I'm not sure about the rest of the board - but I primarily appreciate the use of indoor plumbing for removing a certain solid waste that I create after doing a trick I call the Human Garbage disposal. Its hard to imagine what I do on the porcelain thrown could possibly be rivaled by anything ground up in the garbage disposal.
I'm just saying... Peter On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 8:50 PM, John Reames <jwrea...@comcast.net> wrote: > I'm not so sure on the drains; the baffle tees have a dedicated path for > each inlet, they each are necked down to a semicircle that's about 1 3/8 > across... (not quite 3/4" between the arc and the chord at the widest > point!), so it will not take much to plug them. > > I've also seen close-radius elbows used in drains (back in walls and > floors), which also are fun... > > Oh and don't forget years worth of pouring hot fat from frying pans down > the drain... > > All of which conspire to cause no end of mess... > > Me, I did a dedicated 1 1/2 for each bowl into a wye, with 2" out the > bottom, long-sweep elbow where it goes horizontal, and a clean-out for extra > good measure. > > It drains psychotically fast. > > -- > John W Reames > jream...@verizon.net > Home: +14106646986 > Mobile: +14437915905 > > On May 18, 2011, at 20:44, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > > > We don't have one (septic system) and I don't really miss it. We just > > dump the scraps in the trash, it's actually faster and easier than > > feeding them into the disposer, also saves a bit of water. > > > > I don't think a drain has to be particularly "designed" for a GD. If > > it's working properly, it should not discharge anything big enough to > > cause a clog. > > > > They *used* to be banned in NYC due to percieved problems that food waste > > caused in the sanitary sewers. However according to Wikipedia that ban > > was lifted in 1997. > > > > > > "Jerry Herrman" <jer...@san.rr.com> writes: > > > >> So, we have a rental and as we are leaving our house yesterday evening > to attend a meeting, the resident calls to say that the kitchen sink is > clogged up. Being booked solid for the next 24 hours or so, I call a plumber > to take care of the problem. He calls after doing the job to say that sweet > potato peelings were run through the garbage disposer (GD) and bunched up in > the "J bend" causing the blockage. He removed and replaced the trap, and > took out the peelings. He proceeds to say that this house was built before > the use of garbage disposers, and is not designed to have a GD. He > recommends removing the disposer and restoring the original configuration > under the sink. I am not inclined to follow his reommendation, believing it > to be a desirable feature for residents. He says that NYC and other cities > have banned garbage disposers. > >> > >> My question: Why have some cities banned GD's? > >> > >> Jerry > >> 1982 240D > >> Does not run on potato peels > >> > >> > >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 6133 (20110518) __________ > >> > >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >> > >> http://www.eset.com > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > -- > > 1983 300D > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
