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Thank you, I will try option one. If it fails, one could undo it and then use the flush bushing approach. The way I did this second floor bathroom, I used a large steel access door at the head of the bathtub in the second floor stairwell wall, I can access all the plumbing and pull the unit in...

Thanks Jeff, I was wondering about the concept of only going hand tight. You are correct about Silver Solder is brazing. What I meant when I said brazing was O-A Welding with brazing rod. I will try the Silver Solder and see what I get. James

Hello, I have a 1934 Standard Bathtub faucet. All rebuilt and we put it in. Only to discover that one of the pipe connections is leaking. Turns out that this one connect, of many, has two or three hairline cracks in the threads. It does not go through, it does leak down and out past the...

Thanks folks for the ideas.

I have a silly little question... I have a 1-1/2 inch vent pipe/drain pipe for a sink that runs from the upper plate to the lower plate. I cannot get access to the plates to come up/down into a stud bay. Therefore, I need to pass a 1/2 inch cold water pipe past a 1/-1/2 inch vent pipe. The...

The more I think about it... I will notch all three stud's about 1/2' to 3/4 inch deep across about 10 inches (non-bearing wall). Then glue and nail plywood into the notch. I also plan when the plumbing, wiring and insulation are done to plywood the entire wall with 1/2 inch then either...

Hi All, I have a 1930's Standard Cast Iron Sink that is wall mounted. I have the factory mount. The issue is that the mount requires a 2x6 in the wall, flat facing between the studs, to handle the bracket and the weight. The unit hangs from the top lip. The bracket hangs down about 3 inch or...

First let me thank everyone for the help and advise. We are operating however under a couple of miscommunications and/or the photos are not conveying things well. The sink drain runs parallel to the existing toilet and connects past were it drop down to the ground floor. As I understand it...

CA UPC 2019 Section 905.3 ”Unless prohibited by structural conditions, each vent shall rise vertically to a point not less than 6 inches (152 mm) above the flood-level rim of the fixture served before offsetting horizontally, and where two or more vent pipes converge, each such vent pipe shall...

Thanks Wayne, That is an option. You know when you look at something for a long time and just do not “see” alternatives? I think I may be an idiot. The entry door wall, which is non bearing, is 18 inches (more than 15 from the finished wall) from the toilet center line. I have part of the...

The ground floor bathroom is ADA with walk in shower and tall toilet for a bad back. We also have a 1/4 bath in the ground floor laundry room. If I can make the stairs to the 2nd floor then I can get into the bathtub and use the vintage toilet…if not, then the ground floor it is…

Our 1922 bathroom in San Francisco is not tiny, not big, but tiny… I am hoping someone can come up with a solution within the existing constraints, lest I will have to punt and keep the toilet where it is. This mess is in our future retirement home.

I do get that John, But I cannot, as per my PE, cut into those trusses. I am not trying to be obstinate, I just am working with a fair amount of constraints. The wish is to have the toilet on the right end of the room, the sink in the middle as can be seen written on the stud, and the cast iron...

Can I assume that the above approach in the link will not work? My original idea was to do this just in the opposite direction. I could do this and not tie this new vent into any of the existing venting, but run it out the roof on its own. But it would run for about 100 inches before it turned...

I am starting to wonder if I am screwed and cannot move the toilet. I cannot cut through the trusses on either side of that bay. The existing fitting, the 3 inch pipe which drops down and is vented off the top, is in such a place that there is no way to get to that fitting without tearing out...