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Posted by DanG on September 30, 2007, 9:40 am
You don't show a p trap on the washing machine drain. You don't
show any vent piping on the basement usage. The vent for the
kitchen sink should be above flood rim I've not seen a 2 pipe
system like you have drawn. I have seen an oversized loop vent,
but I'm not sure that is what you are showing.
Pex piping for water is quite viable. The tools and fittings are
quite expensive for limited remodel use. Look into Oetiker
fittings and tool.
The microwave should never have vented down. The venting needs to
go up, as little horizontal run as possible, stay within the
length limits of the fan (including turns), the discharge needs to
be 10 feet away from HVAC intake air.
I hope some others can give even better information.
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DanG (remove the sevens)
dgriff237@7cox.net
> Hi all - I have a series of questions related to plumbing as
> result of
> getting involved with the rennovations the girlfriend is
> undertaking.
> I recently relocated a laundry room to the basement from the
> main
> floor with the help of the group (thank you).
>
> 1. As part of the reno she is redoing the kitchen which involes
> relocating the sink and the dishwasher.
>
> I now have the upstairs opened up to see what appears to me to
> be a
> rather convoluted way of running the plumbing. But I am not a
> plumber
> and maybe it has a very good reason for being that way - or
> maybe
> not. Before proceeding to basically relocating what is there, I
> thought I'd better find out if it is correct in the first place!
>
> Here is a diagram at: http://www3.sympatico.ca/cill/plumb.jpg
>
> 2. To relocate the kitchen sink, the water pipes and drain are
> smack
> dab behind a pile of air conditioning/forced air heating venting
> in
> the basement. Rather than try to adjust copper piping back
> there, I
> saw recently on a home show that people are using flexible
> plastic
> piping for water these days? If so, can it be mated to existing
> copper, is it 'durable' , and do they happen to make some flex
> equivalent for drain piping? Does anyone have any experieince
> good or
> bad with it?
>
> 3. The microwave is an over-the-stove type that acts a vent for
> an
> electric stove beneath it. It has to be moved a few feet over
> and of
> course that effects the venting. To my great dismay, I found out
> that
> the venting just drops down between the walls and vents into the
> basement. To me, this seems a no-no.
>
> So - I also assume that it would not be a good idea to vent it
> into
> the vent stack, but maybe try to run a separate vent ouside
> either
> thru the basement wall below, or up thru the roof beside the
> existing
> plumbing vent.
>
> I apologize if these are rather inexperienced questions, but I
> would
> rather appear stupid in advance of doing all of this as opposed
> to
> after the fact. (or maybe both! lol)
>
> TIA for any and all advice...
>
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