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lritz5 (MO)
We bought a historic home, want to add a bathroom to the second floor. Is it possible to run the stack along the outside of the home? We are located in Missouri, temps range from -5 to 105.
My concern is that we would not be able to run the stack up through the main floor due to the age of the home, 140 years old.
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packy (MA)
sometimes you can locate the bathroom over a first floor closet. this way the drain pipes can be run under the floor joists and hidden by lowering the closet ceiling. the vertical stack can be run against one of the closet walls and boxed or left bare.
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m & m (MD)
That is the method used in countless homes decades ago to install a second floor bathroom. Of course, the main drawback was freezing of the cast iron stack during severe winter temps. Packy's suggestion is best- try to locate the bathroom over a portion of the first floor that will permit the plumbing to convey thru it and avoid freeze potential.
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