Need some direction, adding basement shower

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Brought my pictures to a reputable plumbing supply company, and they told me that the clay/ceramic drain will run in 3 foot sections. They suggested that I dig a little further, then remove the one of the 3 foot sections and replace it with one that offers a 2" wye coupler.
 

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No offense, but one the the worst plumbing jobs I ever saw was done by a guy that worked for a supply house. After you replace the section in question with the one recommended by the supply house, where exactly will the drain to the shower be?

And you still need to confirm that the drain you want to tie into is connected to the sanitary sewer, figure out why the trap fills by itself, figure out the venting, and learn how to properly install the various fittings and pipes required to complete the job.

Have you pulled a permit for this job?

You very well may impress the wife yet. Or get to spend some quality time on the sofa after you flood the basement. :D
 
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No offense, but one the the worst plumbing jobs I ever saw was done by a guy that worked for a supply house. After you replace the section in question with the one recommended by the supply house, where exactly will the drain to the shower be?

And you still need to confirm that the drain you want to tie into is connected to the sanitary sewer, figure out why the trap fills by itself, figure out the venting, and learn how to properly install the various fittings and pipes required to complete the job.

Have you pulled a permit for this job?

You very well may impress the wife yet. Or get to spend some quality time on the sofa after you flood the basement. :D

I like the ending...."we're floating down the river....we're floating down the stream"

I am continuing to dig and will hopefully see what is going on where the ceramic and pvc cross paths.
Once all is clear, I just might have a plumber come in an do the fittings...at least I will have saved the cost grunt work.
 

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Ok...digging is done! A have a 8 foot trench all the way over to the other drain. The other drain (which comes from drain stack #1 in the above pictures) is also ceramic and wyes together with the ceramic drain coming from the laundry floor drain. As i suspected, the main water line also runs directly over the drainage pipes, very near where the wye is (I was particularily carefull diggin out this area, knowing the main water line was there...or that could have gotten ugly).

So there is a 6 foot cermaic pipe that is connected at both ends with plastic couplers to the other cermaic pipes. I am off to the plumbing supply store with more pics for more advice on fittings, and if they can recommend a good plumber in my neighborhood to do the fittings.

I am not too worried about the vent as I should be able to vent up the wall (where the laundry door use to be) and over to the existing vent stack.

Your comments and suggestions are much appreciated...thank-you.... It's great to pull upon multiple resources for advice and knowledge.

AND....hopefully my experience will help someone else down the road...
 
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