basement

I have water softener and neutralizer on basement but I do not have any floor drain or access to main drain. (I mean I am sure it is in somewhere under slab but that would cost me too much to dig out the floor, etc.) Sump pit and pump is not an option for me. For now, previous owner, connected...

Good day everyone- What a forum. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge and I am ready to learn. Glad to be here. I am working on finishing my basement. I'm onto the bathroom plumbing. The builder looks to have somewhat roughed in for a bathroom. I've attached some pictures. I'm unsure what I am...

Hi all - I'm adding a bathroom in a basement and trying to limit the amount of concrete I need to break up. Is this design okay without a dedicated vent line from the shower? Many Thanks, George

Hi all, I just finished laying out the plumbing for a new basement bathroom. I was hoping for a sanity check from the experts on this forum. I am a DIY'er in the Seattle area, so just trying to do my best. Any comments or input would be appreciated! Thank you!

I am re-doing my basement plumbing. Currently, all these fixtures have their own AAV because there was no wall to run a vent. However, I was able to make one recently so I thought I would go ahead and try to vent these correctly. The only issue is that I will have to go horizontal to get there...

Hi everyone! First post here looking for some help! A couple years ago we had a sewer backup that left us with 3 feet of water in our basement. After that we had to replace our air conditioner and we started to smell sewer (the same smell from the flood) around our house. We thought it was the...

Hi. I was hoping someone could help me. I'm a new homeowner and since I bought my home in December, we have had a sewage smell that has gotten worse. Originally we couldn't figure out where it was coming from but we narrowed it down until we found it is coming from the drain in the ground for...

Hey everyone, I am currently in the middle of completely replacing the drain/vent plumbing in my basement. Home was built in 1950s and I have already tore up concrete floor, removed old cast iron / lead / brass and replaced with ABS. The new ABS is dry-fit currently while I get some of the fine...

I recently bought a house that was built in 1994. It is 2 stories with a 75% finished basement. In the basement, there appears to be a rough-in for half bath, which I plan to finish. There is a toilet rough-in (3 inch PVC) which looks good, with 12.5 inch from back wall, 15.5 inches from side...

Right now, my washing machine in the basement drains into one of those very old, super-heavy concrete utility sinks. The sink is starting to crack and leaking more often, it often clogs with the lint from the washer, and we're tired of switching out the mesh sock covers. I want to put in a...

Hi guys I'm new to this forum and site and can see that this is a wealth of information. I currently have a issue with a leak in my basement wall only when it rains. More specifically with a leak that is coming underneath (to the best of my guess) the sleeve of my sewer pipe that exits the...

Looking to purchase a home. Basement has rough-in plumbing but no labels. Can you help me identify pipes?Toilet is obvious, it seems two lower pipes (in photo) would be for venting. What really has me confused is why one pipe is different then the others, (on the left, capped and glued with...

Since it's COVID season and I'm home bound, I'm dreaming of how to move my laundry to the basement. I did up a sketch and I'm wondering if anyone can confirm that this is a reasonable way to put the drainage in for a laundry tray and washer standpipe. The existing drainage is a bit wonky, so I'm...

I am planning on closing in this area around the toilet and creating a full bathroom. I am very handy and have had experience with plumbing before but not when having to deal with the basement floor. I was wondering if I am able to install drain plumbing above the floor in the layout I've...

Hi all, I've been researching across this and other forums for several days now, and while I've found the occasional situation that is similar, nothing seems to provide a clear answer on how to handle this. I'm beginning work on finishing my basement (poured concrete, house built 2011), and...

I've noticed a leak coming from a PVC pipe visible in my basement. Water seems to be coming down the outside of the pipe, but is difficult to see where exactly because the pipe disappears into the floor (basement ceiling). This will be a drip, maybe one drop per few seconds. I can run toilets...

Hello all! I've browsed the forums on this venting question, but since its so hard to follow individual plumbing configurations when explained in writing, I decided to take a picture and ask here so there is no confusion! This is for a new bathroom in the basement. The blue line is the 4"...

We're finishing our basement and have installed a holding tank with ejector pump for the waste. Currently we have the pump connecting to an existing 2" line, which also has the kitchen sink (about 16 feet up the pipe) and a washing machine (about 12 feet down the pipe). I'm wondering if...

Hi, I have a toilet and a nearby shower stall in my basement. Both of them overflow occasionally. It seems to be happening once ever few weeks, seemingly during the weekends when we apparently use more water. In the most latest episode, it was Saturday evening and I flushed the basement...

Hello, I'm moving my toilet in my main floor half bath to make room for a shower in my first ever renovation. I'm looking for advice on if I've got the plumbing configuration correct (I live in Ontario, but wanting to make sure the basic plumbing choices I've made are sound before I ask for my...