I just finished sawcutting and smashing out a bunch of basement slab to run some new drain pipes for a bathroom renovation.
I knew I would run into a footing underneath a load bearing wall, and that wall is where I wanted my 2" abs to come up to serve the lav and vent up all the way to the attic and then the roof...
My question is this, am I crazy for chipping away at the corner of this footing to run the pipe, or is this common?
I imagine if this was a new building and I was plumbing before the slab was poured, I would still have to chip away at the footing a little bit to make it work...
You can just see the edge of the footing below the little bit of slab I left in place close to the wall. I put that fitting there just for reference as to where I want the pipe to come up.
I knew I would run into a footing underneath a load bearing wall, and that wall is where I wanted my 2" abs to come up to serve the lav and vent up all the way to the attic and then the roof...
My question is this, am I crazy for chipping away at the corner of this footing to run the pipe, or is this common?
I imagine if this was a new building and I was plumbing before the slab was poured, I would still have to chip away at the footing a little bit to make it work...
You can just see the edge of the footing below the little bit of slab I left in place close to the wall. I put that fitting there just for reference as to where I want the pipe to come up.
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