🤷🏽 Stack Vent vs. Vent Stack 🤔

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Jethro Rebollar

May 12, 2022 23:55

I'm curious if anyone has any concrete clarity on this. I feel like I'm still only 60% clear on what the difference is.

 

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plumbing venting vents 

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  Renee Sasson May 13, 2022 01:06

  Hey Jethro!

  To simplify it, a stack vent is the main vent line that most of your fixtures will connect to. 

  The vent stack is a separate line that will either connect back to the stack vent at the top, or it will vent directly outside.

  If you look at this site:

  https://raisonjohn.blogspot.com/2018/11/utilities-plumbing-15-questions-easy.html

  Click on "show solution" by question 6 and there is a very helpful diagram.

   

  I used to get the most confused trying to remember which is which, but it helped me to just look at the first word- "stack vent" is more stack than vent, and "vent stack" is the opposite.

   

  I'm no plumber but I think that's the gist of it. Hope it helps! GL

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  Desiree Guastella Currie May 13, 2022 13:52

   

  Jethro Rebollar, I was on a similarly frustrating adventure last week re: stack vents and vent stacks. I wanted to add to Renee Sasson's message above bc this diagram helped me a lot. A friend of mine shared his trick for remembering: "I try to focus on the first word. A vent stack is a vent first and foremost".

  Hope this helps!

  

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  Jethro Rebollar May 14, 2022 12:11

  Thanks Renee Sasson and Desiree Guastella Currie !!

  My buddy who's a plumber also got back to me saying: "The stack vent is just the part that comes out the roof. A vent stack is a vertical vent that gives air circulation to a drainage system" — Though your guys's first word mnemonic might serve more useful.🧠

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