Ryan_Z71
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Hello everyone! I found this forum in trying to research DWV requirements. My situation is this: we bought a home with an unfinished in-law suite and had contracted to have it finished for my mother. Unfortunately, our contractor went under with the economy and took our money (we paid 80% over the time for work complete and materials), and then I lost my job of 12 years and have been bouncing around to what I can get for the past 18 months. Mom's health has deteriorated to the point where she cannot live alone (she has bone cancer) with a part time nurse, and we cannot afford any more help or assisted living, and my wife and I barely have money for groceries for the kids after the bills are paid.
Only the suite's bathroom remains unfinished. Rough framing and electrical were completed, and we have all the materials that we had paid for (shower stall, tub, toilet, vanity, sinks, faucets, floor tile, drywall, and some lengths of 2" and 1.5" ABS DWV pipe). Basically, I need to finish the bathroom myself, and talked to the local inspectors who will work with me (I live in NJ). I do have construction experience having worked residential and light commercial (framing and finishing) in my youth to pay for college, but I am lost when it comes to DWV design and do have experience doing general plumbing repair and fixture replacements. Building office says I need a DWV diagram for a permit. Can you guys help???
I've attached a schematic of the bathroom layout, and all that's in there for DWV is a 3" ABS pipe that runs at about 1/4" per foot slope over a ~25-foot length in the crawl space till it ties into the main 3" leaving the house to the street. Nothing at all is on that branch and it's capped. The house is a one-story ranch with a foundation crawl space and attic crawl space so I can vent as needed. I'm really lost with what the contractor's plumber had in mind to connect the new tub drain because the 3" line is directly below the drain center. The 3" cannot be moved anymore in the direction of the closet in the area of the tub because the heater plenum is there (ends about 14" off the new long, closet wall), but can be moved toward the exterior wall slightly (12-16") before other things seriously interfere, but then I can't see how to vent that drain.
Thank you in advance for any help and guidance you could share with me.
Ry
Only the suite's bathroom remains unfinished. Rough framing and electrical were completed, and we have all the materials that we had paid for (shower stall, tub, toilet, vanity, sinks, faucets, floor tile, drywall, and some lengths of 2" and 1.5" ABS DWV pipe). Basically, I need to finish the bathroom myself, and talked to the local inspectors who will work with me (I live in NJ). I do have construction experience having worked residential and light commercial (framing and finishing) in my youth to pay for college, but I am lost when it comes to DWV design and do have experience doing general plumbing repair and fixture replacements. Building office says I need a DWV diagram for a permit. Can you guys help???
I've attached a schematic of the bathroom layout, and all that's in there for DWV is a 3" ABS pipe that runs at about 1/4" per foot slope over a ~25-foot length in the crawl space till it ties into the main 3" leaving the house to the street. Nothing at all is on that branch and it's capped. The house is a one-story ranch with a foundation crawl space and attic crawl space so I can vent as needed. I'm really lost with what the contractor's plumber had in mind to connect the new tub drain because the 3" line is directly below the drain center. The 3" cannot be moved anymore in the direction of the closet in the area of the tub because the heater plenum is there (ends about 14" off the new long, closet wall), but can be moved toward the exterior wall slightly (12-16") before other things seriously interfere, but then I can't see how to vent that drain.
Thank you in advance for any help and guidance you could share with me.
Ry