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Hello. I hired a plumber for a new second-story bathroom in single-family home in Chicago. There is no existing stack in this part of the house. Plumber said he would locate 6" clay under slab, tie in 4" cast iron with rubber boots, tie PVC into cast iron above the slab, and run 3" PVC to second floor. He was the only Plumber (got 4 bids) that said he would not use camera to locate clay under slab because he was "100% sure" where it was. He was wrong. He dug more than expected and finally found 4" clay. He then cracked the top of the 4" clay pipe and tied cast iron in with a 90 degree elbow from the top and patched with hydraulic cement. Does this seem right to you? I would think, at the very least, he needed a 4" "Y" to direct the waste in some other direction other than down.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. He already covered up the work with dirt before I got a chance to look at it and I had to dig it up to reveal this situation.
Desperate,
Steve
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. He already covered up the work with dirt before I got a chance to look at it and I had to dig it up to reveal this situation.
Desperate,
Steve