ok, this may be long and drawn out, but I have nowhere else to turn but the pros in these forums! I've been reading the forums here for about 3 weeks searching for answers, but feel the need to post my situation to hopefully get a solution.
I have a home that is 13 years old, and I want to finish the basement complete with a bathroom.
Before I begin breaking out the concrete floor to rough in the shower, sink and toilet plumbing, I want to be sure I have my ducks in a row.
The following pictures show a mail drain stack in the vacinity of where I plan to locate the new bathroom.
The 1st pic shows the stack penetrating the concrete floor.
The 2nd pic is the top part of the stack where 1st level drains are tied into this stack, and what the connections serve.
The 3rd pic shows the drain connection from the laundry tub to the horizontal run just below the floor joists.
The 4th pic shows the drain connection from the straight pipe in the wall for the washing machine.
The 5th pic shows the toilet and sink connections from the 1st floor 1/2 bath.
There is no evedence of any vent pipe connected to this stack what so ever.
These connections, and main stack are located in the front of the home, and there are no vent pipes penetrating the roof in this area.
The only 2 vent pipes through the roof are on the other side of the house in the vacinity of the master bath and the 2nd bath, which are back to back, and above the kitchen sink. (which poses another question )
How do I vent the new bathroom in the basement without tearing out the drywall of all the rooms above this area on the 1st and 2nd level, and cut a hole in the roof???
2nd question: when replacing the kitchen sink, I had to open up a portion of the wall behind the cabinet where the drain connection is so I can lower the glued PVC assembly 5" to fit benieth the new sink....in doing so I noticed that the kitchen sink does not appear to have any vent connected to it either!!!
Only the drain line through the wall down to the basement into a horizontal run that is tied to the 2 2nd floor toilets, showers, tubs, and sinks, that runs into a another main stack. Is the vent upstairs providing the proper drain for the kitchen sink?
Here are the pictures I mentioned above.
Please take a look and any info you can offer to help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
I have a home that is 13 years old, and I want to finish the basement complete with a bathroom.
Before I begin breaking out the concrete floor to rough in the shower, sink and toilet plumbing, I want to be sure I have my ducks in a row.
The following pictures show a mail drain stack in the vacinity of where I plan to locate the new bathroom.
The 1st pic shows the stack penetrating the concrete floor.
The 2nd pic is the top part of the stack where 1st level drains are tied into this stack, and what the connections serve.
The 3rd pic shows the drain connection from the laundry tub to the horizontal run just below the floor joists.
The 4th pic shows the drain connection from the straight pipe in the wall for the washing machine.
The 5th pic shows the toilet and sink connections from the 1st floor 1/2 bath.
There is no evedence of any vent pipe connected to this stack what so ever.
These connections, and main stack are located in the front of the home, and there are no vent pipes penetrating the roof in this area.
The only 2 vent pipes through the roof are on the other side of the house in the vacinity of the master bath and the 2nd bath, which are back to back, and above the kitchen sink. (which poses another question )
How do I vent the new bathroom in the basement without tearing out the drywall of all the rooms above this area on the 1st and 2nd level, and cut a hole in the roof???
2nd question: when replacing the kitchen sink, I had to open up a portion of the wall behind the cabinet where the drain connection is so I can lower the glued PVC assembly 5" to fit benieth the new sink....in doing so I noticed that the kitchen sink does not appear to have any vent connected to it either!!!
Only the drain line through the wall down to the basement into a horizontal run that is tied to the 2 2nd floor toilets, showers, tubs, and sinks, that runs into a another main stack. Is the vent upstairs providing the proper drain for the kitchen sink?
Here are the pictures I mentioned above.
Please take a look and any info you can offer to help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!