MarsellusWallace
New Member
Hi all,
New to the community - appreciate all the valuable info I've been reading up on, but hoping to get some confirmation on how to best set-up the plumbing for a laundry room being moved into the utility room of my basement.
The house is a 3-level backsplit built in the mid-80s, and the original laundry was placed in the lower level bathroom. We don't like the idea of the washer/dryer across from the toilet, and the furnace room is quite spacious to fit the washer/dryer/sink.
I’ve attached a wide angle pic of the room to show what I’m working with. On the far right is a 1½” ABS drain from the ground level kitchen sink, while the larger pipe on the left is main waste stack using 3” ABS.
Should I connect the washer drain to the 3” Waste stack or the 1.5” kitchen drain? I see that it’s no longer up to code to use 1.5” for the washer, so my thoughts are that I’ll likely have to tap into the 3” waste stack.
I realize many are saying not to use ABS any longer, & avoid the green glue for ABS to PVC connections, and to use the stainless steel banded coupling only. With that said, how do I go about making this connection?
Should I be using an ABS wye connection first, with another short length of ABS, before using the banded coupling to transition to PVC? Or would there be some other better method ?
Hoping to get a proper idea of the layout, including venting, before proceeding
Thanks!
New to the community - appreciate all the valuable info I've been reading up on, but hoping to get some confirmation on how to best set-up the plumbing for a laundry room being moved into the utility room of my basement.
The house is a 3-level backsplit built in the mid-80s, and the original laundry was placed in the lower level bathroom. We don't like the idea of the washer/dryer across from the toilet, and the furnace room is quite spacious to fit the washer/dryer/sink.
I’ve attached a wide angle pic of the room to show what I’m working with. On the far right is a 1½” ABS drain from the ground level kitchen sink, while the larger pipe on the left is main waste stack using 3” ABS.
Should I connect the washer drain to the 3” Waste stack or the 1.5” kitchen drain? I see that it’s no longer up to code to use 1.5” for the washer, so my thoughts are that I’ll likely have to tap into the 3” waste stack.
I realize many are saying not to use ABS any longer, & avoid the green glue for ABS to PVC connections, and to use the stainless steel banded coupling only. With that said, how do I go about making this connection?
Should I be using an ABS wye connection first, with another short length of ABS, before using the banded coupling to transition to PVC? Or would there be some other better method ?
Hoping to get a proper idea of the layout, including venting, before proceeding
Thanks!