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This page contains pictures taken of vacuum system piping in homes under construction.  These are thumbnails.  If you click the picture you will see a large size version.



Vacuum plumbing

Use 45's any time you can. I had to come back to this job. They had cut the pipe to put in the electrical box. I had to get around it.
Vacuum plumbing

This is the piping to for the power unit. It will mount on the wall to the right of the pipe.
Vacuum plumbing

This is a trap as mentioned in the tips. This goes straight up over 6 feet.
Vacuum plumbing
This is just an inlet run down to under the house. Very typical for homes under construction.
Vacuum plumbing
An unusual configuration. If I remember it correctly this was a home that I repaired the system but not installed.
Vacuum plumbing
Concrete slab install. I only did one system in the slab.

Vacuum plumbing
This is the rest of the top left picture.
Vacuum plumbing
Concrete slab install. From the same home as The above picture. The location of the wall was moved so the plumbing had to be changed.


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