K.C.
New Member
Hi all, a follow up question to a previous post:
I've got a cast iron main stack that's approaching the end of its life. I'm currently remodeling, so the main stack is exposed. Others suggested it's a good time to replace it. However all plumbers are booked out for many months, and by that point things will hopefully be drywalled in again.
So I'm wondering--how hard do you think it would be for me as a plumbing novice to replace just the long middle part of the cast iron main stack (that goes through first floor and finished attic), leaving the basement section (which could be accessed by a plumber in the future) and the section that penetrates the roof? There are no connections to it in that section, just one pipe with a bend.
I'm hoping it would be as easy as- take out cast iron in small sections, replace with PVC in as long of lengths as possible, tie in to existing cast iron with Fernco couplings. But maybe it's not actually that easy?
First floor
Attic
I've got a cast iron main stack that's approaching the end of its life. I'm currently remodeling, so the main stack is exposed. Others suggested it's a good time to replace it. However all plumbers are booked out for many months, and by that point things will hopefully be drywalled in again.
So I'm wondering--how hard do you think it would be for me as a plumbing novice to replace just the long middle part of the cast iron main stack (that goes through first floor and finished attic), leaving the basement section (which could be accessed by a plumber in the future) and the section that penetrates the roof? There are no connections to it in that section, just one pipe with a bend.
I'm hoping it would be as easy as- take out cast iron in small sections, replace with PVC in as long of lengths as possible, tie in to existing cast iron with Fernco couplings. But maybe it's not actually that easy?
First floor
Attic
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