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MineralMan

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3. I'm betting that the plumbing code requires

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:09 PM

Jan 2013

it in your area. The reason for it is that if there's a blockage downstream from your home, sewage from upstream can build up and back up into your basement. If you're like most basements, there's a floor drain. If there's a sewage backup, it'll come into the basement through that floor drain. Cleaning up a sewage backup is not fun. I'd replace the valve. Truly. They don't put them in if they're not needed.

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Help! Plumbing / check valve advice needed stat [View all] Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 OP

we had a busted pipe replaced last year Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2013 #1

Thinking this over a light bulb went off in my head Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #2

Leaving access seems like a very good idea. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2013 #4

I've got a fuller back story now Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #5

Too bad you can't find something that is water tite. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2013 #6

I'm betting that the plumbing code requires MineralMan Jan 2013 #3