ironfist
New Member
Hello all,
My first post here -- hopefully first of many as I begin to finish my basement!
The first task I will be tackling myself is the framing and, in order to do that, I need to figure out what the bathroom pipe configuration is. Long story short, I can't tell what fixture is supposed to go where. Below are two pictures. The first one is the original blueprint for the relevant part of our basement. The room on the top is a bedroom; the middle is the to-be bathroom; the bottom is storage. There are no walls between these rooms currently... the walls in the picture are indeed the only walls in real life. The second picture is my sketch of where the actual pipes are.
Some notes/observations:
1. The red dashes are not real walls. They are invisible lines from the corner to the foundation wall, just used as a point of reference.
2. All the measurements in relation to the pipes are on center (not to the edges of the pipes).
3. The pipes obviously do not match up with the blueprint. The most obvious is that the tub would be facing the wrong way.
4. I'm fairly certain Pipe A is the toilet drain.
5. If Pipe A is the toilet, and I need 12" to the back wall, then that pushes the wall back into the bedroom quite a bit. Then what is Pipe B? How do I frame around that without closing off the bedroom door?
6. One person's idea was that Pipe B was for a standup shower (not tub), given the pipe size. Then that begs the question: what is all that room for on the Pipe C side of the bathroom... and how would I frame for Pipe B?
7. But my thought was that Pipe B was for the sink (like in the blueprint) -- but it seems too far into the bedroom. And I've been told that Pipe C would be too small for a shower?
What do you guys make of it? Is something messed up? If so, how can I work with it without tearing up the slab?
Many thanks
Tom
My first post here -- hopefully first of many as I begin to finish my basement!
The first task I will be tackling myself is the framing and, in order to do that, I need to figure out what the bathroom pipe configuration is. Long story short, I can't tell what fixture is supposed to go where. Below are two pictures. The first one is the original blueprint for the relevant part of our basement. The room on the top is a bedroom; the middle is the to-be bathroom; the bottom is storage. There are no walls between these rooms currently... the walls in the picture are indeed the only walls in real life. The second picture is my sketch of where the actual pipes are.
Some notes/observations:
1. The red dashes are not real walls. They are invisible lines from the corner to the foundation wall, just used as a point of reference.
2. All the measurements in relation to the pipes are on center (not to the edges of the pipes).
3. The pipes obviously do not match up with the blueprint. The most obvious is that the tub would be facing the wrong way.
4. I'm fairly certain Pipe A is the toilet drain.
5. If Pipe A is the toilet, and I need 12" to the back wall, then that pushes the wall back into the bedroom quite a bit. Then what is Pipe B? How do I frame around that without closing off the bedroom door?
6. One person's idea was that Pipe B was for a standup shower (not tub), given the pipe size. Then that begs the question: what is all that room for on the Pipe C side of the bathroom... and how would I frame for Pipe B?
7. But my thought was that Pipe B was for the sink (like in the blueprint) -- but it seems too far into the bedroom. And I've been told that Pipe C would be too small for a shower?
What do you guys make of it? Is something messed up? If so, how can I work with it without tearing up the slab?
Many thanks
Tom