Floor Drain With Trap Primers

Plumbing codes require that trap primers be provided for emergency floor drains and other traps subject to evaporation.

Floor drain with trap primers.

Maintaining the water seal will prevent the backflow of sewer gas into the buildings or rooms where the traps are installed. Trap primers must conform to asse 1018 or asse 1044 standards asse stands for the american society of sanitary engineering. This economical and code compliant solution is easy and maintenance free. 4450 deep seal p trap.

N an optional distribution unit can be specified when more than one trap is to be primed n a factory pre set timer is programmed to discharge water to the trap every 24 hours. 1 2 chrome plated under lav trap primer assembly electronic trap primers mini prime electronic trap primer 1 2 inlet use with distribution units sold separately. Could save project capital and maintenance costs. A trap primer or trap seal primer is a plumbing device or valve that adds water to traps the water seals in traps are needed to prevent sewer gases from entering buildings but because this water is exposed to the air it is subject to evaporation over time in infrequently used floor drains leading to the release of sewer gas into the environment.

The trapease utilizes the gray water from a sink tailpiece redirecting a portion of that water to the drain and trap needing priming distribution. 4440 water control box. 4450 ef deep seal p trap w funnel. Traps primers specialties.

Smith manufactures a full line of floor drains and devices that are easy to install and cost effective including variations for heavy duty drains with adjustable strainer heads special purpose drains traffic drains planting area drains trap seal primers devices and more to suit any construction need. 4405 trap seal device. An example of an emergency floor drain is one in a toilet room. The trap primer mitigates this problem by.

The trapease trap primer is the green alternative to common trap priming solutions. Singular electronic trap primers can be used to prime 1 or up to 4 floor drain traps with optional distribution unit.