Plumbing codes require that trap primers be provided for emergency floor drains and other traps subject to evaporation.
Floor drain with trap primers.
4405 trap seal device.
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.
Trap primers must conform to asse 1018 or asse 1044 standards asse stands for the american society of sanitary engineering.
The trapease trap primer is the green alternative to common trap priming solutions.
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 trap primer mitigates this problem by.
Singular trap primer features.
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An example of an emergency floor drain is one in a toilet room.
Could save project capital and maintenance costs.
Singular electronic trap primers can be used to prime 1 or up to 4 floor drain traps with optional distribution unit.
For decades the plumbing industry has depended on water supplied trap primers for maintaining floor drain trap water levels thus preventing potentially dangerous and always annoying indoor air quality iaq issues caused by sewer gas infiltration into occupied spaces.
Trap primers are used in plumbing systems to prevent floor drain traps from losing their water seal by evaporation.
Maintaining the water seal will prevent the backflow of sewer gas into the buildings or rooms where the traps are installed.
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.
The trapease utilizes the gray water from a sink tailpiece redirecting a portion of that water to the drain and trap needing priming distribution.
This economical and code compliant solution is easy and maintenance free.
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