Basement shower Plumbing- Advice needed

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Timinator2000

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Hello everyone and happy new year to all!

I have a question:

I'm installing a drain for my shower in the basement.. My scenario is i have a 1ft square hole in the concrete but very little room to work with.. installing a P trap is going to need creativity.. I cannot dig down as I have a wheaping tile also in the hole (Don't ask, I guess it was needed to help drain that part of my house..) so.. I have attached the pictures of my 'p' trap.. i just need to know if this will work.. any suggestions? The one thing missing on the picture is the upright spout to the shower.. it will have a flange to increase to 2" (I had no choice on the 1 1/2" piping here.. plumber pre-installed it at concrete pour).. and the total upright spout to the shower will be, i figure, approximately 4 inches..

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Thanks in advance for your replies!

Tim.
PS, i hopt my pics are intact..
 

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This is not to code on earth, the moon, or anywhere inbetween. I urge you to find a way to put trap in there, This does not pass muster as a trap.
 

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I ain't no pro, but, I can see a problem with transitioning from 2" down to 1.5". Besides that, I wonder if your configuration would function like an S trap and siphon itself under heavy gushes of water (especially thru the reduced diam pipe). But I'm no pro, so don't go by me.

I can say, if it WERE me, I'd chip out the surrounding concrete and move the weeping pipe a foot out of the way to give yourself lots of room to install a proper p trap. As long as slope is maintained, it shouldn't matter (again, not a pro - so take with grain of salt) whether that corrugated pipe makes a twisted bend or two.
 

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It may work but it will not work right.

Where is the vent?

If it works at all, it will hold soap and gunk and will eventually develop an odor.

I agree with jimbo, install the trap required to work right.
 
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Timinator2000

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Thanks for the replies.. God am I ever glad I didn't proceed any further.. pheww!!! you guys must find me a joke! I'm no plumber at all.. Anyway, regarding the vent, this standup shower is about 6 feet away from the sludge pump basin.. the basin itself has a 2" vent pipe running to the main exterior vent system.. Don't shoot me but I thought that vent would have been sufficent but maybe not?? if not, where would i position this vent?

Thanks.

T.

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Actually, come to think of it, the plumber did add a proper vent for all utilities, all within proper distances.. The draw back is that he, for some reason, must have thought we were going to install a tub (min requirement is 1 1/2" pipe drain) but we are isntalling a stand up shower.. given this, I have no choice but to put in a reducer from 2" to 1 1/2" pipe.. assuming i can move the weeping over enough to get clearance for my p trap, is there any general spout height specs etc.. that I need to be aware of?

Thanks again.
T.
 
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Prashster

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I think 2" might be required for shower drain.
The sewage pump is required (in my town) to have its own vent.
 

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You will be very unhappy with a shower using a 1 1/2" drain. The outlet of the trap has to be on the same plane as the drain line, not above it.
 
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