Dunbar Plumbing
Master Plumber
Unless you have advice, please save your interjections for another thread. This is the "DIY advice forum". Not blowhard forum. Writing "thats wrong" or "tear it out" does not help.
So you come to a very helpful site,
you don't give us a state or reference to what code your state enforces, let alone the local authority that can supercede any/some or all of the code implied by state.
Then,
1. FIRST FLOOR: I have a toilet located in the corner of the first floor that is difficult to get a vent to. With my current arrangement, the toilet can be vented either through the vanity or the washing machine line. The vanity has a 5 foot wet horizontal run between it and the toilet. The washing machine has a 16 inch horizontal run between it and the 3" waste line coming from the toilet. Each of these have 1/4"/foot or slightly more slope and a 2 inch vent. Is the inspector going to fuss about this wet venting? There is the main vent about 8 feet from the toilet, but from the toilet trap to the 3" horizontal line is about 32" of drop.
2. SECOND FLOOR: I was reading that it is a good idea to wash the toilet waste line with an upstream tub or wash machine. I have the 2" tub line coming into the top of a wye laid on its side and the toilet coming into the 45 of the wye. Also there is a vent in the 2 inch line just upstream of the wye for the toilet and tub. Will this arrangement pass with the inspector? If not, what should I change. (Nothing is glued yet. The vanity will come into the top of the low heel 90 and will have a Studor on it for venting).
I see keywords that spell disaster on a system that when done right, doesn't have words like:
wet venting
studor vent
vent 8' from toilet
You are expecting someone who does this for a living to say "it's okay" to run this system the way you did.
Since we have absolutely no clue where you live, what state codes you run under...
it all looks fine. Glue that piping together and cover it up. Feel free to enjoy your work.
Somewhere you've missed the point of constructive criticism and turning defensive because you've double worked your project isn't my fault or any of the plumbers here that are trying to help you.
This statement below,
Getting a plumber would put me time ahead, but money way behind
gives me satisfaction knowing that once again, whenever I hear someone trying to install the mechanicals in their home based solely for financial reasons...
the project shouldn't even exist.
I've been the lucky plumber walking into brand new bathrooms, new flooring, new walls, nice trimmings and the plumbing has to be tore out to keep it from constantly clogging up on a regular basis.
The grin on my face denotes sarcasm and they know it when I'm there telling them the hardships they now own with no way of ever correcting without large expenditures.
You wouldn't believe how many homes I've been to where a fixture was disabled for that reason.
All because glue and pipe easily come together to make a toilet flush or a sink drain.
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