Hi all,
Look what I found when dig through a slab in my basement.
For some reason, my common sense (quite week in plumbing) says that there is something wrong here:
1. It uses same main sewage lines and/or wet vent from kitchen upstairs (a sink + dishwasher are connected to that line)
2. pipes' layout alone just makes me nervous... 1 tee is put even against the flow - the one that connects kitchen pipe with shower
3. Tee is rusted out, and I think, all this thing was leaking a bit. That piece of duck tape I put is to stop sewage gas coming into the building.
Because I opened the slab, I would like to move shower and toilet openings by a foot from where they are right now - room is very small, and extra space would make it a bit more useful.
I have no faith in asking some contractor to take care about this mess - I'm pretty sure some contractor at the beginning created this one, as well bigger companies would charge the amount I would not be willing to pay, therefore I'm doing this all by myself. Do I know how? Hell, no! That's why I'm hoping that someone way more knowledgeable from this forum is going to help me.
So 1st question before even going further - from what you see - is that wet went I have coming from a kitchen enough, or do I need additional venting?
Look what I found when dig through a slab in my basement.
For some reason, my common sense (quite week in plumbing) says that there is something wrong here:
1. It uses same main sewage lines and/or wet vent from kitchen upstairs (a sink + dishwasher are connected to that line)
2. pipes' layout alone just makes me nervous... 1 tee is put even against the flow - the one that connects kitchen pipe with shower
3. Tee is rusted out, and I think, all this thing was leaking a bit. That piece of duck tape I put is to stop sewage gas coming into the building.
Because I opened the slab, I would like to move shower and toilet openings by a foot from where they are right now - room is very small, and extra space would make it a bit more useful.
I have no faith in asking some contractor to take care about this mess - I'm pretty sure some contractor at the beginning created this one, as well bigger companies would charge the amount I would not be willing to pay, therefore I'm doing this all by myself. Do I know how? Hell, no! That's why I'm hoping that someone way more knowledgeable from this forum is going to help me.
So 1st question before even going further - from what you see - is that wet went I have coming from a kitchen enough, or do I need additional venting?