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Posted on 8/3/22 at 10:00 am
Posted by deanwelles
EBR Parish Prison
Member since Mar 2008
178 posts
Posted on 8/3/22 at 10:00 am
Trying to help my kid's daycare get organized on a possible addition to the current facility.
In La, the day care rules say they need a hand washing station (i.e a sink) in the room they're considering renovating. If no food is to be prepped at this fixture, would it need to pass through a grease trap?
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30152 posts
Posted on 8/3/22 at 10:33 am to
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If no food is to be prepped at this fixture, would it need to pass through a grease trap?


i am not a master plumber but heres my advice from working with many of them

anything like a school that has kids you better strictly follow the code requirements, they tell you whats needed.

offhand i can tell you soap and grease are very much alike in what happens to it after going down a drain. for that reason, i might put a grease trap whether its required or not, to trap the soap residue that acts much like grease and collects it drain pipes
Posted by sledgehammer
SWLA
Member since Oct 2020
3475 posts
Posted on 8/3/22 at 11:44 am to
If the sink is in a kitchen or even in a room where food is prepared, it will need to drain into a grease trap. It can’t connect to the sanitary sewer directly.
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
20634 posts
Posted on 8/3/22 at 12:42 pm to
Is that normal code for a school? I have no idea, just an odd question unless someone told you that school sinks need a grease trap?
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
39194 posts
Posted on 8/3/22 at 1:02 pm to
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If no food is to be prepped at this fixture, would it need to pass through a grease trap?
if it is in a room where food is prepared, it must go thru the grease trap. if there are currently fixtures plumbed to the grease trap (dishwasher, 3cmpt sink, floor drains, etc) this is an easy install and no cause for alarm
Posted by WhiteMandingo
Member since Jan 2016
5687 posts
Posted on 8/3/22 at 11:52 pm to
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