Plumbing ? With PVC illegal, how do I connect a laundry sink pump?
We want to install a laundry sink in the basement, but the sink pump will only fit PVC pipeing. I hear PVC is illegal in NYC, so what would be the alternative? In the directions, the pump said to use PVC pipe…. Thank you
We want to install a laundry sink in the basement, but the sink pump will only fit PVC pipeing. I hear PVC is illegal in NYC, so what would be the alternative? In the directions, the pump said to use PVC pipe….
Thank you
Also, “residential building” means a one or two family home.
Three family (or more) buildings are “multi-family”.
PVC is still not allowed in “multi-family” or “mixed-use” buildings.
Wow, Tom thanks! That was alot of information. I may just put it off as the sink is plastic too—Lowes special.
CORRECTION…OOPS SORRY. ITs been a while since I ran any plumbing in my house. It seems the bill has been signed but has not taken effect. It might in 2007 Here is the deal:
The current code requires that materials used in construction projects here receive special safety certifications required by no other jurisdiction in the country. Right now it prohibits the use of plastic PVC piping in any building much taller than a Brooklyn brownstone, for example, and the list of cost-raising esoterica goes on and on. The code helps explain why construction is so expensive; by one count, the average hard cost per square foot for a high rise in New York City is $154, which is 36% higher than the $113 national average. In Chicago, the hard cost of a square foot is $125.
Old restrictions on the use of plastic piping remain: Under the new code, PVC piping can only be used in residential buildings up to five stories tall, as opposed to two stories under the old rule
No Hub is the metal pipe that is standard in NYC. PVC is NOT CODE PERIOD in NYC. You cannot use it if you file your job with the DOB. Contractors tend to tell you things that make their life easier.
I thought pvc is now legal as per new code.
We are a single family home, although we share a CO with the house next to us (they were once apartments).
BTW, Thanks so much for your input!
As far as i know its only illegal for buildings with four units or more. (that could be wrong but that is what a contractor told me) Is that your situation?
If it fits PVC it fits No hub. PVC is not code in NYC (because of the noxious toxic fumes it would give off if burned in a fire).