nfc911
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We recently bought a home in Charles Town, WV. I'm working on redoing the plumbing currently as the supply lines are all galvanized, closed shut and/or leaking. While the plaster walls/ceilings are open I want to replace the galvanized drain lines and possibly cast iron drain lines. I've sketched out the layout of pipes that I can see (and guessed at the ones that I can't see yet).
There is one full bath on the 3rd floor that drains via a stack straight to the basement where it picks up the two half baths from the 1st floor and basement before tying into the "main" stack. There are two full baths on the 2nd floor, a kitchen and laundry that tie into the "main" stack. The black lines denote Cast Iron pipe (4" for the most part) and the grey lines denote galvanized (mostly 2", some 1 1/4" maybe others).
My main question: is the existing layout ok? Is venting ok? Is there anything that was done over the past 100 years ago that I should be looking for and replacing if found?
Thanks for any and all insight.
West Virginia uses the IPC Plumbing Code
There is one full bath on the 3rd floor that drains via a stack straight to the basement where it picks up the two half baths from the 1st floor and basement before tying into the "main" stack. There are two full baths on the 2nd floor, a kitchen and laundry that tie into the "main" stack. The black lines denote Cast Iron pipe (4" for the most part) and the grey lines denote galvanized (mostly 2", some 1 1/4" maybe others).
My main question: is the existing layout ok? Is venting ok? Is there anything that was done over the past 100 years ago that I should be looking for and replacing if found?
Thanks for any and all insight.
West Virginia uses the IPC Plumbing Code
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