basement plumbing

Hello, everyone! I am replacing the main drain clay pipe in a 50+ bungalow with ABS. My plan was to saw off the end and add an adapter from clay to ABS pipe. But there is a concrete pad beneath the clay pipe and I cannot saw through. I even damaged the end now. Now I have to see what's up there...

Hello, I am finishing my basement and have a question about how to vent a washer. I have a washer going in about 12 feet from the main soil stack (cast iron, goes into floor, not “hung”), which I had a plumber put in a place that I can connect to with 2” PVC a while ago. The stack has various...

I'm wanting to install a basement sink and want to make sure I connect the drain piping correctly, so my question is to I just connect the drain pipe from the sink to the 2" vent (is it a vent?) or the 1 1/2" that the washer drain is connected to? Thanks for your help.

Hi, I'm trying to help my son finish his basement on a new house (built 1 year ago). 3 stubs were plumbed for the basement bathroom. Our initial activities: 1. Shower drain was capped (no shower being put in) 2. Sink drain was cut to place vanity (temporarily taped top until final plumbing...

As part of plans to finish my basement, I intend to do interior waterproofing along one wall of my 100-year old house. The problem is that the perimeter drain will intersect/cross the house's main drain, which enters the basement floor at the rear corner of the house and runs straight down the...

Can I use AAV to vent both a kitchen sink and a laundry room? There are two vent stacks that penetrate the roof on my house. There is not a vent stack that comes down into the basement all are drain lines and soil stacks. Running a new vent stack is impractical as it would involve running up...

Good Evening All, My family and I close on a house in a short time and finishing the basement is the first priority as explained by my 7-yr old daughter. The basement is currently dry, has a dry sump pit (inspection was during a 3-day rain event and the sump pit was bone dry), and tall...

How to fix broken bolts from the sewage basin lid? Do i need a new basin? Two of the top bolts broke off when i was removing the lid and two others i had to cut off. Is this something that can be fixed?