Rmelo99
Network Engineer
I need some advice from the plumbing pros. I purchased a 3 story colonial build in 1900. I am remodeling the entire house.
There is 1 bathroom on the 3rd floor with a cast drain stack that is used for it, the 1/2 bath on the 1st floor and the bathroom in the basement.
There is another stack that is used for the main bath on the 2nd floor and for the kitchen drains and venting.
The third stack is used just for the master bathroom on the second floor.
I have gutted the master bath and main bathroom on the 2nd floor. While neither of these 2 cast iron soil stacks is leaking I have just about all the walls open to where they run.
The stack that goes to the third floor is leaking in the basement, but I don't know where in the run. I haven't gutted those bathrooms yet.
The question of the day is should I replace these cast soil stacks with PVC? How old are these, are they 100 yrs old like the house? Am I asking for trouble by not replacing them now? Do they deteriorate? In addition I think it will make things a whole lot easier to install new fixtures in different locations if I switch to PVC. I will not have to use fernco adapters.
The 1 1/2"-2" drains/vents for tubs and sinks are all galvanized pipe.
If I do decide to tackle replacing the piping, is there any reason I can't leave the vent side of the stacks galvanized/cast?
Thanks
Rem
There is 1 bathroom on the 3rd floor with a cast drain stack that is used for it, the 1/2 bath on the 1st floor and the bathroom in the basement.
There is another stack that is used for the main bath on the 2nd floor and for the kitchen drains and venting.
The third stack is used just for the master bathroom on the second floor.
I have gutted the master bath and main bathroom on the 2nd floor. While neither of these 2 cast iron soil stacks is leaking I have just about all the walls open to where they run.
The stack that goes to the third floor is leaking in the basement, but I don't know where in the run. I haven't gutted those bathrooms yet.
The question of the day is should I replace these cast soil stacks with PVC? How old are these, are they 100 yrs old like the house? Am I asking for trouble by not replacing them now? Do they deteriorate? In addition I think it will make things a whole lot easier to install new fixtures in different locations if I switch to PVC. I will not have to use fernco adapters.
The 1 1/2"-2" drains/vents for tubs and sinks are all galvanized pipe.
If I do decide to tackle replacing the piping, is there any reason I can't leave the vent side of the stacks galvanized/cast?
Thanks
Rem