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    Sep 12, 2010, 05:22 PM
    A contractor put the floor drain for my bathroom sink off center by 9
    I'm at the end of a bathroom repair/remodel (we had water damaged and gutted the bathroom) and the plumbing was done while the walls were out. I had told the contractor to switch the toilet and the sink, so that you have the sink when you walk into this 5x10 foot space on the right. Now that everything is in I noticed that when he installed the pedestal and sink, the pipe coming up from the floor is too far left making it off center by 4.5". The space available is 32" before it hits a window (which is above the toilet). He told me to go buy a cabinet (which pissed me off to no end) but they don't even MAKE cabinets to accommodate piping that comes up from the floor. He said it was put there because he didin't realize I wanted a pedestal sink (I didn't know what I wanted when he started), but even so it should always have been centered and coming out of the wall, no? Is this to code? I really don't know. He said it was placed where it was because the center of the floor had a beam that could not be cut into. I don't want to cut into a beam, but why not put it in the wall? Is it an extra expense? Just being lazy? Please advise. Deb
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    Sep 12, 2010, 07:28 PM

    Floor drain??

    Where is the vent? Right now it sounds like he has set you up for an "S" trap. Show us a picture.
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    Sep 12, 2010, 07:58 PM

    While it should have been centered there is no code or law requiring it. No cabinet comes ready to accept a drain through the floor or supply pipe for that matter, you have to cut your own hole. You and he failed to communicate so its not all on him. He should make it good by moving the drain at a discounted labor charge of about 50% off, just for the labor.
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    Sep 13, 2010, 07:53 AM

    Harold makes a valid point. I hope that pipe coming up from the floor is INSIDE the wall and has another pipe running through the roof as a vent. If that's so it will be a simple task to cut and turn the tee, (there is a tee in the wall isn't there?) and then elbo out with a stubout at the correct location. Please don't tell me he left you with a pipe coming out of the floor and on the outside of the wall. Back to you, Tom

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