WalkinShower
New Member
Hi everyone,
First time posting here, but have come here many times and benefited from the good advice. Hoping you can offer some expertise on DWV for my basement bathroom. I'm a homeowner/DIYer but I'm reasonably familiar with the relevant codes and I'm trying to do this as close to code as I can. I'm in NY state.
Before moving into the house a couple years ago, we hired a plumber to install drains and a check valve in the basement in anticipation of building a small bathroom. They also installed a drain for a clothes washer in the 1st floor kitchen.
Here's the basic drain layout in the basement (everything has appropriate P traps and is 2" PVC):
The sink has not been installed yet but I'm planning to drain it into the "vertical pipe", along with appropriate venting (see below). The shower is a standing shower. I'm planning to build the shower pan myself. The drain at present looks like this:
Here is how things are connected with the 1st floor:
Everything has a proper P-trap, except the kitchen sink (installed before I moved in) which has an S-trap that leads into a drain pipe along the first floor that empties into the main stack. It isn't vented. The washer has a P-trap but no vent.
washer drain:
I'm trying to figure out the best way to vent everything. The kitchen sink is on an outside wall and connecting venting on the 1st floor would be almost impossible. I'm thinking about replacing the S trap with a P trap and an AAV, and then draining the sink to the "vertical pipe" (not ideal, I realize). This would free up the connection to the main stack, which I could then use to vent to basement bathroom, like this (shower and toiler will be wet vented):
Questions:
1) Is the idea above reasonable? Any suggestions for improvement?
2) Any thoughts on venting for the washer?
3) I havent seen the black sleeve like the one around the shower drain before. What's the purpose? Should I cut it flush with the concrete floor before I install the shower pan? Or flush with the pan?
4) Any other tips? Anything I'm completely overlooking?
Many thanks in advance for your advice!
First time posting here, but have come here many times and benefited from the good advice. Hoping you can offer some expertise on DWV for my basement bathroom. I'm a homeowner/DIYer but I'm reasonably familiar with the relevant codes and I'm trying to do this as close to code as I can. I'm in NY state.
Before moving into the house a couple years ago, we hired a plumber to install drains and a check valve in the basement in anticipation of building a small bathroom. They also installed a drain for a clothes washer in the 1st floor kitchen.
Here's the basic drain layout in the basement (everything has appropriate P traps and is 2" PVC):
The sink has not been installed yet but I'm planning to drain it into the "vertical pipe", along with appropriate venting (see below). The shower is a standing shower. I'm planning to build the shower pan myself. The drain at present looks like this:
Here is how things are connected with the 1st floor:
Everything has a proper P-trap, except the kitchen sink (installed before I moved in) which has an S-trap that leads into a drain pipe along the first floor that empties into the main stack. It isn't vented. The washer has a P-trap but no vent.
washer drain:
I'm trying to figure out the best way to vent everything. The kitchen sink is on an outside wall and connecting venting on the 1st floor would be almost impossible. I'm thinking about replacing the S trap with a P trap and an AAV, and then draining the sink to the "vertical pipe" (not ideal, I realize). This would free up the connection to the main stack, which I could then use to vent to basement bathroom, like this (shower and toiler will be wet vented):
Questions:
1) Is the idea above reasonable? Any suggestions for improvement?
2) Any thoughts on venting for the washer?
3) I havent seen the black sleeve like the one around the shower drain before. What's the purpose? Should I cut it flush with the concrete floor before I install the shower pan? Or flush with the pan?
4) Any other tips? Anything I'm completely overlooking?
Many thanks in advance for your advice!