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Interestingly, when I run water the water pretty much completely drains. But when the water is filled in the tub I actually just noticed that the standing water is actually on top of the drain flange, and there is some water surface tension that is keeping the water from flowing over the edge...

So I am in the process of installing my claw foot tub. I have installed the drain and it is not leaking. However, because of the nature of it being an old tub, there is a small ring of water around the tub drain. This is purely because of the deep slope of the drain area and the lack of a...

Thank you everyone, this is really helpful. It sucks that there is so much information that is not just wrong but actually makes things worse. Thanks for your help.

Thanks for the reply. That link seems to be broken. My problem isn't that I can't get them all the way in when I glue them, it's that because they don't go all the way in during dry fit, it throws off the measurements because when you glue it up they DO go all the way in! For instance, pretend...

This is a really noob question I suppose, but every thing I can find about doing this doesn't make sense. The steps are always 1. Measure and cut PVC 2. Dry fit 3. Mark the fittings and PVC 4. Prime and glue Obviously that makes sense enough, but the few things I've done I've had issues...

Well seeing as I'm a window washer, I won't be kneeling in the mud any time soon, and believe me, i have so much respect for what good plumbers have to go through. I also know that any plumber worth their salt is someone I can not afford, at least not yet. I'm really thankful that you have...

Believe me, I do want to do things right, I know that in the future that fitting does need to be changed to be correct, but I also know that my house isn't going to flood and fall over because I used a sanitary tee, so it's kind of a low priority. But I appreciate you taking the time to point...

What happened was I already spent hours upon hours doing that once, and it's working fine and I don't foresee any destructive issues with what I did given the job they have to do. ;) My job right now is to get my tub working because we're showering at the parents house right now and that needs...

Thank you so much for that info! Of course, I saw improper San t all over and yet I still did it. :/ In this case I'm not concerned, that is the drain for a small bathroom sink, the drain it is flowing into is a washing machine drain. If I do ever encounter a problem I'll know where to look and...

I'm not sure what you mean by water fittings rather than DWV. My understanding is that schedule 40 is for pressurized situations, DWV is lighter duty and used for drain applications. As far as I could tell, any piece I used that would be draining liquids was DWV, and anything that pertained to...

When you say "everything", do you mean pertaining to this bath drain or do you mean with the other plumbing? As stated, this is merely a proof of concept dry fit, no grade or anything yet on this tub drain, I'm still putting everything together. My plan is completely different than shown now...

Thank you, that cleared everything up, and of course using the sanitary that way is so much better, I am so blind! Thank you all.

Right, but is the 180° vertical change of direction an issue, and can I use two street 90s to make that change? Thank you for your quick reply! Also, the p trap I got is a screw together one. Should I get a glue up one of I plan to potentially finish this basement one day?

Side note. You can see the way I'm attaching into the stack. I have another sink that will enter into the bottom sanitary t, and I have a shower that will enter at the top of the top sanitary t. That shower will be vented normally, so if I brought that line into the one for tub about halfway...

So long story short, I am new to plumbing and am a homeowner plumbing the house I bought 1 year ago. Replumbed the whole thing myself so far, but it's a small house and fairly simple. This one thing has really got me confused though. The vent location for the clawfoot tub I'm installing is in...