Floor Drain Trap Primer Alternative

This economical and code compliant solution is easy and maintenance free.

Floor drain trap primer alternative.

Trap primers work great if needed one can t pour water in them regularly or no one is mopping the floors around them regularly or you don t want to can t install a deep seal trap and installed properly. Inevitably they are installed off the bottom of the water line instead of being placed after a debris loop coming off the top of the water line check all the codes and. The trapease trap primer is the green alternative to common trap priming solutions. The most common trap primers are connected to a water line and activated via pressure fluctuation from a nearby urinal or water closet flush that maintains trap water levels.

Trap primers main disadvantage is maintenance. Other types divert gray water to the trap from nearby sink drains. The trapease utilizes the gray water from a sink tailpiece redirecting a portion of that water to the drain and trap needing priming distribution. Drain is in a computer room to collect crac unit condensate.

However a suitable source of water is far enough away to be beyond the recommended distance of trap primers 50 feet. Crac units are scheduled with 0 latent load actual calculations show 0 1 mbh latent load. All trap primers fail choose the alternative water flows down bugs odors sewer gases stay out plumbing installations including a trap primer can be expensive to install initially and often require maintenance due to failure.