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Hi, We bought a one level Ranch house with an inlaw addition last year.
I need some help designing the exterior façade of the home. We want to get rid of the shutters and add thick trim around the...

Hi, we recently moved to a new home. Right now we have forced hot air and a 2.5 ton AC unit. The duct coming off the furnace is 18x8 and then reduces to 14x8, off this there are 12- 6" flex duct...

Or can I put a bushing on the 3" vent coming down and then use a 2" sanitary tee with a street 90? That would fit. The sanitary tee would be upside down in this installation correct?
Thanks again

Hi Mark,
So excuse my ignorance, but wouldn't the Sani Tee be doing the same thing?
What I have is 2 - 2" vents running up through my bathroom wall, one from the basement bath and laundry and...

I'm sorry, I was not very clear in my question. I am talking about a bathroom plumbing vent. I have a vent coming down from my attic I would like to split it off in two directions in the joists...

Can I put a put a double 90 upside down in a vent installation.
In other words have the vent coming down and sweeping 90 degrees in two different directions.
Thanks

Thanks Don, I was planning on running two circuits to our bathroom, I have 3 recessed lights rated for 100 watts, an exhaust fan (not sure of wattage), a 505 watt heat lamp, two wall sconces (100...

Hi, I am wondering if I can have a 505 watt heat lamp, a 20 amp receptacle and two wall sconces 100 watt max each on one 20 amp bath Circuit. I just don't know what wattage I should consider the...

Hey Once again thanks so much guys! I am learning a lot here and I am truly grateful! Especially thank you Mark, The pictures help a lot! I did not see any way to do it and stay within the joists...

Yes, except it will be street 90.

Okay, so I understand a sanitee cannot be "on its back" in a drain line. I however want to have the drain of my Toilet go between the joists and then go down alont the foundation wall and from there...

Hi Tom, no special ejector pump and I do understand the reasoning why it should get a separate vent. I was just saying that the literature that goes with my pump says it can be tied back into the...

Thanks for the quick replies guys!!

I have a vent from a bathroom, and one from the laundry sink and washer.

I do have an ejector pump and as far as I understand under IPC it is not...

Hi, I have two 2" vent pipes coming up from my basement bathroom and would like to join them together, since they are both running parallel can I use a wye to join them vertically in the wall before...

Hey Mark, thanks again for all your help. Sorry to get back to this thread, but I have had some conflicting info concerning this topic.

I was told that here in CT we are under the IPC and that it...

Does this look better?


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Thanks guys for the input, it is not glued yet so I can definitely modify it.

Mygirlsdad77... what is a running trap?

The lav does have a 2" ptrap.

Mark... I will try to roll that wye...

They are just dry fitted for now to show you, waiting your opinions before glueing them together.

Thanks Mark. Really appreciate your help.
No the stack is not exsisting there. So I will go with your design. I just have to support the wall where the 2" pipe will go through it. I will keep...

Okay trying this again... Thx

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the only thing I...

How does this look?

Sorry for the multiple posts, having trouble uploading the picture and making it bigger, hopefully have it now.

How does this look?

Hey Tom, glad to see you are back. Sorry I am not sure if you are saying that I can connect the 1.5 drain to 2" trap and drain line, or that I cannot do that.

Okay so I can either tie these two drains together using a Y and then tie that into the main 3" drain, or I will just tie them into the main seperately. If I tie them together first do I keep it...

Once again thank you Mark. I cannot use a 2" however because the wall is old and is 2x3 construction and I need to have the drain actually go through one of the studs. I will vent the bathtub...

Hi, I am plumbing in a lav and a bathtub both are stubbed at 1.5" I increased both to 2" hoping to avoid clogs due to girls with long hair in our family.
My question is can my tub be wet vented...

So this Test Tee is installed on the vertical run of the vent stack? Thank you Mark

Hey thank you very much, That does pose a problem for me on how to hide this 3" pipe up through the first floor bathroom but I guess I will have to make it work.

I do have two questions about...

Hey Tom, hope all is well.
I am now doing a full remodel on our main bathroom. Our main drain is 3" and I would like to have the main stack come off of that at 2". This vent will serve a Toilet,...

Is it possible? I have not seen much written on this, but I would really like to do it. I just don't understand why it would be a problem with an under-mount considering all the waterproof membrane...

Hi, I have 3/8 Pex stubbed out for my toilet and lav and need some press stop fittings for them... I am having a hard time locating them. Can anyone help?
Thx:)

I was referring to Roger Waters solo album...
I love pink floyd with or without him but I love Roger Waters more!
Thanks again for all your help. The outside outlet just general purpose, so I...

Thanks TK. GREATLY appreciate your quick response.

Follow up questions

1. Can the lights in Laundry area be on lights from other circuit?
2. So I will need to run separate circuits for...

Hi, I am in the process of redoing my basement, adding a bathroom and laundry room. I would like to have one gfci protected outlet in the bathroom, one in the laundry room, and also add one outside...

Thx for the input, I appreciate it, will be picking up the 1" pex tomorrow

Hello,
I have city water with good pressure that comes in off the street in a 1/2" copper line.
I am going to install a Manabloc Manifold and have a couple questons.

1. Can I use a copper to...

Hi,
I am putting in a new bathroom and am wondering if my 3" main drain can handle the extra fixtures
Before the bathroom this is everything that drains to main....
-Toilet
-Lav
-Bathtub/Shower...

Yes it is getting inspected, I was told that I can go up to 8' and by my measurement I am just under that, so I think I should be okay. Thx Tom

How far can the shower be from the lav for the wet vent to be code? I think I am stretching it because the shower drain is about 8' from where it will join with the lav.
Can I run a 4" from the...

Thx for the reply, To answer your question, I can get to every thing very easily now. The only thing I want to leave on the copper is the kitchen (sink, fridge, dishwasher) I also want to leave the...

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Thanks AGAIN Tom,

Well I have been working on diagraming this out all morning and was not sure if I could wet vent, so here...

Hi, my Father has been paying my mother alimony for years along with buying her a house. My mother was awful growing up and it was my father who both worked and raised me and my brother. We are...

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I am in the process of quite a bit of home repair and remodeling. Right now I am going to be working on adding a new bathroom to my basement and I would like to use Pex. When I am done I plan on...

It does... I didn't realize that, I was planning on going out the roof with the vent from the pit and tying the vents from fixtures in with the exsisting vent in my attic.
When I begin to plan the...

Hey Tom,
Just wanted to check in. Still not ready to do the work but I have decided on this system
Liberty Pumps : Simplex Packages
It will have a 1/2 hp pump and a two inch outlet...
Right now...

Thank you for your quick response Tom, I have looked at the saniflo products and am not too sure I want to go that route. I have read mostly good reviews but have also read some not so good ones,...

Hi, First off let me just thank the people who contribute here because I have spent several hours reading and searching for answers... especially speedball1~been reading a lot of your posts.

Okay...