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Just figured I'd add some content here so I'm just going through old photos/videos.

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[–] Bigtiddygothgrany 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ahh those are just air chambers which are still required in most of the locations that I work.

[–] Knasen 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aha, never heard of those before. Learned something new today, thanks!

For others in the dark: https://plumbingreview.net/what-is-an-air-chamber-in-plumbing/

[–] Bigtiddygothgrany 1 points 1 year ago

The ones that are in the pictures of the article you sent are actually effective, the ones that we use that's acceptable by code still is just a 12 inch pipe with a cap. They don't really work though because over time the air pockets full up with water so they basically become useless.