How Do P-Traps Work? | Spec. Sense
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- Опубликовано: 1 май 2019
- How does a P-trap work? In this episode of Spec. Sense, Vance explains how a P-trap uses water to seal the drain and keep sewer gases from leaking into your home. You'll also learn why airflow is important and why S-traps are no longer installed in homes. If your drain smells bad, then its possible that the trap seal is gone.
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If only all teaching were like this, thank you so much.
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Thank you for making this explanation plain and simple for us newbies. Great job!
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Wow, in two minutes you just solved an ongoing battle I've been having with my sink. Thank you!
You're welcome Karen, we're glad the video helped you out! What was the ongoing battle that you solved?
I am interested how your issue was solved from the video; and what the ongoing battle was too. Please share Karen.
@@AmreSupply Didn't know about airflow, so I didn't realize a clogged vent was my problem.
@@miket2916 Didn't know about airflow, so I didn't realize a clogged vent was my problem.
@@karenjackson2825 nice! That was a an easy fix then. Something you could do yourself?
it took hours from some teachers to explain this to us and they failed and you made it with a 2.2 mins video, what a legend ♥
Thank you! We're just happy to help!
Very well done and a great explanation that was efficient and not too wordy. Also, excellent job on graphics which were essential.
Thank you Dave. Its a balance to keep the videos informative but also concise. Plumbing systems can be difficult to visualize without graphics so we thought it was worth showing it through an animation. Glad you found it useful!
@@AmreSupply I have an N trap.. my plumber says it's acceptable but isnt it out of code??
@@grettagrids Thanks for watching. N-traps aren't very common, and isn't exactly mentioned anywhere in plumbing codes. If you haven't had a problem with siphoning and if the n-trap isn't too close in shape to an s-trap then you'll likely be ok. To be certain, a P-trap would still be best overall assuming that there is enough room to install one.
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Straight, to the point and excellent presentation as compared to many other videos on various topics where 1 min part that all you are interested is buried in 10 mins of extra details.
Thank you, we're just glad that people are finding this helpful! Even on our troubleshooting videos we have a "how it works" segment as we try to help people understand the "why" behind the repairs.
Excellent narrative and simple wordings. No extras.. GREAT!!!!!
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Thank you AMRE about to buy my first home so just trying to educate myself a little. Nicely edited and easy to follow video.
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It was a very good video with concise narration and diagrams. Thank you.
You're welcome Rylee, we try to keep all our videos informative with good animations! Hope you will take a look at some of our other videos as well!
Great. You explained in simple, easy and humble way. Common man can understand. Good
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This is so well explained. Thank you so much for this.
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🙏 Thank You So Much AMRE Supply for the easy to understand tutorial! 🌷🌿
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The quality of the content of your video was great. Very impressive and useful write-up. Will be waiting for more updates. Keep posting.
Thank you Wesley, we're always focused on making the best videos possible. You can find many videos on our channel. We actually just released a series on oven and stove repairs: ruclips.net/p/PLCo9SMjkdWBysYYCcg5xQLiVh_cW0JQvt and we're working on a series for refrigerator repairs next.
Excellent presentation with clear information. Perfect! Thank you for sharing.
You're welcome, we're just happy to help! If you're curious we have a whole "How it Works" playlist with many more animations like this: ruclips.net/p/PLCo9SMjkdWBxWwrWCmzvRMSi2kLo9bGdp
Was clearly animated, thanks!
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my most important knowledge of 2021. thanks!
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Been wondering why there's a smell coming from the sink and then it's not there other times. This was informative, short and straightforward.
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the person who wrote this script, and the one suggesting the graphics (if not the same person) should get the RUclips REAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD. Except one does not exist, since well over 90% of youtube uploads are now about marketing rather than teaching and sharing. THANK YOU
Thank you for your kind words! We are a small team, and most videos are written and animated by 1 person. Mostly we are just happy to share some good info to the world. If you're curious we have an entire "how it works" playlist with more videos like this: ruclips.net/p/PLCo9SMjkdWBxWwrWCmzvRMSi2kLo9bGdp
Thank you for teaching me so effectively!
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Precise and accurate explanation
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Beautifully explained! Thanks!
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@@AmreSupply Absolutely! :)
Wonderfully instructive!
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great video, i enjoy the tutorial and the step by step animation, thank you for the information on why this is needed.
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thank you. I can use this clip to explain to my wife and children.
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Excellent demonstration 👌🏽thank you
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Very helpful and simple to learn. Thanks brotha
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When the narrator appeared at the end of the video, he looked *exactly* as I expected.
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He did not look at the end like I imagined him to look but he does have a great mustache
@@Unaomnia01 I think it was a plumbers reference to a character we all know.
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@@Unaomnia01 why you gotta spoil it
Thank you, Excellent illustration, this should put to rest the argument whether you need a vent or not to flush a toilet. Yes it flushes without a vent but it breaks the trap seal.
Thanks Ali, we're glad that you linked the animation!
Excelente vídeo, la explicación muy clara y simple. Saludos
Gracias!
Very clear. Thanks for your great job.
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Soooooo interesting and made simple to understand ! Thank you very much
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Well presented! Thank you.
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Super clear explanation. Thanks!
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I listened to this twice because the voice is so calming. hee hee..
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Thanks for the video. Very clear to understand
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That bit about loss of water due to capillary action might explain what I'm experiencing with my P-trap. Thanks; I haven't heard that mentioned elsewhere.
Thanks Eric, we're glad the video was helpful!
If you you water through that sink once per day, there shouldn't be a problem. Capillary is slow, and I'd imagine takes a week at least to drain the P-trap.
I am an engineering student and I do not have the ability to understand verbal explanations very well. Such animation are very helpful!
Love the video!
One thing that I found in your video is very detailed with info and ultimate graphics. Thanks!!
Well explained, Really Helpful !!!
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Thank you. Very good explanation.
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Well done video -- thanks.
Thank you Eric!
Very clear explanations without muddying the waters (pun intended) with a bunch of jargon or unnecessary information for the basic knowledge
Thank you Michael, we're glad that you found it helpful! We put a lot of effort in making our videos clear and easy to understand. For example we did one on multimeters which is a good all around video for a review of the concepts: ruclips.net/video/r_migcta_Is/видео.html
Now I realized how important does P - Trap work ! 👍
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very well done. thanks for sharing
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Well explained, excellent
Thank you! We put a lot of effort into the graphics and animations as we feel it helps with concepts that are difficult to see at first. For example, here's a video we did on how water heaters work showing the inside: ruclips.net/video/BHUPFLbb8NY/видео.html
Really helpful esp for my exam for Master Plumber
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Amazing video. Like it. Nice animation !! 👌😍
Thank you Rohit! Sometimes its just easier to understand a concept when its in a flat style animation! We also do 3D animations for some videos like this one on how water heaters work: ruclips.net/video/BHUPFLbb8NY/видео.html
Thank you very helpful
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This helped alot thanks
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Thank you for your excellent video
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good job that was helpful thanks
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Very helpful thanks
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I always saw the P pipes (To me I think U pipe) as problematic since its design left water sitting in the drain pipe. Never knew that water was there for a purpose.
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P traps are there for safety.
@@sjlevi99 you dumbass
It's not under sinks for that reason it's to hold water at all times to stop nasty smells coming into buildings especially homes
THANK YOU!
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Great content, thank you
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I learned from other plumbing videos the other function of the air vent of the piping system. Yes, its main function is to have a volume of air being sucked thru the piping system during the draining of water. Thus, preventing the siphoning of the water in the P-traps. One function though is to drain the accumulated condensate in the system to the drainpipe and obviously away from the vent pipe that leads to the roof. My question is, during the installation of vent pipes leading to the main vent pipe what is the proper orientation of the Y-connection, is it towards the vent to the roof or it should be towards the drainpipe to the sewer line? Thank you in advance Vance and to the team of Spec. Sense.
Thanks for watching. You are right that condensate will drain as well. For installation it recommended to reference your local building codes. Many municipalities will have specific guides such as this one that you might find helpful. It has some good diagrams and explanations that might help answer some of your questions. winnipeg.ca/ppd/Documents/Brochures/Plumbing-Installations.pdf
I learned from other plumbing videos the other function of the air vent of the piping system. Yes, its main function is to have a volume of air being sucked thru the piping system during the draining of water. Thus, preventing the siphoning of the water in the P-traps. One function though is to drain the accumulated condensate in the system to the drainpipe and obviously away from the vent pipe that leads to the roof. My question is, what is the proper orientation of the Y-connection, is it towards the vent to the roof or it should be towards the drainpipe to the sewer line? Thank you in advance Vance and to the team of Spec. Sense.
Thanks for watching. You are right that condensate will drain as well. For installation it recommended to reference your local building codes. Many municipalities will have specific guides such as this one that you might find helpful. It has some good diagrams and explanations that might help answer some of your questions. winnipeg.ca/ppd/Documents/Brochures/Plumbing-Installations.pdf
Excellent video. I had no idea (but obvious once it's been explained) that the drain system needs to take in air. Also explains why my kitchen sink gurgles when the washing machine and dishwasher (both in the kitchen) pump out. No air vent was designed into the system! The soil pipe is an open one though which probably explains why it's been working for nearly 20 odd years without too much trouble and as the kitchen sink gets used a lot, any water lost from the P-Trap gets replaced pretty often.
It probably also explains why the dishwasher sometimes comes up with an error code when pumping out - the vacuum is making it harder for it to pump out (it's the last device in the system). I'm not sure how I'd introduce a vent into the system though. There's 3 outlets going into the same soil pipe. Would I need to T off after each P-Trap (or equivalent)? The kitchen's on the ground floor with a window within 4' of the soil pipe opening and another window on the floor above.
Thanks for watching, we're just glad to help! In your case it would be best to contact a plumber to get more information on your system.
Excellent video.
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Всё просто и понятно! Спасибо!
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you guys are great.
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Great video!
Thank you Jagdeep!
I didn't put any p or s trap because i didn't know the smell will comeback , huge mistake , now this video made my understand the importance of them
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Started to get a smell from the bathroom sink.. plumber came for another issue.. my mom had stuffed vent pipe with cloth.. she was afraid something was gonna crawl in.. fixed the smell..and also explained the water sitting in kitchen sink..and found a leak in new ptrap that wasn't tightened properly.. thanks for the info..
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Dude's mustache is simply uh-mazing!
Thanks for watching. There's 2 other videos where Vance has this glorious mustache, so it's sort of an easter egg to find!
Great job cutting through crap, very informative
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Awesome video!
Thank you!
Great one thank you.
But how can I get this kind of software to animate plumbing systems please.
Thanks for watching. This animation was not made with software specifically for plumbing. It was made with Adobe After Effects which is used to animate all kinds of things.
@@AmreSupply thank you very much.
I will try it. I want to advertise my business, and make an animated video of a biodigester.
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This confirms what my father told my mother. Now I believe him. 😁
Thanks for watching. Sometimes it just takes a visual to help the concepts to make more sense. We're glad that you found the video helpful!
This was great
Thank you!
Do you have any videos explaining how to remedy a possible P-trap issue with toilets? I suspect we have some a problem there. Thank you!
Thanks for watching! That is one video we haven't filmed yet. If your toilet is gurgling or if there's a lot of bubbling when flushing, then its likely a venting issue. Unfortunately, a clogged or missing vent is tough to fix, since it usually requires opening a wall to examine the drain system, so is best left for professionals.
@@AmreSupply Ok-thanks for the info-appreciate it!
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Very clear thanks
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Very well explained! Thank you.
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We recently had our bathroom remodeled and the guys who did it changed my P-trap to an S-trap because the space in the vanity is random. Will this cause any issues in the future? I had the standard P-trap with a roof vent so I'm assuming it'll be fine. If not, I'll have to replace the vanity with one that has a bit more room on the inside.
Thanks for watching. It is hard to say if it will create issues or not without knowing more details and seeing it. S-traps are generally not allowed in plumbing codes anymore, you could check the plumbing codes in your area to see if your sink is still up to code.
How does atmospheric pressure at the vent helps in maintaining the gully water by equalizing pressure?
Thanks for watching. Having the vent will help replace the air that would be displaced when the water is draining. Without letting any air in, you'd have an air lock, and it wouldn't drain properly.
Great video
Thank you Thomas!
what could be a problem, that water from sink drains very slowly? I cleaned p traps and other pipes, also the ones in the wall, so drain isnt clogged... thank you for any solutions...
Thanks for watching. It's good that you cleaned the p-traps and the pipes. It could still be a blockage farther down in the drain pipe or a venting issue. These can be difficult to truly narrow down so it might be worth calling a plumber.
Thx for video ! Very nice :)) I wonder how it works for so long.
You're welcome, we're glad that the video helped grow your knowledge on P-Traps.
Excellent job! Could you tell me which software you use to make this animation?
Thank you! Adobe After Effects was used to animated vector layers created in Adobe Illustrator.
@@AmreSupply thanks!!!
Very good I like it very much
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Thanks, Gerado Jr.
Thanks for watching.
Good explain
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Thanks, great explanation.
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great video
Thank you Richard!
First time visiting. Great job on graphics. I am interested in program you use to make this video if you do not mind sharing.
Stay safe, Joe Z
Thanks for watching! These graphics are created using Adobe Illustrator for the shapes and objects, then animated inside of Adobe After Effects. If you are interested in learning more here's a good place to start: ruclips.net/video/Mtv8QptWNbg/видео.html
@@AmreSupply You're welcome & thank you for this information.
@@JOEZEP54 We're happy to point you in the right direction. Cheers!
Old p-traps had a nice u-shaped bend. New plastic p-traps have an odd shape where the entry seems to be straightened and the exit has more of the curve in it. What does this change in shape do?
Thanks for watching. That is a great question. There isn't too much information specifically on this. It won't significantly change the operation of it but definitely helps gives more clearance when loosening the nut to remove the trap.
Very very much thanks
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Guys can someone explain how the air is pulled through the outside vent when water is flushed, is it by some pressure differences?
Hi Kashyfi, you are right. It's because of the difference in pressure. As the water flows down the drain it displaces the air inside the pipes. The pressure inside the pipes is now lower than the atmospheric pressure outside. This causes air to be pulled in to equalize the pressure.
great vid
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Dear sir.
How can I get a useful books about plumbing to be a good plumber, I have looked up in internet but without avail.
thank you very much.
Thanks for watching. A book like this will help someone learn basic home repairs: www.amazon.ca/Ultimate-Guide-Plumbing-Updated-Upgrade/dp/1580117880/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=plumbing+books&qid=1609788732&sr=8-2
For a good professional guide there are books like this: www.amazon.ca/Plumbing-101-PHCC-Educational-Foundation/dp/1133281532/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=plumbing+books&qid=1609788732&sr=8-5 This is made by the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors (PHCC) Educational Foundation
I'd love to know what the height/depth should be compared to the drain pipe in the wall
Thanks for watching. Always check your local plumbing codes as they might differ depending on where you live. Overall P-traps can't be installed more than 24 inches below the sink. Any more than this and the velocity of water will generally create siphon and will lose the trap seal. The p-trap tailpiece generally has a maximum length of 24". You'll find that most sink cabinets are shorter than that.
Suddenly I’m feeling calmer...
A little bit calmer and perhaps a little bit smarter, thats the effect that we're hoping make with our videos!