Hi drjay71! You may want to give some serious thought as to whether you will truly use a theatre room more often by having it downstairs, before going through that kind of upheaval and expense. It may possibly be that you won't use that room as much as you think regardless of the location. Sometimes that happens to something we think we'd use a lot. I've had a few friends who never ended up using their theatre rooms very much, regardless of location within the home. They found they liked doing other things more. One sold their home because they didn't actually use but a third of it, and are going to build new accordingly. Just a thought.

OHHHH you guy's are soooo funny!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! You all know that I love you too. Let me start off with Amy. Haha, I did what DeeMarie did and opened my package up in bed - nice way to start the day. Amy gave me notecards with her artwork on them - so you already know how beautiful they are. My birthday card was a beautiful underwater scene with a birthday cake LOL. It is so cute. Amy also gave me a gift certificate to shop at her site - can't wait to go there and check it out again. Amy - thank you, you will never know how much your gift means to me - you should've kept the envelopes, I don't think I will be able to ever part with the cards LOL. I sat there trying to pick a favorite and couldn't (leaning towards the pink roses and orchids) - they are all so great. You are so talented. Marci - thanks for the 50 confetti, I decorated a table this morning with it LOL. Love the GIF, of course it is coordinated with my confetti - you are one of a kind. Several months ago I told each of my immediate family NOT to give me any surprise party - you don't know how embarrassed and uncomfortable I am with that. I begged my DH to squash anyone's attempt to do so LOL. I think I'm safe. I celebrated Saturday night with close friends, Sunday with some girlfriends and last night DH took me to our favorite italian restaurant in Saratoga Springs. I wanted to go out last night as we are going to a slide show tonight - friends went hiking in Nepal/Mt. Everest. DH gave me tickets to see my favorite performer BETTE MIDLER on 3/17, we are only 3 rows from the stage (on the floor) YIPPPPPEEEEEEE. Kathy - very funny - you have my kind of sense of humor. Thanks. NH Suzanne - I'm waiting for the AARP envelope any day now LOL, thanks so much for the great e-card. Love you too. Maddie - I knew you and Dee would be serenading me this morning LOL. I am also honored to have you as my friend. DeeMarie - I was right, you really are a brat (old person comment) LOL. Thanks so much for the song - I have to say your singing voice is really improving LOL. Okay this isn't funny, but my lower back hurts me and I usually have no pains - this is just a coincidence, RIGHT???

chillilover, do what zl700 said. Or connect it however it makes sense, to the drain pipe under the sink, but above the P trap. chillilover, you can disregard what joed said. I'll explain why. An indirect drain is by definition already in existence when you connect something (like a dishwasher) to the pipe under the sink, above the P trap. Search on this term : "Dishwasher Wye" or "Dishwasher Tee" and you'll see how millions of dishwashers are plumbed to sink drain pipes without even going thru the garbage disposer. There is air, open to the room, and this is the definition of an indirect drain. You hear gurglng coming up thru the sink strainer. Go see your washing machine standpipe and you'll see another indirect drain. It has air, open to the room, so that when drain water comes in, air can leave the volume occupied by the water coming in. You hear it gurgle when it drains. That is it. Nothing more. So, yes, it is correct to say, " should not be connected direct to the drain line..." but this correct information was not given to you in a way that made sense. The only way to "connect direct to the drain line..." is if you had a separate (dedicated) P trap for it --- which you don't have! Then, when joed said "An air gap of some sort would be required ..." he is again 100% correct, but it's information given in a way that creates confusion not clarity. An air gap already exists when an indirect drain exists. An air gap is a space that lets air come out when water comes in, so it is not a product to buy but a space to maintain. Again go look at your washing machine standpipe and you'll see that nobody taped shut the air gap (spacing) that lets all the gurgling noise (air) come out when the washing machine drains itself. So, yes it is correct to say "air gap required" but it is doesn't help understanding. EEspecially true, since you already got the answer you needed in the preceding post, so it appears more as a contradiction than as a confirmation. Duh. Since you asked about "check valve" it proves that joed's post appears to you more as a contradiction than as a confirmation that zl700 was right. Don't overthink this: just go connect it. hope this helps.

Adrian, thank you so much for your helpful post. Your plants look so healthy and happy! Do I understand you to say that the bark fines is for moisture retention in the potting mix? If so, I have a huge pile of rotted oak leaf mold. I wonder if that would work as a replacement for the bark fines? I stuck a few collard seedlings on one side of this pile of leaf mold last fall and the plants are about 4 ft high, with no amendments added. They're just growing in the leaf mold so I guess it is draining well yet retaining enough moisture to keep the plants growing. I have read and read the various threads about the potting mix but I'm still not sure what each of the ingredients do. I've never grown tomatoes, actually never grown any veggies. My experience is with native plants. The collard plants were my first venture into veggie gardening and that went well so thought I'd like to try growing some fresh tomatoes. I guess, if my potting mix turns out to be bad, I've not lost much other than a growing season. I don't really have room for in ground veggie gardening so I must try some type of container gardening. I use ProMix for my seedlings but I can't justify the cost to use it to fill a lot of 20 gal pots. I will check with the nurseries and see what they have in bulk. As you suggest, perhaps they would sell some material if the right size and I do the work of filling the bags for transport. My thanks again for taking the time to reply. Mary