How to tell what kind of back to back toilet drain connection I have?

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TwoTrips

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Home (sometimes)handyman looking to install a pair of Toto EcoDrakes in a "back to back" setting. My house was built in the mid 1980's. It's a single story, slab foundation in Southern CA.
The documentation from Toto mentions that a Double Sanitary Tee/Sanitary Cross is not going to work and that it needs to be a Double Combination Wye.

Forgive my ignorance (I'm a homeowner, not a plumber), but I'm wondering how to tell what kind of drain connection I have?

 
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Interesting question of how to see through concrete. Just guessing since no one else has commented yet. A sewer cam? Otherwise lift both toilets and then try to shine a light from one to the other. Or put an auger down one and see if it comes out the other. Neither should work if you have Wye.
 

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An inspection camera will tell you HOW the pipe enters the vertical line. Or take both toilets up and shove a "hose" into one and see if it comes up in the other opening. OR, even putting a flashlight in one pipe and see if it shines into the other one. I would guess that there is only a small chance you have the 'right" fitting because builders usually want to use the least expensive options whenever possible.
 
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