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Hoppyman5 (IA)
Hello, new to the forum and hoping to get some help in my basement. I have what looks like a small bath rough in, but I just have too many questions before I could start.
1. Is it common to cap a pipe with cement? If I cut for a flange should it be open at that level?
2. I'm a bit confused by the layout. Why would they have a toilet floating in the middle of the room? Behind shelves are stairs so can't move them. Not seen to the right is the W&D and a 2" drain for it.
3. Is the patch closest to the bottom of the pic a drain or some sort of foundation repair?
Thanks for the help guys! I'm a new homeowner and love dabbling in the plumbing side. Proper planning is key, though!
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holland123 (MI)
1. Not common to cap with cement. Hopefully it is open.
2. The plan may have been to make a wet wall behind the toilet with that other stack in the wall. see if it may be 12-13 inches off that stack if a wall was laid parallel to your shelves.
3. Unsure what you've got there, I would run a camera through both cleanouts.
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KCRoto (MO)
It looks like they were going to wall off the stacks and water heater into a utility room with the rear of the toilet to the stack, and a sink to the left as you face the stacks. This would be foolish as you would then be unable to access the cleanout on the left, and would have to have a door between the toilet and lavatory to access the stacks and water heater. Someone didn't think the layout through when the wall was put up and the water heater placed.
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ravi102769 (VA)
It looks to me like the original plumber didn't give a hoot about where the pipes were as the original owner didn't purchase the finished basement bath from the builder and just threw some pipes in the ground. It looks like you're going to be breaking up some concrete. It's not the end of the world and has to be done on allot of basement rough-ins.
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