Water Softener Floor Drain Air Gap

We started working with water softeners in 1979.

Water softener floor drain air gap.

Floor gap 5 49 manufactured in utah the patented floor gap is the number one choice by installers when it comes to creating an air gap for water softener drain lines. The softener drain line must not be connected directly to the waste system but must be emptied into a laundry tray floor drain or properly trapped special outlet preserving an air gap of at least two times the diameter of the drain line but in no case less than 1 1 2 above the top of the receptacle used. This universal air gap installs into 2 inch standpipes or sits on top and attaches directly to a floor drain grill. Manufactured in utah the patented floor gap is the number one choice for installers when it comes to creating an air gap for water softener drain lines.

Drain air gap ag100 001 has 1 2 inch od inlet port for direct 1 2 inch pvc pipe connection. The ag180 002 universal air gap provides an effective way of connecting condensate water softener and ro and iron water filter discharge to a floor drain or 2 inch standpipe. We never could find a great solution for an air gap for the floor drain so we built one. When floor drains or sinks are used the softener s drain hose pipe can simply be secured above the receptacle following local guidelines for air gap distance.

Ag100 001 universal air gap for water softeners and filters with 1 2 inch od or 5 8 inch id inlet port and 1 1 2 inch or 2 inch drainpipe outlet easy to connect. Securing the line is important as the softener discharge does exit with some force. A softener drain line must not be connected directly to the waste system but must be emptied into a laundry tray floor drain or properly trapped special outlet preserving an air gap of at least two times the diameter of the drain line but in no case less than 1 1 2 above the top of the receptacle used. For draining into standpipes or outlet boxes we offer a specialized water softener air gap.

This air gap is to ensure that there will never be any backflow of sewage or drain water sucked back into the water softener. This universal air gap installs into 2 inch standpipes or sits on top and attaches directly to a floor drain grill.