Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 02, 2009 9:37 pm I went to the site today and found a really interesting pipe. One end connected to the slab, other end go way the roof. . Is this breathing pipe for a concret slab? Here it is... DSC00237.jpg DSC00238.jpg Ohh btw this is my house, Monterey 383 by Henley. DSC00280.jpg And YES i try to sell the car and put all da money I can get to da house!!! Cheers Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: What does this PIPE do??? Anyone know.. please help me :D 2May 02, 2009 9:50 pm Hi Superbadz, Check on your plans, but if it is near the bathroom or toilet (looks as though it might be with the two water points and the floor waste nearby), then my guess is it's a stink pipe for the toilet/sewer. Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: What does this PIPE do??? Anyone know.. please help me :D 3May 02, 2009 10:00 pm Stormy Hi Superbadz, Check on your plans, but if it is near the bathroom or toilet (looks as though it might be with the two water points and the floor waste nearby), then my guess is it's a stink pipe for the toilet/sewer. It is in the laundry, and nowhere to be found on all the plans . I think you are right, it could be a stink pipe cheers Re: What does this PIPE do??? Anyone know.. please help me :D 4May 02, 2009 11:12 pm Hehehehe...I love the very technical term, "stinkpipe"...LOL Is it really called this? Pix Built a (highly) modified Allcastle Maxworth 38.7 in Sydney. Re: What does this PIPE do??? Anyone know.. please help me :D 5May 02, 2009 11:45 pm Its called an educt vent. Its usually placed between the last and second last branch line. Its purpose is to allow equal air pressure in the drainage line. The house drainage line is vented in two places at the educt vent and then either at the property boundary or locally through the sewer. At the boundary its called an induct vent. Re: What does this PIPE do??? Anyone know.. please help me :D 7May 03, 2009 9:07 am Pixelated Hehehehe...I love the very technical term, "stinkpipe"...LOL Is it really called this? Pix Yes, a non technical term, but that's what I've always known it to be. Thanks for the technical term, vvs mand. It vents gases that can build up in your sewer so they don't bubble out through your toilet stinking out your house...hence the word stink pipe. Google it, it's there... Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: What does this PIPE do??? Anyone know.. please help me :D 8May 03, 2009 11:36 am Quote: It vents gases that can build up in your sewer so they don't bubble out through your toilet stinking out your house...hence the word stink pipe. Google it, it's there... Er, no. not really. Thats only partially right. That definition is only applicable to cesspits. The reason a house drainage system has a vent pipe is to balance the air pressure in a sewer line. Water wont flow properly if the sewer line isnt vented. It needs an open connection to the atmosphere on both ends of a drainage line, hence the terms induct and educt. If branch lines are longer than set distances, they too will have their own vent line. All drainage stacks will also have their own vent pipe. Multi story buildings have a complicated set of rules governing the connection of vent pipes in relation to the length of waste and soil lines. If the drainage line isnt vented correctly the water seals in the traps wont work properly. They will syphon everytime a WC or bath is flushed or released. The large release of water will draw the water seal from nearby traps. Quote: vvs mand, Do you know why some houses have them and some (many??) don't? Yes, its because some drainage lines are over length or because some stack branch lines are also over length. (stacks are drainage lines above ground. like the pipe that takes the bathroms waste and WC soil pipes in a first floor building) A simple house drainage line running up the side of a house will have one between the last and second last branch line and another at the boundary close to where the sewer main is. that one will be small and close to ground level (mica flap vent) but only if the area is boundary trap area, otherwise the sewer main will be vented periodically in non boundary trap areas. If theres a fixture on the otherside of the house and a long branch line is required, it will be vented as will any stacks picking up upstairs fixtures in bathrooms etc. The sydney opera house has a false stair case built to hide its vent pipes. Re: What does this PIPE do??? Anyone know.. please help me :D 9May 03, 2009 1:09 pm LOL! Thanks for the rest of the definition, vvs mand. I'm not a plumber (obviously!). Good info to know, though. Cheers. Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: What does this PIPE do??? Anyone know.. please help me :D 10May 03, 2009 2:23 pm Great infomation, thank alot guys(specialy to vvs mand) Cheers I had an old shower unit that broke on me and when I took it off, there were only 2 water pipes, instead of the normal 2 water pipes and a shower head pipe. S o I… 0 36934 i had the my concreters concrete right up to the fence. 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