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  1. Smunderdog

    Shifting Supply & Return Main Trunks over 3'

    Hey all! I'm in the process of having local HVAC experts provide me input & estimates on this but thought I'd throw it out here for discussion as well. Ranch home with full basement. 8" tall main trunks for both supply & return run across the basement ceiling below the floor joists for the...
  2. Smunderdog

    Basement floor & wall insulation with perimeter drain

    Getting ready to put foam insulation down on the floor and up on the walls of my basement. I've read through all the other great forum posts but didn't see this addressed. 1957 ranch with a full basement. Previous owners had a perimeter floor drain installed that takes care of the ground...
  3. Smunderdog

    Washing Machine Drain Question

    The 4" main drain line exiting my house goes through the wall of my basement 50" above the floor. My washing machine can be placed within 6' of this drain line. I am able to replumb the main drain line (adding a Y) to add a direct drain for the washing machine, but is there a way to do...
  4. Smunderdog

    Cast Iron Question

    I have a 1957 ranch with what I believe to be the original cast iron drain lines. When this was put in, why would they have used 4" pipe run vertically down from the toilets (only about 18" or so), then transitioned to 3" using a 4 x 3 elbow, then run the 3" to the 4" main line? Why wouldn't...
  5. Smunderdog

    Replacing Cast Drain Project

    Related to this thread where I outlined the problem of having a sewer smell coming into our house via the perimeter drain in our basement catching ground water: Getting ready to replace the cast iron lines from the house to the septic tank, and when we do so, we are going to do a bit of drain...
  6. Smunderdog

    Sewer smell in basement

    Am hoping I come to this board having already done most of the "common sense" homework...here's the story: Moved into a 1957 built ranch with a full, unfinished basement a few years ago. The previous owners had a perimeter drain installed around the perimeter of the basement as they had...
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