Handyman left me hangin

[HungaDunga]

I had a handyman attempt a plumbing project in my home (state of Idaho). I'm adding a basement bathroom with shower, toilet and lav in my utility room with a washer on the opposite side of wall. The picture is what he left me with, I'm thinkin the washer is gonna suck my lav ptrap dry. Am I right? How can I fix this myself without inviting my handyman back?

 

[MACPLUMB]

CALL A REAL PLUMBER THIS IS NOT HANDYMAN WORK ! UPPER CASE ON PURPOSE

 

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[Jadnashua]

If I'm interpreting this correctly, that's not the only thing that is a problem. The vent can't run horizontal that low, and the WM isn't properly vented, and the wrong fittings were used...at least he used nailing plates!?

 

[HungaDunga]

Here are a few more pictures of my below grade bathroom. The young man who has done the majority of this work is a friend of the family who has been employed as a plumber for several years now but is still learning. I'm in a remote location with few plumbers available that are already in high demand. I'd like like to fix the lav drain myself and intend to hire a professional to look everything over and pressure test the system prior to inspection. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[hj]

There is nothing wrong with the lav drain. It is "wet venting" the washer's drain.

 

[Plumber69]

Work looks nice and clean to me

 

[MACPLUMB]

The vent tee where the washer P-Trap connects needs to be a long sweep tee ninety, and the c/o tee should be on the vertical, other wise OK,

What part of Idaho are you in, I can probably recommend a local Plumber

 

[Cacher_Chick]

I am completely baffled by what I see there. We set sewage basins so that the lid is flush with the finished floor. The basin needs to be accessible to service the pump, and the ground around the basin is backfilled and the concrete floor finished around the lid.

I cannot make out how the connections are being made from the fixtures to the basin.

 

[HungaDunga]

I wish I could have mounted the sewage basin flush to the floor, however, the previous homeowner who built here in the 90s had several floor drains and a wash tub in the daylight basement which drained over the hillside. I'm wanting to tie the exsisting floor drains into the ejector pump. Why the existing lines were burried so deep in the first place is what baffles me!

 

[Cacher_Chick]

I wish I could have mounted the sewage basin flush to the floor, however, the previous homeowner who built here in the 90s had several floor drains and a wash tub in the daylight basement which drained over the hillside. I'm wanting to tie the exsisting floor drains into the ejector pump. Why the existing lines were burried so deep in the first place is what baffles me!

When the basin has to be deep to accommodate the plumbing, you have to use a basin that has extension rings available to extend the top of the basin up to or above the finished floor. The basin has to be backfilled and secured in place. Unless you are in the dessert, at some point that hole is going to fill with groundwater and the basin will be floated up out of the hole.

 

[Maximus_Slime]

The young man who has done the majority of this work is a friend of the family who has been employed as a plumber for several years now but is still learning.

Is he a plumber or a handyman? Being in Idaho, I hope this guy's name isn't Josh.

 

[Michael Young]

Here are a few more pictures of my below grade bathroom. The young man who has done the majority of this work is a friend of the family who has been employed as a plumber for several years now but is still learning. I'm in a remote location with few plumbers available that are already in high demand. I'd like like to fix the lav drain myself and intend to hire a professional to look everything over and pressure test the system prior to inspection. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

That system will work. sure, there are a some things that I would have done a little differently. Just call it in for inspection; tell the inspector that YOU did the work. You can call in a homeowner's permit and get it inspected. In fact, you should get it inspected.