Hi guys. This is Gary.
So I am reconfiguring my utility closet. It currently has laundry sink, AC, and water heater. this is in a tall townhouse I own in entirety. I rent out the basement unit and the first floor unit to tenants and have the second and third floor as my home. The utility room is the third floor.
for a variety of reasons concerning the configuration of this room and utilizing space (and moving a front loader as closet to the bearing wall/joist point as possible, I wish to remove the utility sink and use a standpipe/water supply box (eg oatay).
I had worked summers with a plumber when I was young many years ago (ok three decades) and feel comfortable opening the walls and running and working with copper, and have done repair work with pvc and am familiar with that.
So here is the rub: when I opened the wall to take a look at the 1.5" pvc draining the current utility sink used for laundry drainage: it goes to another 1.5" vertical which is vented on its own to the roof and whcih runs vertically down abut 30 feet fully as 1.5" pvc.
sink, p trap under it outside the wall, enters wall to a wye and to a 45 foot vertical run of 1.5" inner diameter that terminates about 12 feet above as a roof vent, and runs over 30 feet straight down from the laundry room floor with no pipes joined to it before entering the main drain.
so you can guess the question: Is it very likely for me to have problems if I run a 1.5 standpipe other wise to coded setup in terms of height, p trap etc with almost no horizontal elements other than the trap? the larger front loaders tend to use only about 5 gallons at a time and my math tells me the 1.5 alone will hold about 12 gallons. I do realize a successor owner could use a top loader but it is only a two bedroom anyway and I doubt they would have a large capacity top loader and all machines are only using less and less water even though they I do realize they pump at a high gpm.
My other option would be to try and find a very narrow very deep utility tub. Do you guys know a maker? googling is crazy I cant find any. what I would like in that would be 24 wide but only projecting 12 or 14 inches from the wall plus deeper than normal ege 18 to 20 inches deep. (I there are several space configuration issues and I need to get the washer to within 16 inches of the back wall with either a standpipe or utility sink, also since I am looking at front loaders I would like to get as close to the point of where the joists rest on the bearing wall.)
I took a look at my sisters house and she has a 1.5 inch standpipe and never has had problems. And mine is going into a 30' vertical drop.
Any ideas?
So I am reconfiguring my utility closet. It currently has laundry sink, AC, and water heater. this is in a tall townhouse I own in entirety. I rent out the basement unit and the first floor unit to tenants and have the second and third floor as my home. The utility room is the third floor.
for a variety of reasons concerning the configuration of this room and utilizing space (and moving a front loader as closet to the bearing wall/joist point as possible, I wish to remove the utility sink and use a standpipe/water supply box (eg oatay).
I had worked summers with a plumber when I was young many years ago (ok three decades) and feel comfortable opening the walls and running and working with copper, and have done repair work with pvc and am familiar with that.
So here is the rub: when I opened the wall to take a look at the 1.5" pvc draining the current utility sink used for laundry drainage: it goes to another 1.5" vertical which is vented on its own to the roof and whcih runs vertically down abut 30 feet fully as 1.5" pvc.
sink, p trap under it outside the wall, enters wall to a wye and to a 45 foot vertical run of 1.5" inner diameter that terminates about 12 feet above as a roof vent, and runs over 30 feet straight down from the laundry room floor with no pipes joined to it before entering the main drain.
so you can guess the question: Is it very likely for me to have problems if I run a 1.5 standpipe other wise to coded setup in terms of height, p trap etc with almost no horizontal elements other than the trap? the larger front loaders tend to use only about 5 gallons at a time and my math tells me the 1.5 alone will hold about 12 gallons. I do realize a successor owner could use a top loader but it is only a two bedroom anyway and I doubt they would have a large capacity top loader and all machines are only using less and less water even though they I do realize they pump at a high gpm.
My other option would be to try and find a very narrow very deep utility tub. Do you guys know a maker? googling is crazy I cant find any. what I would like in that would be 24 wide but only projecting 12 or 14 inches from the wall plus deeper than normal ege 18 to 20 inches deep. (I there are several space configuration issues and I need to get the washer to within 16 inches of the back wall with either a standpipe or utility sink, also since I am looking at front loaders I would like to get as close to the point of where the joists rest on the bearing wall.)
I took a look at my sisters house and she has a 1.5 inch standpipe and never has had problems. And mine is going into a 30' vertical drop.
Any ideas?