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Hello , Would like some advice for installing floor drains. I would like to install 3 inch floor drains in 3 different rooms. Can I tie the three floor drains to 1 trap? 3 Rooms border each other and are small. Total length of 3 rooms is 18 feet. Total width of 3 rooms is 6 feet. I'm in...

Hello, I need some advice on venting a toilet. I have 2 toilets connecting into the main 4 inch drain. One is within 5 feet of the 3 inch vent stack which I believe is ok. The other is 16 feet from the 3 inch vent stack. I have a 2 inch branch drain connecting into the 3 inch vertical drain of...

Hello, I have question about PEX manifold systems. The ones I have seen have individual shut off valves going to each fixture. Is this necessary if you have a shut off at the fixture? Could you possibly have one shut off on the 3/4 line feeding the manifold instead? Thanks

thanks, appreciate your answers and will follow your suggestion of the insulated pipe cover

Thanks for the answer. I cannot clamp the pex to hold it away from the duct as both the pex and the 5 inch duct are tucked into and running along a steel H beam. Would it be ok to use a strip of sill gasket foam (1/4 in) between the pex and the duct to keep them separated?

Hello, I would like to install a new sink for a wet bar. The distance from the sink to the 3/4 main line is 30 feet. Can a 1/2 inch pex branch line run this far? Also the 1/2 inch branch line would run along side a 5 inch duct pipe supplying heat to one room . Is it ok for the 1/2 inch pex to...

Thanks for the answer Terry and Mike.

Hello, Iam restoring a century home and I am replacing all the old plumbing system. I am trying to decide between a Home Run System or a Modified Home Run System. The house is 2 story. I want to use the Modified Home Run System and use sub manifolds. If I were to run to the second floor to...

I have another drawing for the lav and toilet in the boathouse. I understand that as soon as a vent leaves a building and goes into open air it must be 3 inch.Therefore as soon as the sewage tank vent exits from under the lower deck it has to switch to 3 inch as the whole lower level is an open...

This boathouse is on Lake Muskoka in central Ontario. This lake allows boathouses. There are some over 100 years old. Maximum living area above is limited to 650 sq ft. They allow a washroom but not a kitchen. Most were built on wooden cribs. There are lakes and rivers here though that dont...

Thanks for the reply. Yes I want to run the 2 inch sewage tank vent line up on the outside of the building and extend it above the roof line but not through the roof overhang. It wouldn't be going through a wall as the sewage tank is already outside under the lower deck of the boathouse. The...

this is one of them. River never freezes, maybe a couple of inches along the shore line, water moving too fast, but the floats holding the boathouse have been tested in 4 ft of ice.

Hello, I have constructed a floating boathouse in Ontario Canada. It is to have a small ,2 piece washroom in the cabin on top. (see pic). The lower part of the boathouse is completely open, much like a car port. There is to be a lav and wall mount toilet. The wall mount toilet was used so...

Thanks for the replies guys. Mikeplumber, that is exactly what we are doing. I just needed to know if 1 1/4 is ok. This is for a custom floating boathouse that has very tight quarters and is a little unconventional. I have another question but I'll post it with a pic and drawing.

Hello, Can someone tell me if an 1 1/4 pipe can be used to drain a lav? The drain pipe would run 4 to 5 feet ,then connect into the vertical 3 inch main waste stack. Also , because of the short distance,would it still require its own vent? Thanks

Thanks for your time to answer these questions , you guys are great! I'll go find a spigot closet bend.

Thanks for the answer, I'll look for one of those.

Hello, I would like to know, if by Canadian code, a 3 inch short radius 90 degree elbow can be used under a toilet. If I use a long sweep 90 or 2 45's it sticks out above the floor too far. Thanks.

Hello, I live in Ontario Canada and would like to install a wall mount toilet. My question is, can the 3 inch drain line coming off the back of the wall mount toilet turn horizontal as soon as it comes off the back of the toilet? The 3 inch waste line would run about 6 feet before it turned...

Thanks Mikeplumber, I'll proceed like that with the tub with a vertical continuous waste vent , venting the downstream toilet. One last question if I may, When you turn 90 % horizontally on a horizontal waste pipe can you use a long sweep 90 elbow or 2 45s ? Thanks again.