What Is That Chrom Dome? Do I Need That Dishwasher Vent On My Kitchen Sink?

"So it prevents any kind of waste going back in there, so you'll see little Chrome domes, it just prevents food and water waste coming back into the dishwasher so but over time those tend to leak so we'll just remove those ..."

- Bobby Crowder, Plumbing Expert

Bobby Crowder from The Family Plumber joins Jim Klauck (Check A Pro Joe) today on the show!

Okay, we all have this question!  What is chrome dome on our kitchen sink?

Check out this episode of The Plumber Podcast to find out more...

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Podcast Episode Transcript:

What's that Chrome Dome that's on the sink another counter on the sink in the kitchen that is there sometimes it makes a little bit of noise I think and I think it's important can I unscrew that and just put some type of cap there and I've asked our expert here in plumbing today on the show Bobby Crowder from the family plumber to answer that question hey Bobby how are you good how are you Joe I'm doing great can I just unscrew that and disconnect that and just plug that in my sink because I don't really need that little Chrome Dome do I well here's thing that a lot of people don't even know what that is so that's an air gap for your dishwasher to your disposal so this way no food can come back into your you know into your dishwasher when you run the garbage disposal cause with regard to suppose full and you're running it does push that waste down you know down the drain and they can't push back up towards that dishwasher so that air gaps prevents that and it's like a code thing too as well but now dishwashers have the newer ones have a check valve on their drain line so it prevents any kind of waste going back in there so you'll see little Chrome domes you take out that little chromedome cap that you'll see two little ones higher than the other it just prevents food and water waste coming back into the dishwasher so but over time those tend to leak so we'll just remove those and you just take a from the dishwasher all the way up underneath the ties you can't create the loop back down into your disposal that's just as good because now newer dishwashers have a check valve on them prevents that waste going back in so you can you know they're a hassle and they're noise maker and hmm did you get rid of them you can doesn't they're not really that pretty I mean it's something else that's right there on your kitchen counter on your sink near your you know spray faucet and so forth it's just something else popping out by the way everybody had checked valves in case you don't know allows water to go one way and not the other so we wanted to go um you know we don't want to come back in right so right we want it to be drained and we don't want to come back into our supply into the garbage disposal or directly into the drink because if you don't have a garbage disposal it will be drained right into your waste pipe Yep all right hey Bobby thank you so much once again you are a wealth of information for plumbing I really appreciate it bobby crowder the family plumber in surprise AZ and all of his information is in the description of this podcast so reach out to him for all of your plumbing needs thanks bobby thank you joe thanks for me on.