Boilermaker27
New Member
I had previously posted about this and now just want a little bit of clarification.
The picture shows the roughed in plumbing in my basement, I plan to put in a shower rather than a bathtub, the large 3" pvc pipe is intended for the stool, It is located 48" from the concrete wall, the small 2" pvc pipe is intended for the vent. Problem was that when I stud out the concrete wall, and build the wall for the shower, and keep the required 15" distance from the center of the stool to the nearest wall, which would have been the shower wall, this left me with a shower roughly 23 inches wide, no way that's going to happen. The pit has a two inch pvc pipe and I was told that there should be a trap in that line, but I don't think so. I cut the cap off the 3" line, cut the 2" line in the pit just behind the 45 degree elbow so all the lines are now open. I filled the bathtub upstairs with water then let the water out, went downstairs and put my ear to all three pipes and heard the water passing through the line to the sewer in all three pipes. I think the person who told me that the line in the pit probably had a trap was way wrong. I was told on this forum that no good plumber would put a trap that far away from the shower, and they are right. It's my opinion that if that line had a trap then I would not be able to hear the running water going through the main sewer line to the street, I heard water, so no trap, right? The line in the pit has two plastic lines running from my water softener as drains, so if there was a trap, it would definitely have water in it.
The picture shows the roughed in plumbing in my basement, I plan to put in a shower rather than a bathtub, the large 3" pvc pipe is intended for the stool, It is located 48" from the concrete wall, the small 2" pvc pipe is intended for the vent. Problem was that when I stud out the concrete wall, and build the wall for the shower, and keep the required 15" distance from the center of the stool to the nearest wall, which would have been the shower wall, this left me with a shower roughly 23 inches wide, no way that's going to happen. The pit has a two inch pvc pipe and I was told that there should be a trap in that line, but I don't think so. I cut the cap off the 3" line, cut the 2" line in the pit just behind the 45 degree elbow so all the lines are now open. I filled the bathtub upstairs with water then let the water out, went downstairs and put my ear to all three pipes and heard the water passing through the line to the sewer in all three pipes. I think the person who told me that the line in the pit probably had a trap was way wrong. I was told on this forum that no good plumber would put a trap that far away from the shower, and they are right. It's my opinion that if that line had a trap then I would not be able to hear the running water going through the main sewer line to the street, I heard water, so no trap, right? The line in the pit has two plastic lines running from my water softener as drains, so if there was a trap, it would definitely have water in it.
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