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Yummy-Beetle-Juice t1_j6lwph9 wrote

Reply to comment by jinbtown in Removing dishwasher air gap-bad idea? by capnsmartypantz

You need to look at the building code before commenting.

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trashyratchet t1_j6m4399 wrote

Hear that? My eyes rolling so hard into my skull. Seriously dude, what difference will a homeowner changing an air gap to a high loop on a damn dishwasher make? Oh, the Humanity, the world will crash down if the county residential code for a dishwasher discharge air gap isn't met. Give me a break.

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jinbtown t1_j6med6j wrote

IPC 2018 removed residential dishwasher air gaps from code. They aren't required in most states

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trashyratchet t1_j6n1gk0 wrote

Yeah, there was a discussion a few weeks ago about dishwasher back wash and after looking into it, it seemed like a bunch of states didn't require it. The vast number of different ways that states go about their plumbing codes makes it damn near impossible to discuss code on the internet regarding the United States. IPC, UPC, NSPC, and a bunch of variations based on them, along with some states using code per municipality. You may as well pile into a clown car as to try to give advice based on code over the internet. That's where my facetious comment above came from. I see so many folks citing code here that may or may not be relevant to where someone lives. It gets old.

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jinbtown t1_j6n2ee6 wrote

Especially after OP states in the original post "it is no longer code where I live" 😂

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frenchiebuilder t1_j6p5zsr wrote

And you need to read the OP

> it was code here for a whole year or two. It no longer is.

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