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?
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?