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Ok....so I decided to take on this huge task of finishing the upstairs myself in order to afford to even do it instead of taking 20 years for someone to do it for me. I am a novice at all trades but not a master to one....so please bear with me.
I have a lonely toilet in the basement which I believe has a two inch vent line to the roof. Next to that 2inch vent is a 3 inch cast iron going to the second floor and was to be used at a later date. This house was built in the 1930's and the second floor was never touched...not even framed. Just an open room so it is like new construction for me. Here is the rough sketch. The bottom view is looking down from the ceiling and the top view is the side view. I am trying to figure out how to upload these pics I have so bear with me.
My biggest question is can I have two toilets, two showers, 3 sinks, and a laundry going down one waste line but I will have a 3 inch vent and a 2 inch vent going to the roof?
This pic shows the floor...2inch for basement toilet vent...3 inch for upstairs plumbing.View attachment 13354
This pic is in basement before branching out for upstairs.
On the main floor there was a coat closet conveniently where I was putting the plumbing so my wife liked that there was no major construction in our living space. I did put cleanouts for each 3 in on the main floor for your reference.
This is the meat of the project....as you can see there is a 3 inch waste on the left with a 1 1/2in tee for one of the double bowl sinks and farther up there is a 2 in still available for the venting of the shower, toilet, and the other sink of the double bowl. The third pipe (3inch) on the right branches toward the pic and will be the waste for the other sink, toilet, and shower. The 2 inch tee off of that same pipe will serve the laundry.
This pic is on the other end for the master bath...like I said I am a novice so I think I might of done the water closet(toilet) incorrectly so let me know but the vertical pipe is the toilet(right side of pic). The other smaller upright stub will go in the 2x6 wall to serve as the sink drain and to continue up for venting sink and toilet(can I do this???). The third stub will continue down floor joist and then have a trap for shower and I will branch off of that to have a vent that I was planning on tying back to the sink and toilet vent before going into roof...or do I need to just make 2 roof openings for each vent...it is slate roof so I was wanting to minimize dollar control because I am hiring that out.
Please let me know if I am way off or if you could please steer me in the right direction...thanks.
I have a lonely toilet in the basement which I believe has a two inch vent line to the roof. Next to that 2inch vent is a 3 inch cast iron going to the second floor and was to be used at a later date. This house was built in the 1930's and the second floor was never touched...not even framed. Just an open room so it is like new construction for me. Here is the rough sketch. The bottom view is looking down from the ceiling and the top view is the side view. I am trying to figure out how to upload these pics I have so bear with me.
My biggest question is can I have two toilets, two showers, 3 sinks, and a laundry going down one waste line but I will have a 3 inch vent and a 2 inch vent going to the roof?
This pic shows the floor...2inch for basement toilet vent...3 inch for upstairs plumbing.View attachment 13354
This pic is in basement before branching out for upstairs.
On the main floor there was a coat closet conveniently where I was putting the plumbing so my wife liked that there was no major construction in our living space. I did put cleanouts for each 3 in on the main floor for your reference.
This is the meat of the project....as you can see there is a 3 inch waste on the left with a 1 1/2in tee for one of the double bowl sinks and farther up there is a 2 in still available for the venting of the shower, toilet, and the other sink of the double bowl. The third pipe (3inch) on the right branches toward the pic and will be the waste for the other sink, toilet, and shower. The 2 inch tee off of that same pipe will serve the laundry.
This pic is on the other end for the master bath...like I said I am a novice so I think I might of done the water closet(toilet) incorrectly so let me know but the vertical pipe is the toilet(right side of pic). The other smaller upright stub will go in the 2x6 wall to serve as the sink drain and to continue up for venting sink and toilet(can I do this???). The third stub will continue down floor joist and then have a trap for shower and I will branch off of that to have a vent that I was planning on tying back to the sink and toilet vent before going into roof...or do I need to just make 2 roof openings for each vent...it is slate roof so I was wanting to minimize dollar control because I am hiring that out.
Please let me know if I am way off or if you could please steer me in the right direction...thanks.
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