Hi,
In the process of removing the old kitchen units, I have found that the dishwasher waste is plumbed in solvent weld pipe and the installer has created a running trap using some 45 degree joints to make a trap like this: \ _ /
I was just going to run a length of pipe to an off-the-shelf washing machine trap.
Is one approach better than the other? I guess solvent weld cannot fall apart or leak but properly installed, neither should the compression fitting washing machine trap.
If making a running trap, I think he should have used a tee and fitted a plug into the one end, so that any blockage could be cleared. That seems to be the problem with the solvent weld trap: that it was inaccessible under the cupboard, so whatever is used needs to be accessible.
If making your own, are swept 92 degree joints better than 45 degree ones? What is the minimum seal depth?
What does the group think?
TIA