mwilles
(Martin Willes, CMI)
February 26, 2021, 10:59pm
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The majority of my work is new construction inspections. I came across a shower drain that was ran 9.5’ before encountering the vent. I asked the plumber to install a vent. This is what he came up with. I can honestly say in my 35 years as a plumber I’ve never seen this before.
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pjuairepapineau1
(Pierre Juaire Papineau, # 343837)
February 26, 2021, 11:09pm
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It’s vented upstream of the trap;)
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jmckee
(James McKee)
February 26, 2021, 11:19pm
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common sense is no longer common…
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ccurrins
(Christopher Currins, CMI)
February 26, 2021, 11:48pm
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Are you sure it was a plumber that you asked to repair it? Lol
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mwilles
(Martin Willes, CMI)
February 26, 2021, 11:59pm
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I think the carpenter made the repair. Sorry Scott (sbridges2)
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sbridges2
(Scott Bridges)
February 27, 2021, 12:06am
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Kinda like when a plumber drills a hole through the siding to install a sillcock and destroys the siding, Sorry, Martin Willes.
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lkage
(Larry Kage, CMI)
February 27, 2021, 12:18am
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Welcome back to our forum, Pierre!.. Enjoy!
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srechkin
(Simon Rechkin)
February 27, 2021, 1:24am
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Don’t see a coupling, how did he get the santee on there? drill the old fitting out?
mwilles
(Martin Willes, CMI)
February 27, 2021, 1:45am
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Simon it’s just a sanitary tee glued on top of a P-trap. There’s no way the plumber would have the clearance to set a shower on this configuration. The pad is about 5” below slab finished floor.
srechkin
(Simon Rechkin)
February 27, 2021, 2:01am
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Was there just a straight pipe going up from the ptrap before the santee was added?
mdurante
(Michael Durante)
February 27, 2021, 3:31am
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well Martin, maybe you weren’t specific enough. OR maybe to specific. How much PVC cement did the guy huff before you got there?
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mwilles
(Martin Willes, CMI)
February 27, 2021, 5:50am
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Yes here’s a photo from the first inspection. The p-trap was 9’-5” from a lavatory wet vent.