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Moving a toilet, tying vent to old stack under subfloor or in attic
I’m moving a toilet in a bathroom. It’s essentially just sliding down the main sewer line. The original vent is a 5” cast iron pipe that exits directly through roof. The vanity and tub originally tie ...
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Single 2x8 Wall For Back-to-Back Bathrooms with Wall Mount Toilets
House has 2 bathrooms with mirrored fixtures on either side of the “wall”. Currently, this is framed as 2 separate walls with a small chaise in between. Due to the small dimensions in the owner’s ...
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My toilet wont flush properly,but it does flush properly like 1 out of 10 flushes
Okay, my toilet onny flushes once properly out of like 10 to 20 flushes. I’ve already checked the flapper, toilet handle and chain, and checked and tested the fill valve and float. It all is fine, but ...
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My toilet burps air from the toilet tank inlet, not the trap/waste line
My toilet burps air when flushed. The burp comes right at the beginning of the flush. The air is coming out of the inlet from the toilet tank. The air is NOT coming from from the trap/waste line.
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Toilets + sinks leak onto ceiling below; showers do not
Our house has two bathrooms (A and B) upstairs that are back-to-back on the floor plan. Both have showers, sinks, and toilets.
One day recently, when I was in an upstairs bathroom (A), the toilet in ...
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Do I need to remediate the existing drain waste vent system in my bathroom?
I’m refurbishing my master bathroom, and during demolition I noticed some potentially incorrect plumbing as part of the DWV system. I’ve attached a rough drawing of the DWV layout.
This bathroom was ...
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How far can you move the toilet away from the vent stack in NJ?
I plan on moving the toilet bowl to a different spot in the bathroom, further away from the stack. What is the maximum horizontal distance? Is it 9 feet?
As per New Jersey Plumbing Code 2018, 12.8.4:
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Should a plumber automatically choose to auger from the toilet? [closed]
I hired a plumber to clear a clog...toilet wouldnt flush, was bubbling, and water was backing into the shower and sink. He pulled the toilet and started the snake. When he first said he was going to ...
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Toilet water drains out slowly after flush
My toilet flushes normally, but after the flush, the water drains out again slowly until the siphon suction breaks (this happens about 10-15 seconds after the flush). This doesn't always happen -- I'...
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Toilet Refuses to Flush
Earlier this month, we starting having problems with our sewer line; it began with the downstairs toilet flushing very slowly, then not flushing at all, then backing up when the upstairs was flushed. ...
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Toilet and given vertical soil stack and no wall space behind
I'm planning out a new second floor bathroom in a historic home and I'm not finding many examples.
The best placement for the soil stack is to come up directly under the toilet. The best place for ...
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Why does flushing a downstairs toilet cause an upstairs toilet to also flush?
When we flush the bathroom downstairs, we can hear the toilet upstairs also flush.
When the upstairs toilet is flushed, the shower drain gurgles (in the second floor bathroom).
I know that something ...
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Horizontal Drains Can Combine Through Wye Laying Flat, Or Can't They?
QUESTION Can horizontal drains combine through a wye in the horizontal position laying flat on its side and not upright at all, Or Can't They? Then see my sketch: Am I doing this right? - Merry
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How can I route a toilet drain around copper supply lines right below the slab?
I need to move the toilet back about 3" from where it was originally set to get to the standard 12" rough-in distance. I had to cut the concrete slab and dig into the dirt below. I was planning on ...
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Can a toilet vent be upstream?
I am relocating the bathroom door and the toilet vent is right in the middle of the new opening. I want to put the vent in the wall behind the toilet which will be upstream of the toilet. Will this ...
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Flange recommendation needed. Old flange rusted. New floor higher than older pvc pipe lip
I recently removed the tile and a toilet for a bathroom reno to discover that the flange was completely rusted and the tile had been installed directly on the plywood subfloor. I removed the old ...
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Will a toilet flange bolt cause a problem if dropped into the drain pipe?
