duncanjames
Feb 16, 2010, 04:32 PM
Uour old farmhouse has one bathroom on the main floor. The 3" drain becomes a 2" vent stack at main floor level. The main floor bathtub abd sinks share that drain and are connected downstream of the WC drain. We want to add a half bath to the upstairs and the 2" drain is already up there and connected to the main floor sink drain, though it doesn't look like there's a vent going up from there.
Do I need a vent upwards from that upstairs 2" drain?
Also, Im going to extend the 3" drain up to the third floor and tie in the upstairs back-outlet WC and continue the vent at 2" upwards from there. Do I need to enlarge that to a 3" vent if both toilets are going to share that drain? I also plan to add a third toilet in the basement that would share that same 3" drain. Would that create a problem? The basement has two drains leaving the basement through the sidewall foundation just a few inches above the floor, the 3" we're discussing and also a separate 2" that I plan to use for a basement kitchenette a lavatory sink and a shower and possibly the washing machine. Do you foresee any problems with this plan? I'm sure I'll need to run a separate vent for the basement 2" system, but will that be too much stuff on the 2" line? PS: This old house has a separate gray water system at the kitchen end, and I can move the washer to that system if necessary and possibly even the shower if I use a basement pump. I'd rather NOT pump mulched blackwater in that system, as I don't think it's designed for it.
Thanks, DL
Do I need a vent upwards from that upstairs 2" drain?
Also, Im going to extend the 3" drain up to the third floor and tie in the upstairs back-outlet WC and continue the vent at 2" upwards from there. Do I need to enlarge that to a 3" vent if both toilets are going to share that drain? I also plan to add a third toilet in the basement that would share that same 3" drain. Would that create a problem? The basement has two drains leaving the basement through the sidewall foundation just a few inches above the floor, the 3" we're discussing and also a separate 2" that I plan to use for a basement kitchenette a lavatory sink and a shower and possibly the washing machine. Do you foresee any problems with this plan? I'm sure I'll need to run a separate vent for the basement 2" system, but will that be too much stuff on the 2" line? PS: This old house has a separate gray water system at the kitchen end, and I can move the washer to that system if necessary and possibly even the shower if I use a basement pump. I'd rather NOT pump mulched blackwater in that system, as I don't think it's designed for it.
Thanks, DL