Recent content by jeromio

Just to clarify: the wet potion of the vertical wall pipe must be 2in, but the dry vent, above the T to the sink drain - that will be 1.5in

I think I answered my own question. Found a TracPipe "Design Guide". It looks like the large steel tube sleeve is internally threaded (the one shown is way shorter than the one I have). So the CSST flex is attached to the (very large) fitting, but not completely tightened, then that fitting...

This would not be my first (or even tenth) time plumbing natural gas. It is my first time dealing with CSST. I can definitely see the appeal though - I'll be adding 36ft of line and that would be 3 couplings, 6 threaded junctions (in addition to the T) and alot of wrestling with heavy black...

House currently has a single gas appliance: the furnace. It's fed by about 50 feet of 1/2 inch CSST flex directly from a meter junction at the house. My question is regarding this weird termination flange: It's quite long - there's a flange on the opposite end that screws into the joist. So...

Ok - thanks for the diagram.

I'm laying out a new bathroom with vanity, toilet and shower. For the shower drain vent, I was planning to run it "backwards" to join the vents for the sink and toilet. However, there is a new wall that runs "ahead" (forwards) of the drain and I *could* add a vent there. It's more pipe and a bit...

Excellent - thanks for the reply.

I am re-doing the kitchen and "while I'm at it" I figured I could improve the basement by moving the sink's drain line over by 4 ft. Here's a proposed before/after pic (not to scale): In the basement below, this would move that pipe over from the middle of the room, closer to a wall (and...