I dropped one of the toilet bolts in the drain hole. It's in the basement and set in concrete. I tried to vacuum it out but couldn't.
How serious is this, will it get flushed down or do I need to ...
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What is the correct height of a toilet flange relative to the finished floor?
What are the best practices or other rules such as building code regarding how to set the height of a toilet flange relative to the finished floor height?
Example of the type of flange I am referring ...
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does my toilet have a venting issue?
My toilet is making a slight gurgling noise at the end of the flush. Here is a video of the flush:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/yIcFN14zdgDAAFu43
The toilet is vented via a 2" vent that meets the toilet ...
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How to stop downstairs toilet from bubbling when upstairs toilet is flushed?
I have a newly installed toilet on ground floor of my house. The drain of this ground floor toilet is connected (in the basement) to the drain stack of the toilet in the attic on the 3rd floor. When I ...
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Repairing Damaged Toilet Flange
I've bought an old house, and I've decided to fix a rocking toilet. I found two flange repair kits stacked on top of the original broken toilet flange. When sawing the flange to remove it, I found ...
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Minimalistic toilet setup in a traveler's trailer [closed]
Planning to build a traveler's trailer from a cargo trailer and was thinking about various toilet setups. I don't care if the trailer looks awful as long as it's cheap and easy to build.
I'm ruling ...
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Dealing with a toilet that doesn't have an air vent
We have a powder room on the main floor with a toilet that has a sluggish flush. It's not clogged. While investigating the issue I discovered that neither the toilet nor sink in the powder room is ...
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Toilet Still Gurgling
Three months ago when we moved into our home, the toilet started gurgling so we had septic tank pumped, and drainline from house to septic cleaned out. Two months ago, happened again, so we tried a ...
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Toilet bubbles and gurgles after capping vent stack
We had a bad wax ring on the toilet so we replaced that, then we decided to replace the toilet with a newer model. Now the toilet doesn't flush right--sometimes we have to flush it a couples of times ...
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Bubble of air out of toilet when flushed
When I flush the toilet in the basement there is a big air bubble that comes up the toilet and it then drains slow; if anything else is running it almost overflows.
The basement toilet was working ...
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Toilet gurgling when another one is flushing: 6-way joint
I have 2 adjacent bathrooms, with toilets opposite of each other. I recently upgraded one older toiled that took a minute to flush with 3.5 gallons of water to 1.2 GPF model with "aquapiston" ...
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What could cause a tubs drain to gurgle when the toilet is flushed?
One day after I used a bacterial enzyme degreaser/ septic treatment to clear slow draining bathtub drains I can hear gurgling in my master bath tub drain when someone flushes the toilet in the other ...
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Toilet, sink and shower blocked
I live in a block of flats in China. I had a lot of friends over a couple of days ago and since the toilet, sink and shower are all blocked.
The water on all those items does go down, but really, ...
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Why is my toilet backing up and bubbling after replacing an ejector pump?
About two weeks ago my sewage ejector pump died and had a massive overflow in the basement. I replaced the pump but I am now noticing that the toilet backs up. I am also noticing that when I take a ...
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Do I need to add a vent when moving a toilet drain across the bathroom?
In working on finishing our basement, I've come to the bathroom. It was originally plumbed with the plan of having the fixtures share a common wall (vanity, toilet, then tub). so there is already a ...
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How to fix broken toilet flange from over tightened bolt?
I broke my PVC toilet flange when I over-tightened the bolt used to secure the toilet to the flange. How do I fix this without replacing the entire PVC fitting? This PVC flange is glued to the drain ...
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How can I move a toilet sewer drain in a concrete floor?
The toilet in one of my bathrooms is too close to the shower. I have room and would like to move it about 2 feet. It is also a 14" rough-in and it's hard to find toilets in that size, that are not ~$...
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Can I use a 1 1/2 vent for a toilet (3" drain) in CA (not a went vent, no other fixtures on it)?
Most of the info I have on code implies this would be OK, but one item I have says that a 1 1/2 vent can only serve 8 "non-WC" fixture units.
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