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Omegaman · Jul 1, 2006, 09:57 AM

I saw this addressed in another thread, but my question has a twist.
When my house was built (bi-level) the lower level was unfinished but I had them rough in plumbing for a 3rd bathroom. I have completed the other rooms, and am now ready to tackle the bathroom. The supply lines are fine, the shower drain protrudes up from the poured concrete, but the outlet for the toilet is a slightly chipped circle in the concrete.

Has anyone seen a rough in like this before? (the builder turned out to be an idiot, so nothing would surprise me) My concern is that the outlet pipe is buried too low, and that it may not be far enough away from the wall in order to fit the toilet.

It appears to be about 9.5 inches OC from the wall to the chipped hole, but is there a standard distance the outlet should be from the wall. (granted the pipe was installed and the floor poured before the walls were constructed.)

TIA

letmetellu · Jul 1, 2006, 10:03 AM

You may not be sure if you are in the center of the drain that is in the floor. You need to chip concrete until you can tell what you have.
The normal rough-in is 12 inches and if you fudge you can make it work if it is 11 inches. Now if it is true that yours is 9.5 inches, some companies make a commode that is a 10 inch rough-in. And like the 12 inch you might be able to fudge and make the commode sit on the 9.5 that you have.

speedball1 · Jul 1, 2006, 10:10 AM

Hey Tia,

"the outlet for the toilet is a slighly chipped circle in the concrete."

It sounds like the plumber used a styrofoam closet wrapper around the closet stubup so you could set a closet flange without having to chip out cement.
Take a screwdriver and tap it down into the chipped part of the circle. If it goes through the thin layer of cement into a closer wrapper then dig out the styrofoam and bare the pipe.

"It appears to be about 9.5 inches OC from the wall to the chipped hole, but is there a standard distance the outlet should be from the wall"

Plumbers use center measurements. The toilet should be 12" off the wall to the center of the pipe, give or take a little.
Let me know what you find. Regards, tom

Omegaman · Jul 1, 2006, 03:46 PM

TIA= thanks in advance, which I do.

FWIW I'm Bill.. :-)

I'm not sure if I will be doing the work myself or not yet, but will have to chip away and see what's what. Thanks for the info, I'll let you know what I find.

Bill