Hey everyone, been reading the forums for a while now, thought I should register and post my dilemma......
I am about to start breaking concrete for our new bathroom in the basement, and have a few questions. Our house has two stacks, one in the north-east corner, and one on the west wall. The one on the west wall is the main stack, the north-east is for the kitchen. Where I want to install the bathroom is in the middle of the basement, right between the two stacks. When I start busting up the concrete, should I find a cast iron drain coming from the north-east stack draining into the west wall main stack? That is what I'm hoping to tie into for the drains in the new bathroom. Make any sense?
The other question I have is for the venting. Is it possible to vent the bathroom downstairs out through the side of the house? Or, do I have to put the vent through the roof? I geuss what I am asking is if it is ok to have the basement bathroom vent lower than the other plumbing fixtures in the house? The new vent will only serve the new basement bathroom.
Any ideas?
I am about to start breaking concrete for our new bathroom in the basement, and have a few questions. Our house has two stacks, one in the north-east corner, and one on the west wall. The one on the west wall is the main stack, the north-east is for the kitchen. Where I want to install the bathroom is in the middle of the basement, right between the two stacks. When I start busting up the concrete, should I find a cast iron drain coming from the north-east stack draining into the west wall main stack? That is what I'm hoping to tie into for the drains in the new bathroom. Make any sense?
The other question I have is for the venting. Is it possible to vent the bathroom downstairs out through the side of the house? Or, do I have to put the vent through the roof? I geuss what I am asking is if it is ok to have the basement bathroom vent lower than the other plumbing fixtures in the house? The new vent will only serve the new basement bathroom.
Any ideas?