Trap Primer Floor Drain Detail

An example of an emergency floor drain is one in a toilet room.

Trap primer floor drain detail. Singular trap primer features. 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. Most floor drain bodies are available with a flange for either anchoring the drain in the floor slab or for use as a flashing flange in upper floors and waterproofed areas. Trap primers are used in plumbing systems to prevent floor drain traps from losing their water seal by evaporation.

Plumbing codes require that trap primers be provided for emergency floor drains and other traps subject to evaporation. Eliminates the need to repair replace trap primers when they fail. Used in situations where trap primers have failed or where trap primers were never installed. Vandal proof 6 allen head screws regularly furnished torx pin may be specified for high security applications.

Trap primer tapping 7 1 2 tapping on drain body connects to trap primer valve see watts a 200. The trap primer mitigates this problem by. 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. Trap primer connection p050 1 2 regularly furnished p075 3 4 available on request.

Sediment bucket 5 catches debris and prevents it from collecting in or blocking the drain trap. Floor drain strainer clamp into drain collar concrete floor slab waterproof membrane ceramic tile and setting bed i slope to drain v. Suffix s square top suffix u vandal proof screws regularly. Trap primers must conform to asse 1018 or asse 1044 standards asse stands for the american society of sanitary engineering.

The sureseal floor drain trap sealer can be used with all 2 3 and 4 floor drains and in 3 4 floor drain strainers. Singular electronic trap primers can be used to prime 1 or up to 4 floor drain traps with optional distribution unit.