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I am in the process of remodeling the basement of my 1970 built raised ranch. The raised ranch next to mine was built by the same builder and has a half bath in the basement and I want to add one to mine. There was a pipe sticking up thru the slab that appears to be for a toilet as it is right where one would logically go and is in the same place as the neighbors toilet.
My question is on the venting of the toilet and what to use for a toilet flange. The main stack coming up from the slab is right behind where the toilet would go, how would it be vented? Presently I have a utility sink plumbed into the pipe in the floor that would be used for the toilet. I put this in temporarily when I moved in about 2 years ago with the plans for eventually rearranging things in the basement. The sink has always drained fine so how is this pipe vented? I even filled the sink up to the top and then pulled the plug and it drained without any problems. It will be moved to another location now that I am finally getting around to doing the basement.
I chiseled away the concrete around the ABS pipe coming up from the floor and it is a 3" 90 elbow and it heads towards the main. Would I get a toilet flange to go around the outside of the hub of this pipe or one that would fit inside it?
Here are some pics of what I have. Note that the two pipes that go into the main take a 90 degree turn below the first floor joists. My two bathrooms on the 2nd floor all drain into the larger pipe and the smaller pipe goes to the drain for my kitchen sink.
Soooo, bottom line is, can I just install a toilet to this pipe as is?
I am in the process of remodeling the basement of my 1970 built raised ranch. The raised ranch next to mine was built by the same builder and has a half bath in the basement and I want to add one to mine. There was a pipe sticking up thru the slab that appears to be for a toilet as it is right where one would logically go and is in the same place as the neighbors toilet.
My question is on the venting of the toilet and what to use for a toilet flange. The main stack coming up from the slab is right behind where the toilet would go, how would it be vented? Presently I have a utility sink plumbed into the pipe in the floor that would be used for the toilet. I put this in temporarily when I moved in about 2 years ago with the plans for eventually rearranging things in the basement. The sink has always drained fine so how is this pipe vented? I even filled the sink up to the top and then pulled the plug and it drained without any problems. It will be moved to another location now that I am finally getting around to doing the basement.
I chiseled away the concrete around the ABS pipe coming up from the floor and it is a 3" 90 elbow and it heads towards the main. Would I get a toilet flange to go around the outside of the hub of this pipe or one that would fit inside it?
Here are some pics of what I have. Note that the two pipes that go into the main take a 90 degree turn below the first floor joists. My two bathrooms on the 2nd floor all drain into the larger pipe and the smaller pipe goes to the drain for my kitchen sink.
Soooo, bottom line is, can I just install a toilet to this pipe as is?
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