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This forum has been a lifesaver for me do far and I hope I can pick your brains one more time! I have an iron filter (10"x44") that I'm hoping to discharge to the outside here in northern Wisconsin. The filter uses about 75 gallons each backwash about once every 3 days. Where the discharge...

I've got 7.5ppm iron in the water at my cottage. It's been this way for 20 years and we never dealt with it and instead opted for bottled drinking water and weekly cleaning of rusty stains on our fixtures. After a recent remodel I'm finally ready to address the issue and have talked to 6...

Does anyone know the appropriate way to drain a washing machine pan, particularly in a cold climate? I've seen conflicting info when researching this issue. Some recommend draining direct to the outside. Some say tie into existing DWV. Others say no p-trap needed. My scenario is its a...

Can a Clothes Washer, a Shower and a Bathroom lav share the same 2" drain?

Would the below pictured fitting work as described in the pic? It's a dedicated 3" toilet drain entering the left side of the fitting. The right side would reduce to a 2" vent that turns upwards well under 6' from the toilet drain. The bottom empties into the main stack. I'm really limited...

I have a 12' wall that has a washing machine, shower, (toilet) and a lav along it. Am I able to drain the 2" washer standpipe, a 2" shower drain and a 2" single lav drain into the same 2" drain pipe that would run directly under these 3 fixtures prior to it emptying into the 3" toilet drain...

1st time poster here. I'm remodeling a bathroom and the 12 1/2" rough-in location for my toilet is dead-centered on a 2x8 joist that runs parallel to the same wall the toilet is set back against. Unless I'm missing something, going with a 10" or 14" rough-in toilet would still clip that same...

It's my first post on this forum so hello! I am renovating a small cottage that I would like to also use in the winter here in Northern Wisconsin. The cottage is 20'x20' and 2-stories (800 sq. ft.) with a living area & kitchen in the walk-out basement and 3 small bedrooms and a bathroom up...