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Tyler Howell
12-05-2006, 9:52 AM
Plumbing help please.
Adding a 1/2 bath to 2nd floor of my new place.

Is 2" pipe large enough to carry waste vertically?TIA
Tyler

Chuck Saunders
12-05-2006, 10:08 AM
Not with a toilet

Jim Becker
12-05-2006, 10:19 AM
What Chuck said...

And just like you're keen on electrical being to code, the same needs to hold for plumbing. In fact, around here, they barely look at electrical but are all over plumbing...

Mitchell Andrus
12-05-2006, 11:15 AM
3" waste and a 3" vent uninterupted from toilet to outside. In other words, sinks and showers can't (or shouldn't, depending on inspector's mood) drain into the toilet's vent path, in most areas of the country.

Tyler Howell
12-05-2006, 11:33 AM
Thanks guys,
Septic tank, electric and well get all the attention.
Anything else goes:o up here!!

Thanks

Ed Breen
12-05-2006, 3:25 PM
Tyler,
You might look at a 4' pipe and vent, many roto rooters need a 4" vent to get the job done. Its easier than pulling the stool and having the machine in the john with all attending grease and grime.
Ed:)

Ben Grunow
12-05-2006, 9:27 PM
Code no longer requires a fell 3" vent to daylight for every bath in CT anyway. 2" is OK as long as one toilet has a 3" vent through the roof.

Jim Bell
12-06-2006, 12:34 AM
I strongly advise 4" waste drain for commode, ya never know when an Al Bundy situation will arise.:D
Jim

Chris Padilla
12-07-2006, 9:58 AM
It's not the size of the pipe it's the.... nevermind....:p