bluinc
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Hi all,
I am going to split a ~7x11 basement bathroom into a full bath (bathtub, toilet and sink) and half bath (toilet and sink). The House was built in 1977 and is in Anne Arrundel County in Maryland.
Regarding just the drainage portion, how do I relocate the original toilet and add a second toilet?
Just using common sense but not knowing jack about plumbing (but I have a guy who is helping that knows one notch above jack), I would think it would go down something like this:
1) Shut off the water to the toilet, remove the existing toilet, flooring and other obstructions
2) Rent a concrete saw and cut about 6" (?) wide trench from the existing pipe to where we want the toilets to be. Sledgehammer and remove the concrete. Dig down and remove enough of the dirt to make room for the new soil pipes.
3) Using a ??? (cutting torch? dremel tool and diamond wheel?), cut away the existing iron soil pipe down the distance equal to the length of an ell (90 degree) fitting plus a tee fitting.
4) attach this ell fitting to the existing soil drain pipe (how do you do this? some sort of clamp or sleeve? epoxy? Welding?)
5) from the ell run straight pipe to where the new toilet is going. under that attach a tee fitting to connect to the bathroom toilet. Run more straight pipe to the powder room toilet, the attach a final ell fitting so that the opening points straight up. I would guess there is some sort of flange that goes at the end here.
6) Put the soil back. Backfill the trench with concrete. What kind do I use?
7) When the concrete is set, replace the flooring
8) Drop in the new wax rings
9) Attach the old toilets and the new, run cold water lines to the new toilets and connect.
Is that it? am I missing anything?
Thanks y'all!
I am going to split a ~7x11 basement bathroom into a full bath (bathtub, toilet and sink) and half bath (toilet and sink). The House was built in 1977 and is in Anne Arrundel County in Maryland.
Regarding just the drainage portion, how do I relocate the original toilet and add a second toilet?
Just using common sense but not knowing jack about plumbing (but I have a guy who is helping that knows one notch above jack), I would think it would go down something like this:
1) Shut off the water to the toilet, remove the existing toilet, flooring and other obstructions
2) Rent a concrete saw and cut about 6" (?) wide trench from the existing pipe to where we want the toilets to be. Sledgehammer and remove the concrete. Dig down and remove enough of the dirt to make room for the new soil pipes.
3) Using a ??? (cutting torch? dremel tool and diamond wheel?), cut away the existing iron soil pipe down the distance equal to the length of an ell (90 degree) fitting plus a tee fitting.
4) attach this ell fitting to the existing soil drain pipe (how do you do this? some sort of clamp or sleeve? epoxy? Welding?)
5) from the ell run straight pipe to where the new toilet is going. under that attach a tee fitting to connect to the bathroom toilet. Run more straight pipe to the powder room toilet, the attach a final ell fitting so that the opening points straight up. I would guess there is some sort of flange that goes at the end here.
6) Put the soil back. Backfill the trench with concrete. What kind do I use?
7) When the concrete is set, replace the flooring
8) Drop in the new wax rings
9) Attach the old toilets and the new, run cold water lines to the new toilets and connect.
Is that it? am I missing anything?
Thanks y'all!
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