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    Jan 17, 2011, 12:45 PM
    Adding a toilet and shower to an existing septic tank
    If I added a half a bath Just a toilet and shower.
    I would be about 4 feet away from the main bathroom existing drain to the septic tank.
    Around the clean out plug looks like a 4 pvc"pipe, I wonder what kind of pvc fitting
    Would attach to the main drain, some kind of elbow or T-fitting?
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    Jan 17, 2011, 12:56 PM

    You use Y and 45.
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    Jan 17, 2011, 03:08 PM
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    Great
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    Jan 17, 2011, 03:56 PM

    Let us know how it went. Good luck with your project. Milo
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    Jan 17, 2011, 04:30 PM

    Good advice. A side note, folks do additional baths all the time but many skip or forget to check the size of their tank and the builing code. How large of a tank do you have and did you pull a permit?

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