jiggityjars
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Hello,
I had a plumber come out to look at adding a bathroom in my basement. The main drain is above grade, so we're looking at an ejector pit setup. The pit is roughly 30 feet away from the main drain, so we'll have to run the discharge line from the pit about 30 feet. So far, this all makes sense to me.
The thing the plumber said which did not make sense to me is venting the ejector pit. He said that we would have to run a vent up out the roof from where the discharge line connects with the 4" main drain. This would not be good, as a vent running up from there would have to go through the corner of our living room.
I don't understand why the vent for the ejector pit cannot run up out the roof where the pit is. Why does it have to vent where the discharge line connects up with the main drain? Anyone care to shed some light on that?
And is that 30 foot distance between the discharge line and the main drain ok? Is there some sort of max distance to be aware of there?
I had a plumber come out to look at adding a bathroom in my basement. The main drain is above grade, so we're looking at an ejector pit setup. The pit is roughly 30 feet away from the main drain, so we'll have to run the discharge line from the pit about 30 feet. So far, this all makes sense to me.
The thing the plumber said which did not make sense to me is venting the ejector pit. He said that we would have to run a vent up out the roof from where the discharge line connects with the 4" main drain. This would not be good, as a vent running up from there would have to go through the corner of our living room.
I don't understand why the vent for the ejector pit cannot run up out the roof where the pit is. Why does it have to vent where the discharge line connects up with the main drain? Anyone care to shed some light on that?
And is that 30 foot distance between the discharge line and the main drain ok? Is there some sort of max distance to be aware of there?
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