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decisis_34
Sep 26, 2009, 12:24 PM
I am installing a new tub and the location of the drain pipe is about a foot further then the tub that was there before. So now I I need to connect up to the drain. I attached a photo to show the problem. I was thinking of an s-trap but I would still have to bend back around and I heard they might be against Texas,Houston plumbing codes. Any help please.

hkstroud
Sep 26, 2009, 01:05 PM
Don't understand your drawing. First impulse is to say ' Install the waste and overflow, install trap and then pipe to drain".

Can you post a picture?

mygirlsdad77
Sep 26, 2009, 05:32 PM
Yes, pleae post a pic, or give better description of your problem. Usually a lot more to it than meets the eye. Lee.

speedball1
Sep 27, 2009, 09:45 AM
"S"Traps are outlawed in all codes and you can't be discharging major fixtures , such as a toilet or bathroom group, past a unvented minor one, such as your bath tub.
It MUST be vented. If local codes allow you might get away with using a AAV,(air admittance valve) other wise you're going to hafta run a vent on the tub. Good luck, Tom

hkstroud
Sep 27, 2009, 10:45 AM
I don't think that decisis really means a "S" trap. I think he means something like several bends in the drain pipe. Maybe we will get picture.

decisis_34
Sep 27, 2009, 12:14 PM
Thanks all for the responses but I busted up the concrete and cut the pipe far back enough to install the p-trap. Thanks again

speedball1
Sep 27, 2009, 01:17 PM
OK! Now tell us how you vented it or was this a replacement that already had a trap and vent installed? Regards, Tom

decisis_34
Sep 28, 2009, 05:21 AM
Yea it was an existing drain, I just moved the tub over about a foot. So I had to the lower pipe trying not to make to many turns.

speedball1
Sep 28, 2009, 05:48 AM
Thanks for the update. We always like to clear up any lingering questions. Good job! Tom