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Imtryintosave

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Hello all! I'm hoping someone on here can lend some help. I'm trying to fix a very old grease trap leak and am finding a suitable replacement difficult to come across. The home was built in the early 1900's and had plumbing installed ions ago. So, I am assuming that this particular grease trap is from the original plumbing installation or possibly replaced in the 1950's to 60's. The inlet of the trap has rusted out and currently water from the kitchen sink is spilling onto the basement floor near a floor drain. It appears that this has been happening for sometime and needs to be fixed due to the possibility of clogging the floor drain itself. Due to the age of the trap I'm afraid if I start wrenching on it things will crack and fall apart and go south very quickly. I am attempting to do this job in leu of having a plumber fix the issue due to a lack of funds and I am fairly savvy with wrenching on home issues. But, this is a new one. All of the plumbing suppliers in the area seem to be unfamiliar with this being installed in a residential application and only offer commercial style replacements. I will attach some photos which may or may not be useful.

Here are my questions.
1. Is it possible to just remove the trap from the equation all together? (And to do this I would assume run great risk of clogging the drainage system outside of the home. Correct?)
2. Is there a particular website with information regarding this issue?
3. Is there a website that would be best for ordering a replacement trap?
 

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Imtryintosave said:
Hello all! I'm hoping someone on here can lend some help. I'm trying to fix a very old grease trap leak and am finding a suitable replacement difficult to come across. The home was built in the early 1900's and had plumbing installed ions ago. So, I am assuming that this particular grease trap is from the original plumbing installation or possibly replaced in the 1950's to 60's. The inlet of the trap has rusted out and currently water from the kitchen sink is spilling onto the basement floor near a floor drain. It appears that this has been happening for sometime and needs to be fixed due to the possibility of clogging the floor drain itself. Due to the age of the trap I'm afraid if I start wrenching on it things will crack and fall apart and go south very quickly. I am attempting to do this job in leu of having a plumber fix the issue due to a lack of funds and I am fairly savvy with wrenching on home issues. But, this is a new one. All of the plumbing suppliers in the area seem to be unfamiliar with this being installed in a residential application and only offer commercial style replacements. I will attach some photos which may or may not be useful.

Here are my questions.
1. Is it possible to just remove the trap from the equation all together? (And to do this I would assume run great risk of clogging the drainage system outside of the home. Correct?)
2. Is there a particular website with information regarding this issue?
3. Is there a website that would be best for ordering a replacement trap?
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whats the reason for the grease trap.......i have never seen one in a house.......local codes differ in different states they may require it.......by the looks of it it hasent been serviced in years
 
Residential dwellings are not required to have a grease trap.
Grease traps, when properly serviced at required intervals, remove fats and oils and thereby protect the house drainage system and public sewer system from build-up.
When there is a situation, say home food production that uses fats of some type it would be warranted, just as a sediment trap would be for someone using clay in a workshop.
There are specially designed traps for paint and other types of solids.
Maybe there was a potter there previously.
GET RID OF IT.
 
Thank you breplum. My concern is the fact that the home is in the country and the grease issue could cause a problem with the field tile/water drainage. I'm not sure that getting rid of it is the best solution. Anyone on here familiar with rural plumbing/old school plumbing?
 
[QUOTE ="Imtryintosave, post: 99429, member: 16005"]Thank you breplum. My concern is the fact that the home is in the country and the grease issue could cause a problem with the field tile/water drainage. I'm not sure that getting rid of it is the best solution. Anyone on here familiar with rural plumbing/old school plumbing?[/QUOTE]
breplum is right cut it out you will never be able to repair it unless you have some sort of food service you don't need it...if you did relace it it must be properly maintained by a company who cleans these traps the contents must be properly disposed and records of maintenance must be kept...
 
I would get rid of also. Why would you be putting grease down your sink, you wouldn't. Get a garbage disposal
and treat it like a normal kitchen sink. Maybe at one time over the years this could have been a small mom & pop
restaurant where they needed a grease trap.
 
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