×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Sovent System Help

Sovent System Help

Sovent System Help

(OP)
Has anybody done a sanitary system with sovent fittings?

I have a client who is wanting it and I need to know some information on experience with design/installation.

RE: Sovent System Help

What is a sovent fitting? or do you mean solvent? Clean and glue is the way to do it. This is inside a bldg?

Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.
WWW.amlinereast.com

RE: Sovent System Help

Richard:  A sovent system is a special drain/vent system within a multistory building which eliminates the need for a separate waste (soil) and vent stack.  Basically a wet vent.  The main "oddball" componets are deaerator and aerator fittings--you need (at least) one of these components at each floor.

Pedarrin2:  I don't have any experience designing one of these, but I imagine from an installation standpoint it's no more difficult than traditional waste/vent plumbing work.  The fittings I mentioned above come with connections for the stack inlet, outlet, branch and waste inlets...anything more special than that is built into the components (probably just baffles).  I don't think all jurisdictions allow this alternative, so that would be the first step...

RE: Sovent System Help

(OP)
I understand the concept and how to design it, but was looking for somebody who had actually been involved in the design process and subsequent installation to give tips of what to avoid, problems encountered, etc.

We are also making sure the AHJ is on board and comfortable with it.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources