Guys, I'm planning on installing a whole house water softener. I have a spot in my garage with good access to the incoming water pipe which makes for a good install location, but there's no drain there. The otherside of the wall immediately next to the install location has a drain (a bathroom drain, shower and sink), and I have access to that drain via the crawl space. I went and took a look, and it appears to be reasonably new ABS - i think perhaps 4".
For the water softener drain, I have a thin flexible plastic pipe I need to point to a drain. The softener installation instructions make a point of saying the flexible drain pipe shouldn't be inserted into a drain, instead there should be a 1.5" gap between the water softener drain pipe and the drain. I assume I can modify the 4" ABS bathroom drain in the crawl space somehow to accommodate the water softener drain, but I'm not exactly sure what sort of adapter to install to safely accommodate the water softener draining tube, while maintaining the existing drainage pipe for it's function as a bathroom drain? Would appreciate any advice...
thanks,
Matt
For the water softener drain, I have a thin flexible plastic pipe I need to point to a drain. The softener installation instructions make a point of saying the flexible drain pipe shouldn't be inserted into a drain, instead there should be a 1.5" gap between the water softener drain pipe and the drain. I assume I can modify the 4" ABS bathroom drain in the crawl space somehow to accommodate the water softener drain, but I'm not exactly sure what sort of adapter to install to safely accommodate the water softener draining tube, while maintaining the existing drainage pipe for it's function as a bathroom drain? Would appreciate any advice...
thanks,
Matt