legallyblonde
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I am in the very early stages of a new construction in a master development community and have some questions about the feasibly and potential cost of a kitchen sink relocation from the island to the rear wall in front of three windows. We can’t make any changes to the layout until after it’s done being built unfortunately. The foundation is concrete slab with steel beam reinforcement, so I know it will be a pretty big/expensive project having to break into the concrete to add new pipes. But I don’t know if this is on the scale of a couple thousand, or over $5,000?
Below are some images of the situation (from another house already being built) and the layout with all the details that I know. I am not 100% sure where the island drain and vents run, but is is definitely away from the rear windows towards the garage. I tried to draw the image that was in the blueprint at the sales office showing the island vent system setup. The bathroom above the kitchen drains in the ceiling towards the garage as well before dropping down, so there are no drain pipes in the back of the house at all and we would have to run the drain under the slab towards the front of the house.
Given that the sink would be in front of counter-height windows….I don’t know how the draining and venting could work because the vent can’t go 6” above without going horizontal along the window. And can the drain travel 20 feet across the room before connecting to an existing drain or is that too far? Is there a way to connect it to the existing drain on the island (about 10 feet) so we don’t need to rip up a whole 20 feet of concrete? We will be speaking to a contractor soon hopefully, but I hope to have a sense of whether this is possible and a realistic price estimate ahead of time (nothing precise, just a couple thousand or 5 thousand plus?)
Layout - NOT TO SCALE
Island vent setup (windows where sink would move on the left):
Windows where sink would go:
This view is from the garage looking towards the back of the house showing some of the existing pipes (sorry for the weird angle).
Below are some images of the situation (from another house already being built) and the layout with all the details that I know. I am not 100% sure where the island drain and vents run, but is is definitely away from the rear windows towards the garage. I tried to draw the image that was in the blueprint at the sales office showing the island vent system setup. The bathroom above the kitchen drains in the ceiling towards the garage as well before dropping down, so there are no drain pipes in the back of the house at all and we would have to run the drain under the slab towards the front of the house.
Given that the sink would be in front of counter-height windows….I don’t know how the draining and venting could work because the vent can’t go 6” above without going horizontal along the window. And can the drain travel 20 feet across the room before connecting to an existing drain or is that too far? Is there a way to connect it to the existing drain on the island (about 10 feet) so we don’t need to rip up a whole 20 feet of concrete? We will be speaking to a contractor soon hopefully, but I hope to have a sense of whether this is possible and a realistic price estimate ahead of time (nothing precise, just a couple thousand or 5 thousand plus?)
Layout - NOT TO SCALE
Island vent setup (windows where sink would move on the left):
Windows where sink would go:
This view is from the garage looking towards the back of the house showing some of the existing pipes (sorry for the weird angle).