Chris Tjoumas
New Member
Hi everyone,
I'm starting to finish my basement and I have rough-ins in my basement from the builder; the toilet drain pipe, sink drain pipe and close by coming through the ceiling / upstairs is a capped 1 1/2" pipe which I am assuming is the vent pipe to tie everything in. The placement of the vent pipe was a bit outside of where the bathroom is, so I had to cut it and extend it a couple of feet over into the bathroom wall (currently just framed). When I cut the pipe to remove the cap, I was surprised by quite a bit of water that dumped out. It wasn't a ton of water, but it was a bit (maybe 1/4 or even 1/2 gallon? But I'm just wildly guessing). I thought maybe this has been condensation build up over the 6 years since the house was built. However, when I extended the pipe into the wall and capped it, I came back to remove the cap and about a cup or two of water came out when I removed it. Is this normal or a sign that there is some issue somewhere? I tried researching a bit to see if water will flow into a vent pipe like this but couldn't really find anything. I know once this is connected to the drain it will flow out, but not sure if this is normal or not...
Thanks!
Chris
I'm starting to finish my basement and I have rough-ins in my basement from the builder; the toilet drain pipe, sink drain pipe and close by coming through the ceiling / upstairs is a capped 1 1/2" pipe which I am assuming is the vent pipe to tie everything in. The placement of the vent pipe was a bit outside of where the bathroom is, so I had to cut it and extend it a couple of feet over into the bathroom wall (currently just framed). When I cut the pipe to remove the cap, I was surprised by quite a bit of water that dumped out. It wasn't a ton of water, but it was a bit (maybe 1/4 or even 1/2 gallon? But I'm just wildly guessing). I thought maybe this has been condensation build up over the 6 years since the house was built. However, when I extended the pipe into the wall and capped it, I came back to remove the cap and about a cup or two of water came out when I removed it. Is this normal or a sign that there is some issue somewhere? I tried researching a bit to see if water will flow into a vent pipe like this but couldn't really find anything. I know once this is connected to the drain it will flow out, but not sure if this is normal or not...
Thanks!
Chris