Danny Danson
Member
Hi all,
I have a small assisted living facility which is basically a big house. It is a 14 bed facility so the health department requirements are about the same as a restaurant. We had to install an under the counter commercial dishwasher along with an airgap. The airgap is a residential one with the 1/2" inlet and 3/4" outlet. When the dishwasher discharges, the water just squirts out of the airgap because the pressure is too much for it. The health department insists on an airgap and says a check valve will not satisfy the requirement.
Since it is a residential kitchen, there isnt too much room for modifications. It has the typical size drains. I was trying to work on an idea of some sort of wide container that the drain hose of the dishwasher would drain into, and then would drain into the drain pipe before the elbow. I'm picturing something that would resemble a 2 litter bottle cut in half. This would prevent any back-flow from entering the dishwasher. Unless there are other ideas. I can't be the only one who faced this.
Thank you
Danny
I have a small assisted living facility which is basically a big house. It is a 14 bed facility so the health department requirements are about the same as a restaurant. We had to install an under the counter commercial dishwasher along with an airgap. The airgap is a residential one with the 1/2" inlet and 3/4" outlet. When the dishwasher discharges, the water just squirts out of the airgap because the pressure is too much for it. The health department insists on an airgap and says a check valve will not satisfy the requirement.
Since it is a residential kitchen, there isnt too much room for modifications. It has the typical size drains. I was trying to work on an idea of some sort of wide container that the drain hose of the dishwasher would drain into, and then would drain into the drain pipe before the elbow. I'm picturing something that would resemble a 2 litter bottle cut in half. This would prevent any back-flow from entering the dishwasher. Unless there are other ideas. I can't be the only one who faced this.
Thank you
Danny