I'm about to move a kitchen sink & install a dishwasher. Currently the waste pipe runs outside & joins the soil pipe from the toilet. This arrangement has never caused any problems, but instinct recoils me from any connection between where I wash my dishes & a toilet bowl, particularly if the connection from the dishwasher joins below the connection from the toilet. Is this okay, or am I just too squeamish for the realities of wet plumbing ?
Secondly... There is a seperate drain (literally just a 4"square hole in the ground) which is embedded in the concrete floor of the bathroom and which the bath drains directlly into. This can get a bit whiffy in the summer but I can't see any solution that doesn't involve digging up the floor.
There is no dedicated drain for the kitchen but the washing machine waste pipe currently drains into another open drain, which is used by the down pipe which runs past the kitchen window from the roof guttering. Is it acceptable preferable to use this for all the kitchen waste pipes rather than the soil pipe for the toilet ?
Any advice on either issue is welcome.
Thanks
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Secondly... There is a seperate drain (literally just a 4"square hole in the ground) which is embedded in the concrete floor of the bathroom and which the bath drains directlly into. This can get a bit whiffy in the summer but I can't see any solution that doesn't involve digging up the floor.
There is no dedicated drain for the kitchen but the washing machine waste pipe currently drains into another open drain, which is used by the down pipe which runs past the kitchen window from the roof guttering. Is it acceptable preferable to use this for all the kitchen waste pipes rather than the soil pipe for the toilet ?
Any advice on either issue is welcome.
Thanks
Steve[/list][/list]