MDXWITHSPEED
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Okay.. So I had a water leak when it rained in my kitchen ceiling. I decided to cut the drywall and inspect were the cause of the leak was the problem. I removed the insulation behind drywall and found a 2 inch cast iron pipe with a hole (pipe was old and rusted) in it. The 2 inch pipe travel to my roof and down to my basement. I asked around about the pipe and I was told that the pipe is called a vent stank pipe.
A couple of days later it rain and the leak was coming from the top of the vent pipe and I notice the roof wood around the pipe was wet and damage. I got on the roof and inspected the black roof caulking around the pipe and found it to be very damaged. Also, were the pipe is coming out from, on the top of the roof it was installed with a threaded reducer coupling mated with a 4 inch pipe. So inside the home the pipe is 2 inch and when I get on the roof the pipe is 4 inches.
Unfortunately, I did not take pictures of the repair but here are some pictures of what was replaced.
I travel to the hardware store and purchase PVC pipe, elbows, and the vent gasket. The original pipe did not have flashing with a gasket. On top of the roof the old pipe was installed with a lot of black roofing caulking around the roof shingles. I installed the gasket with the flashing and were I cut the drywall that's were I installed the new PVC pipe going out to the roof.
So here is where I need help! I completed the repair and now when I turn on the kitchen sink, about 1-2 minutes of water running the sink starts to drain very slowly and I have to wait for the water to drain down the sink to keep the water running, no problems before vent pipe repair. (I forgot to mention, I did not use a reducer coupling were the pipe goes from 2 inches to 4 inches. I used straight 2 inch PVC pipe out to the roof.) I removed and cleaned all the plumbing tubes under the sink and my sink stills starts to drain very slow and slower. All the plumbing in all the rooms are okay, no problems with water back up just in my kitchen sink. I really do not know what is the operations for the vent stank pipe are! But, since I did not use a traducer coupling, mating a 2 inch to 4 inch pipe will that cause my kitchen sink back-up problems with the sinks water drainage?
Okay.. So I had a water leak when it rained in my kitchen ceiling. I decided to cut the drywall and inspect were the cause of the leak was the problem. I removed the insulation behind drywall and found a 2 inch cast iron pipe with a hole (pipe was old and rusted) in it. The 2 inch pipe travel to my roof and down to my basement. I asked around about the pipe and I was told that the pipe is called a vent stank pipe.
A couple of days later it rain and the leak was coming from the top of the vent pipe and I notice the roof wood around the pipe was wet and damage. I got on the roof and inspected the black roof caulking around the pipe and found it to be very damaged. Also, were the pipe is coming out from, on the top of the roof it was installed with a threaded reducer coupling mated with a 4 inch pipe. So inside the home the pipe is 2 inch and when I get on the roof the pipe is 4 inches.
Unfortunately, I did not take pictures of the repair but here are some pictures of what was replaced.
I travel to the hardware store and purchase PVC pipe, elbows, and the vent gasket. The original pipe did not have flashing with a gasket. On top of the roof the old pipe was installed with a lot of black roofing caulking around the roof shingles. I installed the gasket with the flashing and were I cut the drywall that's were I installed the new PVC pipe going out to the roof.
So here is where I need help! I completed the repair and now when I turn on the kitchen sink, about 1-2 minutes of water running the sink starts to drain very slowly and I have to wait for the water to drain down the sink to keep the water running, no problems before vent pipe repair. (I forgot to mention, I did not use a reducer coupling were the pipe goes from 2 inches to 4 inches. I used straight 2 inch PVC pipe out to the roof.) I removed and cleaned all the plumbing tubes under the sink and my sink stills starts to drain very slow and slower. All the plumbing in all the rooms are okay, no problems with water back up just in my kitchen sink. I really do not know what is the operations for the vent stank pipe are! But, since I did not use a traducer coupling, mating a 2 inch to 4 inch pipe will that cause my kitchen sink back-up problems with the sinks water drainage?