Picture doesn’t capture the depth of the situation well at all, but there was half an inch of water on the floor.
Watch what you’re doing. Look after the space. Don’t flood us, please and thank you.
What does that hose connect?
That hose connects to the hot water line so that the Cleaning folks can fill water buckets without having to lift them up into the sink.
Thanks for handling the situation @LAndras
This is the second time this has happened. I am going to assume it’s an accident, the valve on the end of the hose turns easy and there isn’t a hanger for the hose.
Can you or @maxk68 print one of these for us today?
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2111859
Let’s install it so the hose hangs above the sink, that way if it falls off it lands in the sink and we don’t get a spill.
Yep! We’ll get that printed out today.
Thank you, @LAndras
We should add a proper hose and valve imo.
I’ll pick one up when I get the splitter to add a hose to the warehouse sink for filling the water buffalo.
Sure will do
FYI - That hose is creating a cross connection and would not be acceptable to a plumbing inspector if there is no backflow protection provided.
Let’s also post a printout of the flooding there with a note that says, “Don’t do this:”
We could also pickup a basic water alarm and place it on the floor with next to a note (laminated) explaining the issue. So it’ll be obvious to anyone nearby if it happens again.
Why is that, it’s connected to the same line the water to the faucet is connected to. Are they both wrong or are we only supposed to do one per line?
If there is a right way to do it let me know and I’ll hook it up here and in the new warehouse sink.
Thanks, James
My 15-seconds-on-google understanding seems to think she’s right. The risk presented is that dirty water could be drawn back into a clean water system when the clean water system is being drained, and contaminate the system.
A typical faucet doesn’t have this problem, because there’s always an air gap between the maximum level of the waste water (top of the sink or overflow drain) and the level of the clean water (at the head of the faucet).
However, since this hose can be left anywhere, it could be left in a sink full of waste water. If the valve were open/leaking, the hose in a container of waste water (or more likely sewage that’s actively backing up into the sink), and the clean system being drained, it would be possible for this hose to draw waste water back into the clean water system. Unless of course preventative measures, like a backflow preventer, are in place.
We might already have a backflow preventer in place, esp since I think this was installed by a licensed plumber and inspected already?
Thanks for the info, I am not sure if that part was installed by the plumber or if it was there and they just didn’t touch it.
I’ll pick up some of the hose backflow preventers like the first link mentioned so we can be safe.
Thanks to everyone for everything, from stopping the spill, and handling the clean up to putting solutions in place the both prevent the situation and improve our safety. It turns out y’all are excellent!
Yep, everything @michaelb said. A hose bibb vacuum breaker is needed to protect against backsiphonage… I just couldn’t tell from the picture whether or not there’s one installed.
