Separating Storm and Waste Lines in 2 Family Home
We have met with a plumber who said that we need to separate the waste and storm water into 2 separate lines inside our 2 family home. Is this really necessary since everything goes out of the building in one line? We were not expecting this extra cost and are wondering if this is really…
We have met with a plumber who said that we need to separate the waste and storm water into 2 separate lines inside our 2 family home. Is this really necessary since everything goes out of the building in one line?
We were not expecting this extra cost and are wondering if this is really required by code for a 2 family home and to pass inspection.
Does anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks.
The anticipation of the City was to eventually run a separate storm line in the street. Having a separate line in the house with it’s own trap would make it easier to separate and connect when the new line was put in. I haven’t had any problems with inspections when replacing a sewer line with a combined line (if that’s what existed), but it is good practice and good plumbing to separate the lines anyway.
ou812 is right on. Separating storm in the streets is big money and even more money to get every single house leader separated too. So the new code will help with future separation projects. The purpose is environmental, or reducing the combined sewer overflows into the rivers. The way it is now, when you flush during rainstorms, your ‘waste’ goes straight into the river.
if it is new code, you can file under old code for one year from date it was introduced.
New construction requires seperate storm and sanitary sewer drains running out even though only one main sewer line exists in the street. I am not aware if this applies to replacement of existing drains. While there is only one sewer out in the street today (In most areas), I beleive the intent is that they will eventually install seperate sanitary and storm sewers so only sanitary runoff goes through treatmnet and not storm runoff. At least that is what my GC told me when they installed mine.
There’s no precedent for this. it would not be the normal thing to do.
What’s wrong with the existing one and why won’t a cleanout or a replacement work? Is he from out of town???