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  1. diymom

    New tub p-trap, drain, vent size

    Our handyman suggested we raise the floor about 6" where the new tub and shower will be so that the vertical drain pipe and be accessed to drain/vent the new tub - it works! My question is whether a 1 1/2" drain will be OK, even the though it will not conform to code because the distance is 4'...
  2. diymom

    New tub p-trap, drain, vent size

    Thank you so much for your help - I'm sorry I can't seem to explain the problem - there is no free pipe length on the vertical part of the drain/vent (which is in the wall space) that lies at the level of the "crawl space" of the bathroom floor to attach new tub drain. I think you call this...
  3. diymom

    New tub p-trap, drain, vent size

    Ideally I could run a 2" for the distance of five feet to the existing drain and vent, but I can't access more area of the main drain/vent for connection because I would have to access it at a point in the wall that is lower than the ceiling of the kitchen below - the slope of the new tub drain...
  4. diymom

    New tub p-trap, drain, vent size

    Thanks for your input. Our code (CA) is the same as yours re: p-trap to vent distance. Would a 3" p-trap and drain be out of the question? I wish there were some way for me to better describe the situation . . . the master-bathroom being remodeled is on the 2nd floor, and the existing main...
  5. diymom

    New tub p-trap, drain, vent size

    Hi - this is my first posting. We are installing a bathtub in our remodeled bathroom that previously had no tub, just a shower stall. We are keeping a separate walk-in shower and adding the bathtub adjacent to it. There is no room to connect the new tub drain line to the the main drain line...
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