wanting to move toilet over a few feet
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Jadnashua
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You'll need to chip out more concrete...if you angle it in the way you've shown, you'll have constant clogs...the pipe needs to angle into the flow, not away from it.
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so what you are saying is chip out more concrete and move the back water valve further back so i can get a better angle to bring up a new 90 for the tiolet?
Jadnashua
Retired Defense Industry Engineer xxx
Yes...but verify with the pros...The way you have it drawn, you'd be trying to force the flush upstream...it would have to stop and then turn around, which won't work well.
Yes, that is the most confusing setup for plumbing I have ever seen.
I think the plumbers here don't even want to comment, it's that bad.
Waste should run downhill, with gradual bends if any at all.
I think the plumbers here don't even want to comment, it's that bad.
Waste should run downhill, with gradual bends if any at all.
Dcelite
Plumber
You will still need a vent for the new toilet. If you change that 3" wye to a double wye, you can put a 45 on it to create a combo towards the new toilet and then add whichever bend will direct it towards the new location (60,45,22). But, you'll need a vent. Maybe a picture of the whole room would help.
DC
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I decided to hire a plumber to fix this.
He shows up about 30 minutes late, comes in cuts out the back water valve and hits the water supply pipe. water is shooting everywhere We call the city to shut off the water supply they come in about 15 minutes he says he is going to goto Home Depot to grab some parts to fix it.
he turns his cell phone off and does not come back. he also left a sawzall and some other fittings
what a day !
He shows up about 30 minutes late, comes in cuts out the back water valve and hits the water supply pipe. water is shooting everywhere We call the city to shut off the water supply they come in about 15 minutes he says he is going to goto Home Depot to grab some parts to fix it.
he turns his cell phone off and does not come back. he also left a sawzall and some other fittings
what a day !
Dcelite
Plumber
How do these guys sleep at night?
here is what i ended up going with. I was told i cannot go more then a 180 degree change on the pipe
i used 1 90 a 22 and a 45
here is where the evil plumber hacked my water line on my thanks giving dinner day. The girls on my family LOOOOVED cooking dinner with no running water or sewer
i used 1 90 a 22 and a 45
here is where the evil plumber hacked my water line on my thanks giving dinner day. The girls on my family LOOOOVED cooking dinner with no running water or sewer
thanks for the advice, the battery died on my camera on the last picture i took but the stack is about 7 feet away and the main stack for the house is about 12 feet away from the pictures
Dcelite
Plumber
I don't see a vent in there. Maybe it's the photo angle.
Also, it looks like you have an extra 90. Could you have just pointed a 60 or 45 or even a 90, straight at your riser instead of going around the backside?
Also, it looks like you have an extra 90. Could you have just pointed a 60 or 45 or even a 90, straight at your riser instead of going around the backside?
Who soldered that fitting?
I would only use a pack joint to repair that underground water pipe...Soldering is not allowed in some places and others require Silver bearing solder...brazing is very good...it also looks kinked or something...and I would wrap the pipe so it does not come in contact with the pea gravel..
Can I buy the sawzall from you...
I would only use a pack joint to repair that underground water pipe...Soldering is not allowed in some places and others require Silver bearing solder...brazing is very good...it also looks kinked or something...and I would wrap the pipe so it does not come in contact with the pea gravel..
Can I buy the sawzall from you...
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Why does the bend point backwards before turning to the right and going to the main. And that "second" turn going to the right looks like an impossibly "short" turn. You have created one of the most convoluted toilet drains I have ever seen, (the dimesion is actually 135 degrees not 180 and it is for special conditions only), and it does not have a vent. Under floor copper lines CANNOT be soft soldered, and if they are they CAN pull apart or leak in the future. From your description, you did NOT have a plumber, you had a handyman doing plumbing.
Why does the bend point backwards before turning to the right and going to the main. And that "second" turn going to the right looks like an impossibly "short" turn. You have created one of the most convoluted toilet drains I have ever seen, (the dimesion is actually 135 degrees not 180 and it is for special conditions only), and it does not have a vent. Under floor copper lines CANNOT be soft soldered, and if they are they CAN pull apart or leak in the future. From your description, you did NOT have a plumber, you had a handyman doing plumbing.
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