Waste Pipe Code in NYC

Posted by on July 18, 2007, 3:02 pm

Hello,
I live in a 3 unit co-op that has a waste pipe on one side of the
building that is 2 inches. Feeding that pipe are three dishwashers,
three sinks and a washer/dryer. Can anyone tell me if this is in-code
for NYC? How much can such a waste pipe handle? Thanks

Posted by Glenn on July 18, 2007, 3:14 pm

Curious.

Has it backed up on you or are you just wanting to
cause someone trouble?

Can we assume the dryer isn't contributing a whole lot
to it?

Sounds dangerous to me. I would move out.

> Hello,
> I live in a 3 unit co-op that has a waste pipe on one
> side of the
> building that is 2 inches. Feeding that pipe are
> three dishwashers,
> three sinks and a washer/dryer. Can anyone tell me
> if this is in-code
> for NYC? How much can such a waste pipe handle?
> Thanks
>

Posted by Dave on July 18, 2007, 7:28 pm

Wet dryer. Some don't use the spin cycle on the washer... :)
Dave

> Curious.
> Has it backed up on you or are you just wanting to cause someone trouble?
> Can we assume the dryer isn't contributing a whole lot to it?
> Sounds dangerous to me. I would move out.

>> Hello,
>> I live in a 3 unit co-op that has a waste pipe on one side of the
>> building that is 2 inches. Feeding that pipe are three dishwashers,
>> three sinks and a washer/dryer. Can anyone tell me if this is in-code
>> for NYC? How much can such a waste pipe handle? Thanks

Posted by on July 19, 2007, 12:09 pm

> Wet dryer. Some don't use the spin cycle on the washer... :)

> > Curious.
> > Has it backed up on you or are you just wanting to cause someone trouble?
> > Can we assume the dryer isn't contributing a whole lot to it?
> > Sounds dangerous to me. I would move out.

> >> Hello,
> >> I live in a 3 unit co-op that has a waste pipe on one side of the
> >> building that is 2 inches. Feeding that pipe are three dishwashers,
> >> three sinks and a washer/dryer. Can anyone tell me if this is in-code
> >> for NYC? How much can such a waste pipe handle? Thanks

To confirm, do you guys believe that this means we're out of code?
What are the most appliances/sinks a 2 inch waste pipe can handle?
For the current set up, what size waste pipe would be required?

Posted by on July 19, 2007, 4:54 pm

On Jul 19, 12:09 pm, kirk.lin...@gmail.com wrote:

> > Wet dryer. Some don't use the spin cycle on the washer... :)

> > > Curious.
> > > Has it backed up on you or are you just wanting to cause someone trouble?
> > > Can we assume the dryer isn't contributing a whole lot to it?
> > > Sounds dangerous to me. I would move out.
> > >> Hello,
> > >> I live in a 3 unit co-op that has a waste pipe on one side of the
> > >> building that is 2 inches. Feeding that pipe are three dishwashers,
> > >> three sinks and a washer/dryer. Can anyone tell me if this is in-code
> > >> for NYC? How much can such a waste pipe handle? Thanks

> To confirm, do you guys believe that this means we're out of code?
> What are the most appliances/sinks a 2 inch waste pipe can handle?
> For the current set up, what size waste pipe would be required?

thanks for the info guys. much appreciated.
Kirk

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