I'm doing a kitchen remodel and have an opertunity to get rid of the "cheater valve" and run a real vent. My question is, do I really need to run 1 1/2" pipe for just the vent or could I reduce it dow...
Install a "quality" Air Admittance valve and you won't have any more problems. There's $5 ones and $15 ones. The cheap black plastic ones like they use on RVs have a rubber flapper inside that goes bad. The higher quality residential type like in the link below have much better internals.