Herrada
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I need to add a Powder Room (or possibly a 3/4 bath). The only realistic space to do this is an area off a hallway that is between the garage and main house. Location is best explained by a drawing, which I am including below. The walls are in part existing exterior walls of the house and in part a couple small new exterior walls. Five-sixths of the floor of the new room will be a new slab. So far this isn't the hard part.
The hard part is hooking this new bath into the existing plumbing of the house. Since the new bath is next to both the Boiler/HW Heater Room and the Laundry Room a water supply isn't really a problem. The drain is. The 19 year-old house is built on a slab (this is in New Mexico, basements are not at all common) and has a septic tank/field which is all the way on the other side of the house (about 60 feet away). The only existing drain that is nearby is the drain for the laundry room, which would be in the wall between the laundry room and the proposed bath -- see drawing.
So, the question is this: How do I set-up and fit the drains for the bath? Is there a way to tie into the laundry room drain? Is there the "right" way, without regard to cost, to do this; and is there a less good, but "cost effective" was of doing it? Is this a situation where I might want to use a Saniflo unit (perhaps one I can hide in the wall) to handle the drain connections? How would you do this?
I won't be doing the major plumbing (rough-ins, etc.) myself, but I would like to know what is possible, what the potential options are, and have a good idea of what I am talking about before I start talking to plumbers. So I really appreciate you insight, advice and suggestions. Thanks.
The hard part is hooking this new bath into the existing plumbing of the house. Since the new bath is next to both the Boiler/HW Heater Room and the Laundry Room a water supply isn't really a problem. The drain is. The 19 year-old house is built on a slab (this is in New Mexico, basements are not at all common) and has a septic tank/field which is all the way on the other side of the house (about 60 feet away). The only existing drain that is nearby is the drain for the laundry room, which would be in the wall between the laundry room and the proposed bath -- see drawing.
So, the question is this: How do I set-up and fit the drains for the bath? Is there a way to tie into the laundry room drain? Is there the "right" way, without regard to cost, to do this; and is there a less good, but "cost effective" was of doing it? Is this a situation where I might want to use a Saniflo unit (perhaps one I can hide in the wall) to handle the drain connections? How would you do this?
I won't be doing the major plumbing (rough-ins, etc.) myself, but I would like to know what is possible, what the potential options are, and have a good idea of what I am talking about before I start talking to plumbers. So I really appreciate you insight, advice and suggestions. Thanks.