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One last question: with that toilet vent wrongly installed horizontally off the bottom of the toilet - is it possible that solids could sort of bounce back up into the vent portion and remain there rather than going straight down the drain? Thanks, Mike

Thanks for that. Since the cleanout is within 6 feet, had I gone straight up the wall with that could that have acted as the vent even though it is on the main line out? Or should I have ran the main toilet drain toward the wall, gone up with the vent there, and then continued the drain to the...

Yeah, remembering back I think that was my issue - I couldn't figure out how to get a vertical only vent in this situation where I was tying in horizontally (everywhere else in the house was a vertical tie in so this was not an issue). A plumber gave me the advice to do it this way. Oh, well...

The pipe behind the toilet is vent only... Pipe to left is Shower and kitchen sink drain only.

Thanks for the info. What would have been the proper way to do this?

Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on the pic below and if a toilet drain will work in this close/tight transition. For some reason when I plumbed my house I was stuck on exactly how to do the basement level. I followed someone else's advice on how to do this - and...