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Thanks Dana. I'm anxious to get the basement finished -- glad to hear about the concrete floors, I know they have to be helping.

This place of mine is very unique -- I should post a photo to show you. The entire flooring system is concrete and steel. It's apparently an industrial flooring system, the house was built in 1961.
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Dana --

thanks so much, I've printed that out because within the year, I plan on putting up stud walls and finishing the basement.

so it sounds like (especially after get the walls up and...

Off topic maybe but who better to ask than an HVAC pro.

I have a really nice, tight (no windows) half basement in my house and have been using a dehumidifier down there in the summer -- works...

right -- using machine screws and nuts with thread lock.

you don't have to caulk around the toilet where it meets the floor do you?

ok thanks -- thought that may be the case. I do have some 1/4" HDPE plastic (same thickness of tile) certainly easier to work with for the circle -- maybe I can build up the area around the drain...

I've put down my hardiboard and ready for tile -- also know where I want to mount the toilet flange and have already cut the circular opening through the hardiboard and subfloor.

Is it possible to...

I have a raised floor where I'm installing a toilet and coming right out of the toilet i can do one of those longer 90 elbows or (2) 45's for a gentler angle coming right out of the toilet mount. The...

I have concrete block on one side (former garage) and a new stud wall (uncovered on bath side) I built 2 years ago on other side which gives 59" from stud to concrete. (didn't anticipate building the...

ok -- now I'm scared. better start thinking steel.

OR -- have been considering a concrete tub because my stud walls are 59" apart (no shoot) and I'd have to do something creative -- trying to...

Because I have a Lowes charge, would like to buy there and because I'm working alone and it's tight fit, would like a plastic tub.

I've never owned one though and now leery because of some of...

Yes the vent will be about 5 feet from the tub after the p trap. I'm putting the vent right between the toilet and sink in the wall (2" pipe).

Toilet > vent < Sink The sink and tub will...

My toilet and bathroom sink are right next to each other and both are vented with a 2" pipe, with the separate run for the sink that connects about 4 feet up as I've seen in the diagrams for venting....

I have no choice but to put in a 54 x 30 tub or if I can find one at the right price a 54 x 54 (which would be nice).

However, it will probably be 54 x 30.

Are these really uncomfortable? And...

Figures.

I have no choice but to use it for a year or so and then replace it -- no way I'm doing that crawl space &^)% again (for now) with my 60 year old body. I do have a nice slope and...

may not want to hear the answer on this because I already ran about 16 feet of it in my crawl space but double checking.

used that 3" PVC pipe that has the thinner wall (also a "flange" at one end...

do you mean a toilet that has the outlet on the back? i just googled and actually saw "wall mounted" toilets -- ? weird.

the rear outlet toilets are the ones you're supposed to use with these...

Hey Terry, that's a thought.

let me ask you this -- what if your initial drop is a damn good one, like you say a wall mount BUT I can also raise my floor "whatever", I'm building a whole new bath...

let me ask something else because I may be able to do a 5" drop -- when you tie into a 4" copper drain (that's what I have), when you have to go in from the side, do you use a 45 degree (and have it...

ok thanks -- a macerating system is all I can do then -- they claim 18' to pump straight up and 100' horizontal with this "bathroom anywhere". hard to believe the discharge is only 1 1/4" though. ...

I'm going to build a bath about 20 feet away from my main septic line and at best the entire run will be level without any slope. I was loking at the "bathroom anywhere" macerating system but I sure...

Ok Dana -- sounds like it's 6 to 1 half a dozen etc.

You really know your stuff, very interesting. If nothing else, I still may blow air up from the basement once in a while during the evenings...

my other post didn't show.

anyway, very informative -- maybe I should open my registers only at night because sounds like my concrete floors are helping to trap that warm air.

Not going to believe this but the guy who built it made it a bomb shelter in 1961 (like concrete is going to save you).

Concrete everywhere -- even my flooring system is concrete and steel T...

Figured I'd ask here, someone probably has a definite answer --

I have a half basement that is really well built and has NO windows.

It really is always comfortable down there and this time of...