Plumbing Tips and Helpful Hints

Air Gap

An Air Gap is simply as stated a gap of air between two objects in plumbing it's a sanitary term. Since plumbing deals with sewer waste and potable water system there is always a chance for cross contamination. There fore in sink involve in food preparation shall drain indirectly to another drain via an air gap. Air gap have a minimum gap of at least 1 inch of air space between 2 drains. Normally between a food prep sink and its floor drain.

In residential, plumbing codes requires air gap application for your dishwasher and water softener as well as reverse osmosis systems.

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