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Toxed2loss
Oct 17, 2015Explorer
@okhmbldr,
Not stirring the pot at all. My husband is an engineer and we've run an Enginnering business for 26 yrs. Thats what we thought, too. But there are a couple of caveats. That only works if you've recently run water in the drain. It also means for every drain in the house. The air stream wouldn't have to be drawn from the drain in the room you were using. It could be drawn from any part of the house where the drain dried out (casting spores along the way). I actually experienced it myself. I had turned off the water softener. That p trap dried out. I figured it out when my husband washed a toxic substance off his hands and even though we plugged the sink drain, etc. I kept reacting to it. I tracked it down to that water softner drain, in a back room mechanical closet. Until I capped it, I had to add water to it constantly. I was surprised at how fast it dried out. So if you have more than one drain (don't forget the laundry), every trap would have to be full. Air could pass if it was low enough, not just completely dry. So I've actually personally confirmed what the building codes inspector had discover, and reported.
Good share on the amount of condensate on bathroom walls. Its important for RVers too.
Not stirring the pot at all. My husband is an engineer and we've run an Enginnering business for 26 yrs. Thats what we thought, too. But there are a couple of caveats. That only works if you've recently run water in the drain. It also means for every drain in the house. The air stream wouldn't have to be drawn from the drain in the room you were using. It could be drawn from any part of the house where the drain dried out (casting spores along the way). I actually experienced it myself. I had turned off the water softener. That p trap dried out. I figured it out when my husband washed a toxic substance off his hands and even though we plugged the sink drain, etc. I kept reacting to it. I tracked it down to that water softner drain, in a back room mechanical closet. Until I capped it, I had to add water to it constantly. I was surprised at how fast it dried out. So if you have more than one drain (don't forget the laundry), every trap would have to be full. Air could pass if it was low enough, not just completely dry. So I've actually personally confirmed what the building codes inspector had discover, and reported.
Good share on the amount of condensate on bathroom walls. Its important for RVers too.
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