thisoldtoilet
New Member
Hello,
My partner and I bought an older bank-repo house which has some major repair needs.
We enjoy 'doing ourselves' but are somewhat intimidated by the next project - converting a pair of back to back (t-mount in the wall between the two bathrooms) wall hung toilets (literally date-stamep 1960) to floor mounted toilets in a slab foundation house (also built 1960).
We have had the depth of the soil line checked, and apparently the 'fall' is sufficient enough to handle the loss of elevation when we convert to floor venting toilets.
I am wondering if anyone can advise us as to what we face after we 1. take the toilets off the wall, 2. take the wall appart to expose the plumbing, 3. jackhammer round the base to expose the point at which the wall plumbing goes below the surface of the slab.
I don't know if I can expect a single (4"?) pipe to just continue downward to the soil pipe (which I think they measured at 48" down. And if this is the case, what are the basic steps to replumbing this for floor toilets.
Thanks for your experience and advice.
Best,
K
My partner and I bought an older bank-repo house which has some major repair needs.
We enjoy 'doing ourselves' but are somewhat intimidated by the next project - converting a pair of back to back (t-mount in the wall between the two bathrooms) wall hung toilets (literally date-stamep 1960) to floor mounted toilets in a slab foundation house (also built 1960).
We have had the depth of the soil line checked, and apparently the 'fall' is sufficient enough to handle the loss of elevation when we convert to floor venting toilets.
I am wondering if anyone can advise us as to what we face after we 1. take the toilets off the wall, 2. take the wall appart to expose the plumbing, 3. jackhammer round the base to expose the point at which the wall plumbing goes below the surface of the slab.
I don't know if I can expect a single (4"?) pipe to just continue downward to the soil pipe (which I think they measured at 48" down. And if this is the case, what are the basic steps to replumbing this for floor toilets.
Thanks for your experience and advice.
Best,
K