Hi. New to the forums and to plumbing. Willing to learn.
I recently had my septic tank removed and got connected to the public sewer. Waste goes underneath my footing to a 6" pipe that runs to the street.
When the plumber connected my old system to the 6" pipe coming under the footing into my basement, I told him that I'd want to add a basement bathroom in the future. That bathroom will be behind the wall on the left in this picture:
My plan is to put the toilet so the back of it is perpendicular with the foundation wall. In the picture that would be about where the brown bucket is, but on the other side of the wall.
What he left me with was a 6" threaded, capped opening that points toward the middle of the house. When I tried to expose it I ran into water, but the best picture I could get of it is here:
The fact that the opening faces away from where I want the toilet to go confuses me a little bit. I'm looking for suggestions on how to get from there to the toilet and where to pick up the sink drain.
I also considered connecting the drain to the vertical member in the 2 pictures below, but that appears to leave me slightly too high to get a 90 degree turn up and a toilet flange flush with the concrete. Am I right about that?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I recently had my septic tank removed and got connected to the public sewer. Waste goes underneath my footing to a 6" pipe that runs to the street.
When the plumber connected my old system to the 6" pipe coming under the footing into my basement, I told him that I'd want to add a basement bathroom in the future. That bathroom will be behind the wall on the left in this picture:
My plan is to put the toilet so the back of it is perpendicular with the foundation wall. In the picture that would be about where the brown bucket is, but on the other side of the wall.
What he left me with was a 6" threaded, capped opening that points toward the middle of the house. When I tried to expose it I ran into water, but the best picture I could get of it is here:
The fact that the opening faces away from where I want the toilet to go confuses me a little bit. I'm looking for suggestions on how to get from there to the toilet and where to pick up the sink drain.
I also considered connecting the drain to the vertical member in the 2 pictures below, but that appears to leave me slightly too high to get a 90 degree turn up and a toilet flange flush with the concrete. Am I right about that?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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