the drain pipe goes into the wall it is properly vented. That may or may not always be true. You can&apos;t see what&apos;s inside the closed wall. The pipe may just drop down inside the wall and connect up in a manifold fashion where the vent is. I had such a configuration on a kitchen sink. I did install an AAV. Now when the sink drains it sounds like a ships fog horn. Oh, the AAV&apos;s you show in the video are not installed above the floor level of the fixture, but equal in height to the strainer. The reality is, it, the AAV can&apos;t be any higher than the underside of the counter top.

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• DA

  @David-ru3gd · 4 months ago

  I&apos;m having an issue with my bathroom sinks. I changed out the sinks from a non-overflow type to an over-flow style and now I&apos;m getting sewer gas smells.<br><br>The &apos;P&apos; trap and all the other plumbing remained the same. This house was built in the late 90&apos;s so no &apos;S&apos; traps are installed.<br><br>There are pop-up vents under the sinks and a large out of the roof vent as well. All are working fine.

• PO

  @ponchos100 · 4 months ago

  Where can I get a basement bathroom shower pan pump that flows to a santiflo pump in my basement?

• LA

  @laRiduzione · 4 months ago

  1/4 inch per foot downward slope towards the wall or towards the P

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• RO

  @robertknox9330 · 1 month ago

  I have a question. When installing a new P-trap and new horizontal drain arm to the horizontal drain pipe in the wall, should the p-trap be installed slightly higher than the drain pipe in the wall, &nbsp;level with the drain pipe or other. Regarding this as you know the p-trap is a little higher on the side of the tailpiece connection vs the opposite side, so which part of the p-trap am I measuring higher or lower than the drain pipe in the wall?

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  @paulgriffin5237 · 4 months ago

  bottel traps used in uk

• LI

  @LIWYMI67 · 5 months ago

  Just got off an older cruise ship and could smell the sewer gas in the room from time to time.

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• MA

  @marcw1867 · 4 months ago

  This is not an issue if the system is properly vented.

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• ED

  @edwardjagodzinski1805 · 4 months ago

  s trap p trap plumbers and inspectors are obsessed with them, to the point where it is crazy.