Water Softener Drain Line

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.

Water softener drain line.

Typically the water softener or water treatment drain is taken to a building laundry sink or to a floor drain keeping the outlet of the drain line 1 2 abover the floor drain to assure an air gap and to prevent back contamination of the water system. Water pressure now seems worse than before we installed a water softener. During regeneration your water softener automatically sucks all of the water out of the brine tank so activating this cycle can remove the water for you. By code water softeners must be emptied into a laundry sink floor drain sump hole 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.

In most communities it is illegal to connect the water softener drain directly to the home drain system without an air gap. The industry standard is a polypropylene drain line that is rigid yet flexible. Many of the home improvement stores sell big box water softeners and installation kits to get them connected. Find water softener connector supply lines at lowe s today.