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Dishwashers, washers and ice makers
Water and drain hookups for dishwashers, washing machines and ice makers: hoses, air gaps, standpipes and the overflow problems they cause.
Answers (42)
- Can a commercial dishwasher drain into a grease trap?
- How do I connect a dishwasher water supply line?
- How do I install a refrigerator ice maker water line?
- How often should I replace my washing machine hoses?
- What is a dishwasher air gap and do I need one?
- What should I do if my washing machine hose bursts?
- Why does an RPZ valve need an air gap and how is it piped?
- Why does my kitchen sink gurgle when the dishwasher drains?
- Why does my sink gurgle when the washing machine drains?
- Why does my washing machine drain overflow?
- Why is my dishwasher leaking?
- Why is my dishwasher not draining?
- Why is my washing machine leaking?
- Does a restaurant need a booster heater for a 180 F final rinse?
- Why does my washer or water heater smell like sewage?
- Can I add a laundry room sink, and where does it drain?
- Does a soda machine, ice machine or coffee maker need a backflow preventer?
- How do I drain a commercial ice machine legally?
- How do I install a kitchen sink?
- How do I replace a garbage disposal?
- What are common kitchen plumbing problems?
- What are the plumbing requirements for a restaurant health inspection?
- What's the difference between a floor sink, floor drain, and mop sink?
- When must a grease trap be replaced by an interceptor?
- Why does my grease trap keep overflowing?
- Why is my garbage disposal leaking?
- What do plumbers wish homeowners would stop doing?
- Are water leak sensors worth installing?
- Can an under-sink grease interceptor serve a 3-compartment sink?
- Grease trap vs grease interceptor: what's the difference?
- How can I conserve water inside my home?
- How does hard water damage my plumbing and appliances?
- How often must a Tempe restaurant clean its grease trap?
- Snowbird plumbing checklist: leaving an Arizona home for summer?
- What can and can't go into a restaurant grease trap?
- What is backflow in plumbing?
- What plumbing does Maricopa County review in restaurants?
- Where can an AC condensate drain line legally drain?
- Why does my shower temperature keep changing?
- Does a commercial laundry need a lint interceptor?
- Does a dental office need a backflow preventer?
- What size garbage disposal do I need?
Codes and permits (15)
- UPC 804.1: Clothes Washer Standpipe and Drain Requirements
- UPC 803: Indirect Waste Piping
- Can you connect city water to a well or other water source in Phoenix?
- Grease Trap and Interceptor Rules by Valley City
- How big must a Mesa restaurant grease interceptor be? City Code 8-4-22(E)
- Phoenix restaurants: When do you need an outdoor gravity grease interceptor instead of a grease trap?
- Tempe City Code 27-22: grease traps, interceptors and the garbage disposal ban
- UPC 611: Reverse Osmosis and Water Treatment Unit Drainage
- UPC Section 807: Indirect Waste and the Air Break
- Which backflow device fits which hazard in Mesa, and where does it go? City Code 8-1-4 and 8-1-5
- Which Businesses Need a Backflow Assembly in Each Valley City
- Which equipment needs its own backflow device in Mesa? City Code 8-1-9 point-of-use rules
- Which Phoenix businesses need a backflow preventer, and which type?
- UPC Section 603: Cross-Connection Control and Backflow Protection
- AAC R18-9-D701: Arizona's Type 1 Gray Water Permit Rules
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