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Pedicure Station gravity drain

I am working in the 2006 IPC, are pedicure stations permitted to have indirect waste connections to floor sinks, or do they need to have a direct connection? Are there any corrosion related issues with these fixtures?
 
None of the units I have seen to date carry any listing other electrical. The pump outs have backcheck in them but do not provide adequate protection from sewer so I require those to go to indirect waste. The units in the first picture did not have adequate trap seal so I required those go to indirect. None of the spray hoses have anti siphon so I required the water supply be protected before it was piped to the units (thanks TimNY). I am not aware of any corrosion issues.
 
Papio Bldg Dept said:
I am working in the 2006 IPC, are pedicure stations permitted to have indirect waste connections to floor sinks, or do they need to have a direct connection? Are there any corrosion related issues with these fixtures?
If your thinking that the nail polish remover would need to be treated as chemical waste, I have to wonder what kind of polished toes they have up there in the frozen tundra.
 
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gbhammer,

Papio may have been thinking about epsom salts or other types of

corrosives in the `ol stanky foot bath.......Epsom salt water is as

corrosive as sea water on metal parts that are not protected,

...plus there is the funk off of everyone's footsies! :-D

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I could see the sewer district getting upset over to much salt being released into the system, and I would hope that they are not on an onsite system, but I would think that the pipes are unlikely to be damaged.
 
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