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 ajhill
Apr 6, 2007, 02:01 PM
We are installing a shower, sink and toilet in the basement. Do these need to be vented?
How do you vent them?
 ballengerb1
Apr 6, 2007, 05:39 PM
Yes, they all need venting. Before I give you more advice than you want try looking for an existing vent pipe. Do you have a slop sink or washer drain in the basement? You can T into their vent.
 speedball1
Apr 7, 2007, 10:00 AM
We are installing a shower, sink and toilet in the basement. Do these need to be vented?
How do you vent them?
 
Let me show you a typical bathroom drainage and vent layout. Most bathroom groups are roughed in like this.
Toilet connects  to sewer main or stack vent.  Lavatory connects to toilet drain  and runs a vent   off the top the stubout tee out the roof or revents back into a dry vent in the attic.. The toilet wet vents through the lavatory vent and  the tub/shower connects to the lavatory drain and is wet vented by it. This is a normal rough in and is acceptable both by local and state codes and also The Standard Plumbing Code Book.
More questions?  I'm as close as a click.  Good luck,  Tom