Dog kennel waste system
Dog kennel waste system
(OP)
I am currently designing a working dog kennel for the local police dept. All ten runs will have sloped floors to a gutter equipped with a floor drain. I am contemplating not installing traps at each floor drain. The only trap and vent will be at the termination of each of the building drains on either side of the kennel building. My thinking is that this will prevent sewer gases from coming back into the system. We will be using a public sewer if permitted. I am concerned, that if I trap each floor drain, maintaining clear drains could be an issue. On the other hand, we could be asking for odor problems if we do not trap. Any experience or knowledge of these issues?





RE: Dog kennel waste system
The plumbing code usually requires a p-trap at each floor drain. Requiring a trap at each drain also means a vent to each drain.
The option of a master trap for a group of drains is not allowed by code since code assumes the waste from the drains is itself dirty, thus the requirement for p-traps on indirect wastes over 5 feet.
Drainage from the run usually goes into a gutter across the end of the run.
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RE: Dog kennel waste system
RE: Dog kennel waste system
RE: Dog kennel waste system
With this system the kennels can be cleaned with a pressure hose - and all wastewater flows into the single gutter. Finally the gutter is hosed down into the single drain at the end of the gutter (which would need a P-trap.)
Waste from a single kennel is not going to flow into a center drain by gravity. And you layout would require the keeper to walk around the kennel to hose down the waste to the drain.