Glass pipes

[exploreparadise2]

An unusual encounter in this 1970s commercial building were the clear glass drain pipes and vent stacks. They were installed in lab sinks. The building engineer said the glass was quite durable but good luck finding a plumber that can work with glass.

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[Tom Raymond]

That's not at all what I expected to see given the name of the thread[:-dev3]

Forget finding a plumber that can work with it, where does one go for replacement parts?

[Bain]

I wonder how much glass gets broken while one learns just how tightly to twist the nuts on the little Fernco-ish couplings?

[Darren]

Does anyone REALLY want to see 'crap' flowing through the pipes?

[Terence McCann]

The company I use to work with had Tremco as one of their accounts. We designed a lab hood exhaust and make-up air system for the lab. All the lab sinks had glass drain piping due to the caustic nature of the liquids they were working with.

Proceed With Caution - it may bite.

Glass Drain & Vent Piping

[Bill Kibbel]

We've inspected quite a few R&D labs for pharmaceutical, petroleum product and chemical companies. The clear drains have occasionally been some type of special acrylic. The glass pipes are still available - I think the brand is Kimax.

[caryseidner]

That's not at all what I expected to see given the name of the thread[:-dev3]

Wrong forum[:-monkeyd

[esch]

It would be easy to find the clog...

[plummen]

its common around here in hospital labs where lots of acidic chemicals make there way into drains.

its easy to work with,you just need to heat the area before you snapping it off

[nookandcranny]

I took some classes at a community college held in a classroom below such a lab. The crap in the pipes was green! It was kinda creepy to see mazes of it above your head...