How Close To The Drain Should The Trap Be?

drb9

Carpenter needs to box in the drain pipes in the exposed ceiling below a shower drain, and wants to know if the plumber can have an elbow below the drain, run the drain about 5' to the wall, and then put the trap in the wall. Possible? Thanks in advance.

Ron The Plumber

Hell no, should be right at the fixture.

AJX4

codes have set distance from drian inlet to trap. looong distances from drain to trap causes a smell souring from drain.

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plumberman

Thats a running trap....

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Double-A

Possible, yes. Correct in any form or fashion? Not on a bet.

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Ron The Plumber

What he said.

drb9

Thanks for the help. It was an appearance thing. Smaller, less prominent bulk-head to cover the drain. But, not if it's going to smell.

pcplumber

It took me 15 minutes to understand the question, Put the trap below the shower, and you can run a 5 foot arm from the trap weir to the san-tee in the wall, when you run a 2 inch pipe. If you are going to install the elbow, the trap takes only about 2-1/2 inches more.

threaderman

IPC says rolling traps are legal up to 30" as of 06',but some areas have not adopted the code yet.

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pcplumber

I'm thinking about a regular trap where it is supposed to be. Since he is boxing the pipe, anyway, 2-1/2 inches more should not be that critical. t depends on what type of room is below the shower.

neolitic

There must be a pretty long piece of
straight pipe above the trap, or it would
fit up inside the joist bay?
Why did the plumber have to
drop it down so far?

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drb9

Oh. "Exposed beams" in the kitchen below. Which means the trap is in what might constitute the joist bay in an enclosed ceiling. With no ceiling, though, it's right there in plain sight.

MALCO.New.York

If it is an "Exposed Ceiling", Plumb it correctly using BRIGHT Copper or Brass. It will add to the Ambiance of such a beast! That is what an "Exposed Ceiling" is all about! Have these people no sense of Design??

An "Exposed" is to appear "Raw".

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protechplumbing

I like maclo's idea.

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Bill

I second that one!

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MALCO.New.York

MALCO'S! Damn it!!!!

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gitnerdun

hang a light from the trap and move along