Water Drainage System Diagram

Water comes in from the city pressurizes everything including your water heater goes down a common drain and away from you to a city sewer disposal plant or your own septic system.

Water drainage system diagram.

Immediately beneath a sink bathtub or other plumbing fixture the fixture drain opening leads to a curved segment of pipe known as the p trap which is normally a 1 1 4 to 2 inch diameter segment of pipe with a sharp curved bend in it shaped like the letter p. When checking the slope of the ground in this area we find that it is too flat and therefore needs to be built up to get the water to drain away from the house. If water is to flow out freely and waste is to exit properly all components of the dwv must be present and in good working order. Water runs down the sink drain into a p trap so called because it s shaped like the letter which fills up with water to prevent sewer gases and odors from getting into the house through the pipe.

The purpose of this drain trap is to hold standing water which seals the drain system and prevents sewer gases from. Where the tube passes by the downspout from the gutter we installed a y fitting and drained the roof water from the gutter system directly into the main drainage line. Screw a drain cover over the end of the tubing as it approaches daylight to keep critters out. Your rv plumbing system needs to separate itself between grey and black waste and water storage or constant city supply remember an rv is designed and built to.

This diagram of a typical dwv system is called a plumbing tree.