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I need to plumb the above fixtures. All pipes are 2" unless noted in diagram. The vents are not drawn but all fixtures are vented. Thanks for the help.

I am running a horizontal toilet line and I don't have enough height in the joist bay to attach the closet elbow to a santee to dry vent. I'm able to vent the adjacent lavatory with a 2" vent pipe. Can I connect the lav drain line to the toilet line (3x2 wye) to create a wet vent? Here's a...

I'm cutting out an old soil stack and replacing it with NH Cast iron stack. I'd like to know if my ball park calculation on where to place my 4 x 3 in. Reducing Combination Tee-Wye on the soil stack is correct. I think the tallest fixtures plumbing will be the toilet. Measured from the toilet...

I'm replacing a hub & spigot cast iron soil stack with a no-hub cast iron soil stack. The replacement section is for the 2nd floor plumbing. The 3rd floor plumbing is all brand new cast iron. I've braced the new 3rd floor soil stack with a riser clamp braced to the 3rd floor subfloor. I also...

My toilet run will require me to run 13' horizontally (1/4" slope). I'm using a 4x3 PVC closet bend. I'd like to use a 3x3x2 or 3x3x 1 1/2" wye (New York City uses IPC which allows 1 1/2" venting on toilets). I'll roll the wye 45*. What is the minimum distance from the wye to the trap...

My condo recently got a leak into it. Turns out is was from a running toilet from a unit above. A pipe connected to toilet downstream had formed a crack along it. The condo unit above me claims that the building's insurance is responsible for a failed common element. The condo board claims...

Has anyone else noticed that sani seal has removed the 1" flange that reaches into the waste pipe? I just ordered one and the flange is no more than 1/4" I've used this toilet gasket for since 2017. I've installed 5 of them. They all had the 1" flange. I'm not really comfortable with that...

I sweated in a brass shower valve today. I ran out of Teflon tape and was in a rush. Figured with a good wrench down on the female copper fittings I’d be water tight. 3 out of the four copper females to brass valves are leaking. So I could redo the work with Teflon tape. Or can I...

I’m trying to fix a leaky tub faucet. I tried to use a deep plumbing hex socket to pull the old valve but there’s no hexagonal nut for the socket to grab onto. Looks round to me. How do I pull the valve? Thx

I'm putting a sink on the L of my kitchen. I drew up a rough sketch of what I think the rough plumbing should be. I cannot run my drain and vent under the cabinets of the kitchen as in a traditional island vent setup b/c my attachment point to the drain line is 6" above the finished floor...

I'm renovating an 3-family home from the top to the bottom. As part of the renovation I'm replacing the plumbing and the 4" Hub soil stack with 4" Cast iron no hub. I've replaced the soil pipe from the 3rd floor to the 2nd floor with CI NH. I've replaced the pipe on the top floor leading to...

I'm setting up the rough plumbing for an alcove bathtub. The American Standard tub supports 1 1/2" plumbing. My plumbing is No hub Cast iron. Is it acceptable to bump up the ptrap , santee, etc to 2" with either a No hub 2x 1 1/2"coupling or 2x 1 1/2" reducer fitting? The bump up would occur...

I have a single vent house trap in my basement. The sewer snake tech said snaking toward the street wasn't a great idea with a single vent house trap. So he only snaked toward the house. Unfortunately the house side is slightly lower than the street side by 1/2". Not much I can do about that...

I'm about to measure and cut a 4" CI NH closet elbow. 12" Center off the finished wall. The closet elbow openings both have different markings. Round recessed rings on one end and a proud ring on the other end. Do those markings indicate which side will connect to the flange? I realize...

My main sewer line is backed up. Anytime a faucet runs or the shower runs, water starts filling up in the boiler room from a small pit in the back of the building. Sewage smell then wafts through the basement into the building. The water accumulates in the boiler room and then very slowly...

I attempted to inspect the anode rod on my water heater today. I pulled the plastic plug out and started picking away at the foam. I couldn't find the hex head screw I've read should be there on most water heaters. I stuck in a pair of long needle nose plyers 6" deep and felt no resistance...

I’ve got to rough in two toilets for side by side bathrooms. Do I need to use closet bends? Seems like the closet bends would make my life easier. I think they are called long quarter bends in charlottes cast iron product literature. See pic. I was messing around with some spare fittings...

My mom’s boiler is leaking at the 1 1/4” dielectric union. My plan is to turn off the boiler, drain it, and replace the dielectric union. Are there any issue’s i’m likely to run into in the process?

I’m completely replacing two side by side bathrooms in a gut renovation I’m working on. I’ve cut out a good portion of the old soil stack (Cast iron HUB connected with lead and oakum). I’ve got the floors open and plenty of clearance below to run pipes however I want. (Drop ceiling below me)...

I am renovating a 3 family house one floor at a time. I’m currently renovating the 3rd floor and making my way down the building. I currently live on the 2nd floor and have a tenant on the first. The building is 19.75’ x 57.5’. I’m going to start cutting vents in the roof to let the building...