Monday, November 10, 2014

More plumbing - Waste Line

Plumbing has never been my favorite thing to do. However, this project is really interesting to me and I am having a good time with it.

Below, I ran the 2" waste line (schedule 40 PVC) to a connector down in the bathroom part of the basement.  This connects in with the toilet and the sink waste line.  You need to make sure the pitch of the waste line is such that the liquid flows down-hill.  I've found that a half-bubble on the level is adequate.  This translates to at least 1/4" of pitch per foot - the minimum required for waste line pitch. I also know that some people don't believe in using "purple primer" when fastening their PVC pipe.  This is a huge mistake as the primer along with the glue makes that joint more solid than the pipe itself.  I've had non-primered pipe come disconnected when there was some stress put on the joint. 

This is the toilet receptacle.  This dude needs to be moved over 26 inches and angled out about 3 inches.  Fancy use of  a 22.5 bend and a 90 degree elbow made it perfect.
 

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