sub-floor wet vent

[RehabJunkie]

Terry:

Thanks for the help, and advice you give on the forum. I've had to have failing cast iron replaced below the slab floor in a potential retail space. The actual "new" pipes were installed by a local licensed plumber. The state health inspector requested change on one item.

The horizontal drain is 4". The vent, near the water closet, will be a wet vent (only from the lavatory). A wall cleanout (with cover) will be used. The criticism was that the vent/cleanout was 3", and code says cleanout at the end of the run must be the same size as the drain - 4". Therefore the cleanout at the base must be 4", (but can be reduced to 3" going on up the wall, and out the roof.)

My question is:
When changing the wye in the illustration below to 4x4x4, can the 90 degree at the base of the "wet" vent (lav only, no other fixtures) be a standard street 90, or does it have to be long sweep? Vents can be standard, but since this is technically a wet vent changing from vertical to horizontal, does it have to be long sweep? Wouldn't a long sweep 4" 90 be overkill for a lavatory?

Thanks, Daniel

 

[hj]

It would have to be a long sweep no matter what size it is. You do not show much of the installation, but I might use 2" and install a 4" floor clean out.

 

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[hj]

It would have to be a long sweep no matter what size it is. You do not show much of the installation, but I might use 2" and install a 4" floor clean out.

 

[Terry]

I would use a long sweep too. Then you know it will pass the next inspection.

 

[hj]

It is the sink drain, so it would, or at least should, not pass inspection if anything but a long sweep elbow, regardless of the size.