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 basement hopeful
Nov 22, 2006, 08:27 AM
I am intending on finishing my basement and using the existing plumbing rough-ins to put in a bathroom.  I am having a little trouble making sense of the rough-in layout - see the attached drawing.  I understand the stub through the floor is for the toilet and I believe the box out contains the drain line for a tub.  Then I have 2 pipes in an 'h' shape which I assume are the drain line & vent for the sink.  The overlapping placement of the sink & tub rough-in seems odd to me, nevertheless it is my intent to only have a toilet & sink, no tub or shower.  Which part of the 'h' should I plan on tapping the sink drain into?  Do I need to fill in the box out with anything if my sink vanity covers it up?
 speedball1
Nov 23, 2006, 07:58 AM
Are you planing on a installing a tub.  Without being there to check it looks like the left hand raiser is the vent for the tub and the right hand one could be a raiser that you could cut a tee into and stub out for a lavatory.  Both pipes appear to be vents. Of course all this goes out the window if the pipe coming down from upstairs is the drain line for something.  Have a great thanksgiving day,  Tom
 basement hopeful
Nov 27, 2006, 07:28 AM
Thanks for the response.  I believe you are right, that the line going upstairs is probably the vent for the tub as I think I have accounted for the other drains in the house.  It appears that I should be able to stub a sink drain into the one on the right.  It just seemed an unusual rough-in layout to have the tub sandwiched between the sink and the toilet.