Daft Question Alert. Twin Wastes on a Bath

maverick54 · Tuesday at 4:55 AM

Sorry guys but what exactly are twin wastes on a bath? Seen a bath advertise with these specs.

Now I'm used to baths with one drain plug and one waste trap but if a new bath has 2 wastes does this mean 2 plug holes and 2 waste traps under the bath are required?

Gasmk1 · Tuesday at 7:36 AM

Just looked and these appear on walk in baths so are for speed of emptying so you can open the door to get out

snowhead · Tuesday at 8:52 AM

As Gsmk1, seems to only be on some walk in baths, they may be in larger normal baths.

Yes 2 holes and traps.
Install instructions say either join both at a collector, (eg 50mm waste) or just join together, presumably they've been tested and found not to overcome a single 40mm pipe due to the restrictions at the bath wastes.

2 holes visible in below pic

maverick54 · Tuesday at 5:55 PM

Thanks Guys, it is indeed a walk in bath I was viewing. Due to the wife's health needs I have got to remove our existing bath and replace it with one of these so she can get into the bath.

So it would be ok to connect the 2 traps together via a T-Piece or yolk so I only have 1 pipe exiting the house ?

It won't be used as a bath as I already have a shower over the existing bath.

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