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Terry, Switching from my son’s second floor remodel to my own 1926 single story cottage with basement. There is 1 bedroom and bathroom on the main floor and a second bedroom/ bathroom / laundry in the basement. Currently remodeling the main floor bathroom, and replacing the supply and drain...

Thanks Terry. I have one more trouble spot I am trying to solve. In the downstairs bathroom below this, the toilet drain currently runs from flange to sanitary tee with a side 2” vent, (1’ long) through a 2x8 joist, then diagonals left and down to the main stack, crossing a future family room...

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Jim and Wayne, Thanks for the input. To clarify this is a custom pan, with a trench drain running parallel to a plumbing wall which is part of the new bathroom and runs down through the first floor and basement and is all open studs at present. There is a finished bathroom below the new one. I...

Thanks Wayne, My son is a licensed structural engineer and has cleared passage through this joist as needed. If I put the trap in the joist bay, I don’t have the vertical clearance for a 2” trap which is code here for a shower. The top of the trap outlet is nearly 1” above the top of the joist...

Terry, Thanks for the guidance you provide. Helping my son build a primary bedroom suite in his attic. It is engineered with 2x6 joists 8”oc for head height. Trying to fit a 2”shower drain trap in this space is challenging. I have a 2x6 plumbing wall, 1 joist away and would like to elbow into...