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jjawacs
Jan 16, 2006, 05:52 PM
I have a house built in 1981 unfinished basement. Roughed in bathroom pipes. One pipe vent, one pipe shower/bath, one pipe toilet. Anyhow, on the shower/bath pipe I poured water down the pipe, drains normal but I can still see water at bottom (no evidence of tee ot 90deg bend at bottom) does this mean P-Trap?

I ran a snake down but unclear if it made correct angles for P-trap. I would persume if water stays in the pipe a p-trap exists. Let me know if I missed something. There is no DAP out hole so I would have to break concrete for tub overflow connection to drain connection, using the rough shower/bath pipe. Tx

PalmMP3
Jan 17, 2006, 01:16 AM
There should definitely be a P-trap down there if the pipes were roughed in properly, because (unless I am very much mistaken) a basement shower P-trap goes under the concrete, so it would make sense for it to have been installed as part of the rough-in.

Just my two cents. Maybe the real experts will disagree with me...

speedball1
Jan 17, 2006, 05:09 AM
"Maybe the real experts will disagree with me."
Not at all Palm. You hit the nail on the head. Jjawacs, you can stop wondering, you indeed have a "P" trap under the cement. And you are correct when you say that you'll have to create a dap out if you wish to install a tub. Good luck, Tom

jjawacs
Jan 17, 2006, 07:02 AM
Thanks for the quick response, just some elbow grease ahead now.