This is my bother in laws basement – house two years old. Sorry for the crappy pictures there was a desk in the way. It appears to me to be a rough in for a basement washroom. What looks like a provision for a bathtub drain seems awfully close to the wall – picture one. Am I right is that meant for a tub drain or is it a clean out of some kind?
And in picture two you can see a large capped pipe that I assume is for a toilet. On the wall are two converging pipes one is from the kitchen sink, which is above this space. Why would these two pipes connect – is this to act as a vent from the bathtub drain?
Can one just connect into this pipe for a bathroom sink at the capped end – is that what it’s meant for? Would the vent connected to the kitchen sink above be sufficient to meet code?
Thanks for the help.
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What? You and your Brother-in-law not speaking? Ask him for these answers. It's his house, surely he must know what they are for.
In the first pic, could possibly be a drain for a shower or for a laundry tub. Is the drain 2 inch dia?
In the 2nd pic, the 2 connected pipes is a wet vent situation. The capped off end could easily be turned into a drain line for a sink...course it will need a P trap installed. And, I saw no water supply lines anywhere...so this is "rough" so far.
The toilet drain you circled...is it at least 3 inch dia?...it didn't look 3 inch in the photo, but hard to tell. Toilet should be at least 3 inch drain. And, if a false wall would be built to hide the visible drain lines, would the existing toilet drain lie at least 10 inches from center of drain to the new wall? Toilets are normally 12 inches off the finished wall, but you still can buy toilets that only require 10 inches from the finished wall.
Upon viewing the pic, it did not appear that toilet was 12 inches away...but, again it is hard to tell from photo.
Anyway, ask your Bro-in-law...he surely knows these answers....right?
Davo
My brother in law was asking me because he thought I'd know for sure. He's the second owner and has no blueprints or other info on the house and doesn't know a hammer from a coconut.
My brother in law was asking me because he thought I'd know for sure. He's the second owner and has no blueprints or other info on the house and doesn't know a hammer from a coconut.
The coconut is a more advanced tool - has built in liquid coolant in case it impacts something with excessive force.
oldfred
Since he is the second owner, check with local city building dept. for permits. It would be useful to have a set of prints around.
If the work was done under permits, there should be plenty enough information to determine answers to your questions.Anything I put my mind to, I could do..... given time, money, etc....
Really tough to tell from the pics....any chance there were originally plans for a sump pump. Piping looks close enough to foundation to be connecting a french drain.
Just throwing it out there.
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
"DO IT RIGHT, DO IT ONCE"
my short answer quick ...
I've never seen new const rough-in's that line up where everything makes sense.
I think the builders just tap and cap what ever's available and call it a "roughed in basement bath" ... sell it and move on ...
call a contractor, call his plumber ... lay it out to suit you, actually yer brother, then get out the jack hammer and concrete saw. No big deal at all.
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry in Carpentry
Pgh, PA
The first picture looks like the toilet tap and a 3" vent/cleanout with reducing bushing to 1+1/2 or 2" vent, open the hole in the floor and it's probably 3" for a closet flange? The second one looks more like a shower drain to vent and it normally would not be a wet vent, check closer to make sure that it is a kitchen drain. better pictures better answers. It does look like it's setup for a sink run.
You need a continuous perspective from pic.1 and pic.2. The item you have in picture needs to be removed. You need measurements from the nearest wall to the center line of the pipes. You need to measure the i.d. of all pipes involved. The small pipe in the floor; (should be 2 inches) can be confirmed that it is a tub or shower rough-in by uncapping and pouring water down it. If looking into pipe (with flash-light) you see water, that indicates that it is a rough-in for a bath-tub or shower. Look in the ceiling near the rough-in and see if there is a capped off 2 inch line. If there is, thats probably the vent. with the additional information, there are a lot of people on breaktime that can help you out. Good luck!