Several years ago, I bought and self-installed a home water softener. The unit has two output hoses. One is for the discharge during the cleaning cycle and the other is a gravity feed overflow hose incase something goes wrong and the unit starts to fill with water.
Undoubtedly not in the best plumbing practice, I cut a couple of holes in a nearby plumbing vent pipe and used that as a drain for both hoses. I sealed the hoses where they entered the vent pipe. Everything works great with absolutely no problem. I've never had an overflow, so I can't speak for that particular hose.
Now, I'm getting ready to sell the house and I'm wondering if I'm going to run into a problem with inspectors.
If so, how can I correct the situation?
There is a nearby laundry drain that drains into the same vent via a "P" trap, but it is higher than the water softener, so the gravity feed overflow hose wouldn't work there. If I tried to connect the discharge hose to the laundry drain, it would require some type of fitting so the laundry water wouldn't come out place where the softener hose goes in.
I really hate plumbing. LOL
Any suggestions/advice?
Thanks,
Ron