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Hey there folks I thought I had a leak in my ceiling, the plaster was cracking a bit, so today I took a knife to it can cut out a section to take a peek. Here is what I found - now there is nothing below this, it is my dining room. No support beam whatsoever and the nearest wall is probably...

hi there my toilet connects directly to the main 5" cast iron stack via a 3" ABS pipe about 30" long. my sink drains into a 1.5" ABS pipe that both vents to the attic and down where it wyes into the 3" pipe about 16" downstream from a toilet, and about 12" upstream from the main stack...

a few more questions: -if my bathtub drain pipe is 2" does the p trap off the tub need to be 2" or can it be 1.5". the vent is 1.5" does this matter? - can a toilet 4" waste pipe have a 90 degree bend in it laying horizontal and if so does it need to be a long sweeping one - when...

the rad in my daughters room (hot water - 1950) keeps airlocking, her room is on the top floor, only two heaters on the top floor. the other one does not airlock. i have to bleed her heater every couple of days and soometimes she wakes up at 2 am and her room is cold and cries. how do i...

I am re-doing my upstairs bathroom and have 2 questions. #1 The drain for the tub is a 10' run to the main stack through the floor cavity only - with a finished ceiling below and no vertical walls to go down, so it is a "low sloping drain" (but is still layed at a 1/4" per foot) it...

can i put the p trap directly under the tub drain and wye the overflow into the drain, or do i have to put the p trap under the overflow and wye the drain into the overflow? i ask as space is realllly tight also what is the best way to vent a low sloping drain?

how the hell do i get an auger through the p trap???

i will explain as briefly as i can remodeled an old bathroom, top floor, directly over dining room - no walls available to run pipes. the main outside wall down below is a 15' wide french door/window combo added a bigger tub (used to have standard size), explanded bathroom into closet...

I bought a tub a year ago cause it was a good deal and i thought it would work. it was a drop in, and we just bought a house so i thought i would put in a shower and a bath separate. When it came time for the job to be designed, i didn't have the space. so i proceeded to do my best putting...