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Okay, I’ll try and get a pressure gauge on it. Very little if any elevation change, wouldn’t be more then 12”, pretty flat farm ground.

I’m building a shop that is 500’ of the main road where my water meter is. The water meter is 3/4”, my length of pipe is going to be about 500’~550’. There is only going to be a single bathroom in the shop with 3 hose bib’s for the occasional washing down the floor for cleaning. I was told 1”...

Question for you guys. I’m doing a single bathroom with shower, toilet, vanity and washer hookup in a shop. Thinking of doing an electric tankless water heater instead of a traditional water heater. Question is, is electric going to cost me a lot of money a month over a natural gas tankless...

Thanks for the help guys!

I think I like this option the most. I believe I have about 12” of height before top of grade so, this should be plenty room to get the shower trap arm to those specs. Thank you very much!!!

That’s a good idea. So, tie the shower trap arm to the vertical sink/vent pipe correct? I will have to measure, but I’m pretty sure it’s under 8ft.

That was kind of my worry as well. I could raise the p trap on the shower and connect it between the toilet and vent/vanity connections. Someone told me though if the shower line is higher then the main trunk and the wye rolls down into the main trunk it will siphon the P trap, is this true?

The long 50’ line will have waste in it, yes. It is being used for a dump line for my camping trailers black and grey water. The clean out that is halfway down that line could have a vent in it if need be. The shower is up against the footing in the picture, looking right is the toilet 4” and...

Hello. I could use some advice on plumbing in a bathroom I’m doing on my steel building. I’m doing a shower, toilet and sink. There is an rv dump line on the main trunk as well that goes out 50’ there will be a clean out that will go in the wall about half way down the rv line. There will also...